autonomy

[ aw-ton-uh-mee ]
noun

the right or condition of self-government.

Tatarstan demanded greater autonomy within the Russian Federation.

embark
[ em-bahrk ]
verb

begin (a course of action, especially one that is important or demanding).

He embarked on a new career.

Silo
[ sahy-loh ]
noun

a tower or pit on a farm used to store grain.

 Wheat is placed in a drying silo before it is sold in the farmer's market.
matrix
[ mey-triks, ma- ]

Noun
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else
originates, takes form, or develops:
The Greco-Roman world was the matrix for Western civilization.

hierarchy
[ hahy-uh-rahr-kee, hahy-rahr- ]

noun
a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other
according to status or authority.
The initiative was with those lower down in the hierarchy.

red tape
 an idiom referring to regulations or conformity to formal rules or standards which are claimed to be
excessive, rigid or redundant, or to bureaucracy claimed to hinder or prevent action or decision-
making.
This law will just create more red tape.