Federal
Federal adjective - Characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities.
Southern
Southern adjective - In or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line.
Usage example: southern cooking
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Southern politicians seceding for states rights and against the wickedness of a strong central government after using the federal government to further their purposes when they still controlled it.
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A salesman from southern New Mexico has been murdered and his body left directly on the state border, placing the case under federal jurisdiction.
Source: Film / Suspect Zero -
It focuses on the southern section of the Osean Continent where you play as a pilot in the air force of the Federal Republic of Aurelia.
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