Confunction and Federation

• (n.) A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government.
• (n.) The act of uniting in a league; confederation.

noun

• An organization formed by merging several groups or parties.
• A union of political organizations.
  • synonyms: confederation, confederacy
• The act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs. .