false
The power-sharing between a central government and those of the individual states is a federal government.
The national government balances the power of the states.
the federal system
The federal system political system is divided between the national government and regional government. The united states is a federal republic.
the national government and states share power
The answer is yes. The US system is a Federal system. It depends on both states and the National governments to form the Federal Government. The states ratified and created the National government thru the US Constitution. The National Government is obligated by the US Constitution to protect the states and continue the states. Each citizen of the USA is a citizen of a state and the National government. In the USA system (our system) neither the states nor the National government can exist without the other level of government. All levels of government exist by the just consent of the governed (the people).
The states are given plenary or police power in the federal system. This means that all powers not granted to other branches of government are reserved for the states.
It doesn't quite work that way. The States and their people ARE the government, and they have allowed the Federal government to do a very few things like regulate sales of items between and among the States, provide a military to protect all of the States, and to mint money.
the legislative branch
The "Federal Government" or "National Government" known generally as "The United States of America" was seen as necessary to prevent human rights violations (a slide into the former governmental practices from England) at the time it was created.
The system is called federalism, the creation of a central government to operate and coordinate shared government functions among the states.
The national government and the state government.