1. Political entities in which power and decision-making authority are concentrated in a central government rather than distributed among regional or local authorities.
Many European centralized states consolidated their power during the Renaissance.
Muitos estados centralizados europeus consolidaram seu poder durante o Renascimento.
2. Nations with a unitary system of government where central authority controls regional and local governments.
Centralized states often have more efficient bureaucratic systems.
Os estados centralizados geralmente têm sistemas burocráticos mais eficientes.