State

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State most commonly refers to:

• State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
  • Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
  • Nation state, a state where the majority identify with a single nation (with shared culture or ethnic group)
  • Constituent state, a political subdivision of a state
  • Federated state, constituent states part of a federation
    • U.S. state
• State of nature, a concept within philosophy that describes the way humans acted before forming societies or civilizations

State may also refer to: