There have been several discussions within the U. S. of A. Were they a collection of republics with some common institutions (a Congress, a President, a tariff union, etc.) or were there one country composed by sovereign states. This difference soon evolved into the creation of two political parties: the Federalist Party supporting a stronger Federal Government, and the Republican Party, supporting more autonomy to the States. Several states began to increase their militias. And several states even began to create their own navies. Then the chaos began.