“Our country is so large. It just does not make sense to have one central government making all the decisions. What do the officials know about our local needs? Nothing! We need to have the final say in our state. The only thing the central government should do is prevent foreign attack.”

In this imagined quote, the author is arguing for a

confederation so that the state governments will have the most power
unitary form of government as the best way to address the local concerns
unitary form of government that can make decisions for all of the states
confederation so that the central government will have the most power