What is a union of independent soverign states?
a-a federation
b-a unitary government
c-a constitutional government
d-a confederation
e-a democracy

A union of independent sovereign states is called a D) confederation. A common example today of a confederation is the European Union which is comprised of many independent European nations connected by the European Union body. 

The fact that farmers were paid for destroying crops.

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