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In the U.S. the highest levels of government are the President (including Cabinet members), Supreme Court, and the Senate & Speaker of the House (Congress).

It is not the Executive branch. that's why there is checks and balances. the legislative, executive, and judicial branch all have the same amount of power. the highest level of government, key word is level, is the national government.

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There is more than one factor that determine how powerful a government is; however, in terms of wealth and money, the US has the highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of $15,684,750 since 2012.

At the moment, the customary answer is still "the United State's". But at this point, that's more by courtesy of another nation. When they care to make an issue of it, the answer will be "China's". Their nuclear and rocket capabilities are equal to the United State's, and their available fighting force of males outnumbers every man, woman and child in America.

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they are all equal

In terms of power to do things, the legislative branch is by far the most powerful. It has exclusive authority to legislate in many areas expressly stated in Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution. The idea that all branches are of equal power is not exactly true, since each branch has different functions and limitations on its powers. The judicial branch is by far the weakest of the branches since it has no power to act on it own volition nor does it have the power to enforce its own decrees.

The separation of powers and checks and balances concepts do not make the branches equal in power. They make it so that one branch can prevent another branch from becoming all powerful.

Most notably, the balance of power between the three branches changes over time. It varies with the social setting of the time, national and international events, and personalities in the various branches.

At the current time (2011), the Executive Branch is most likely the most powerful. This is heavily due to the 9/11 event, which resulted in a significant power transfer from the Judicial Branch to the Executive Branch (as the Judicial branch deferred more and more to Executive decision-making). To a certain extent, this reversed a century-long trend where the Legislative branch slowly accumulated more power, at the expense of the other two branches.

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The most powerful is the Federal because Federal sets the tone for the rest of the levels in the United States.

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None. They are all equal makers of our country made it that way because they did not want any of the branches to be to powerful.

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The unmixed states

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legislative

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