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Australia is a Federation of states that wereoriginally colony's of Britain. At the turn of the 20th century these colony's federated and formed the single nation of Australia. However it chose to stay as part of the British Commonwealth with the sovereign of Britain as its titular head of state. Australia has had a referendum to find out if the people wanted a republic or leave things as they are, they chose to stick with the old system. This was probably because the best place to have your head of state is 14 thousand miles away and powerless to change a system of government that has served well for over a century.

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