The article examines the problems of unitarism and its influence on determining the form of the state system, as a political-territorial organization of the state and the nature of the interaction between the state and its constituents. The theoretical and practical aspects of the implementation of unitarism, the genesis of its ideas and their research in domestic legal thought are analyzed. Emphasis is placed on the historically progressive role of unitarism in the state-building process, namely in ensuring the state's defense capability, control over internal order, implementation of fiscal policy, etc. The proposed characterization of unitarism as a political and socio-economic supersystem, its components. The main trends in the development of unitarism as a natural phenomenon in the modern era and the characteristic features of the unitarystate, both general and special, which express its specific characteristics, are analyzed. A unitary state, depending on the level of centralization, can be decentralized as well as centralized.
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Skrypniuk et al. (2023) studied this question.