Countries with a central government (6)
I believe the answer is:
states
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">countries with a central government</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for states that I've seen before include "America; says" , "They're united in America" , "Administrative units in America" , "Conditions of American administrative units" , "Asserts" .)