Federal states are qabiil projects that are inhabited by the same qabiil (PL & JL= Daarood. GM &HS-Hawiye and so on), Somaliland needs to represent what they claim is Somaliland instead of just Isaaq regions.
Therein lies the difference.
Isaaq live in all the regions of Somaliland. I really don't like this lie constantly bandied about that we live in 3 cities. I have relatives from all regions, from Awdal to Sanaag. Somaliland is a indivisible.