Home rule is where constituent parts of a state are given greater self-government within the administrative purview of the central government. In the United Kingdom, it has traditionally referred to self-government, or devolution or independence, for constituent nations (namely Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland), and at one point Ireland. Home rule also refers analogously to the process and mechanisms of self-government by municipalities and counties in many countries with respect to their immediately-superior level of government. It can also refer to the similar system by which Greenland and the Faroe Islands are associated to Denmark. In the British Empire, there were vigorous demands for home rule by activists in India. Home rule is not, however, comparable with federalism. Whereas states in a federal system of government have a guaranteed constitutional existence, a devolved home rule system of government is created by ordinary legislation and can be reformed, or even abolished, by mere repeal or amendment of that ordinary legislation.

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