0 a group of organizations, countries, regions, etc. that have joined together to form a larger organization or government -- federación
the Russian federation
1 people, societies, unions, states etc joined together for a common purpose -- federación
the International Federation of Actors.
That is a bad example of the intervention of a nation-state with a sports federation in a world series.
Some federations have up to now collectively sold audiovisual rights.
We have now received 670 contributions and more than 200 of these are collective, i.e. on behalf of associations and federations.
There are 166 federations, which is the equivalent of only around ten tickets per federation.
There are many of us who want a federation of nation states, which means that each state must find the position that best suits it.
It is not, nor will it immediately become, a fully-fledged federation or even a traditional confederation.