Answer : 1. "with States"
Explanation :

Answer: A) with States Explanation: Government can be classified in three manners: (1) who participates, (2) geographic distribution of power, and (3) legislative/executive relationship.   Who can participate is generally broken down into two forms of government, democracy or dictatorship   While the legislative/executive relationship is broken down into presidential or parliamentary   The geographic distribution of power is broken down into unitary, federal, and confederation (confederal). Confederal System of Government :: A system of government where power is located with the independent states and there is little power in the central government.   Today, no nation follows a confederal system. Organizations, like the European Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States, are based on the ideas of a confederal system. Several nations make up these organizations, but they still retain the majority of their independence.