It’s a city state.
Explanation
The Declaration of Independence was signed July 4th, 1776.
Divide and Rule Policy
After 1858, the British continued to follow the policy of divide and rule by turning the princes against the people, province against province, caste against caste, group against group, and, above all, Hindus against Muslims.
Feudalism was the system in European medieval societies of the 10th to 13th centuries CE whereby a social hierarchy was established based on local administrative control and the distribution of land into units.
Buying factors of production from firms.