Why does the Government function at two levels in a federation?
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Government function at the two levels of federation is only to accommodate diversity and for better administration.
The whole point is to separate the regions with special needs from abuse by the more dominant political power. Special needs means a different language, ethnicity, culture, religion, or history.
The separation works by granting defined independence and some autonomy from the national center. Hopefully, that will enable the region to develop locally as it sees fit. In exchange, the region sacrifices some direct influence on foreign affairs. After a couple of generations the region might feel solidarity with the nation and could possibly replace the federation with a unitary system that is cheaper, faster, and more efficient.
The two-level system refers to what is known as the “layer-cake model” of federalism. There is another federal system known as the “marble-cake model” of federalism where the balance and concentration of federal relations varies by each agency of public service but most commonly applies to fiscal federalism.