superstate
A superstate is a political entity characterized by a centralized sovereign authority that subsumes multiple political units, granting broad powers to a central government that supersede or override subnational authorities. It may arise through unification, federation with strong central power, or the creation of a supranational authority that exercises binding rule over member polities. In practice, the term is used in both descriptive and critical ways: to describe real arrangements with elevated central control, such as federal systems where the central government exercises significant jurisdiction, and to discuss theoretical or aspirational projects that seek to form a single polity from several states.
The term can describe different configurations. It may refer to a state formed by consolidation or unification
The European Union is frequently discussed in debates about superstate tendencies, though it remains a sui
Scholars distinguish between integration that preserves regional autonomy and forms that dilute it under centralized rule.