~ FEDERAL 
~ FEDERATION   id+ |implies FAITH as in FIDELITY | 
               derivatives CONFEDERATION CONFIDENCE 
  lat FIDERE   or 
      FIDES    FAITH 
      FAEDUS   TREATY 
  sp  FEDERAL  same 
  hx> paradox as in UKRAINE where THE RUSSIAN ETHNIC MINORITY 
      distrusts the rest of UKRAINIAS WHOM THY OPPRESSED FOR 
  CENTURIES and seek the FEDERALIZATION of REGIONS in UKRAINE 
  to gain GREATER AUTONOMY than UNITARIAN or CENTRALIZED 
  REPUBLICS GENERAL GRANT TO REGIONAL ASPECTS 
  note RUSSIAN FEDERATION is a EUPHEMISM indicating that 
  REGIONAL MINORITIES are not SUBSERVIENT TO 
  RUSSIAN HEGEMONY or DOMINANCE 
  hx> another paradox is inherent in the denomination of the 
      CONFEDERATE UNION that declared independence from the 
  FEDERAL US REPUBLIC when in fact they were SUPER-FEDERALISTS 
  seeking GREATER REGIONAL SOUTHERN DOMINANCE IN THE SOUTH 
  see> FAITH