Federated states or societies are ones that have joined together for a common purpose. Whether to stay in the federated state or become independent is a decision that has to be made by the people
To cause to join into an association of groups, to make available to disparate groups For example, to federate data is to make more than one collection of data available to more than one organization
unite on a federal basis or band together as a league; "The country was federated after the civil war" enter into a league for a common purpose; "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union" united under a central government
A member of a High Level Architecture Federation All applications participating in a Federation are called Federates This may include federation managers, data collectors, real world ("live") systems (e g , C4I systems, instrumented ranges, sensors), simulations, passive viewers and other utilities