State most commonly refers to:
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State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
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Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
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Nation state, a state where the majority identify with a single nation (with shared culture or ethnic group)
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Constituent state, a political subdivision of a state
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Federated state, constituent states part of a federation (examples below)
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State of nature, a concept within philosophy that describes the way humans acted before forming societies or civilizations
State may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Literature
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State Magazine, a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State
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The State (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
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Our State, a monthly magazine published in North Carolina and formerly called The State
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The State (Larry Niven), a fictional future government in three novels by Larry Niven
Music
Groups and labels
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States Records, an American record label
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The State (band), Australian band previously known as the Cutters
Albums
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State (album), a 2013 album by Todd Rundgren
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States (album), a 2013 album by the Paper Kites
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States, a 1991 album by Klinik
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The State (album), a 1999 album by Nickelback
Songs
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"The State", a 2011 song by Porter Robinson from Spitfire
Television
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The State (American TV series), 1993
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The State (British TV series), 2017
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State (Friday Night Lights), an episode of the TV series Friday Night Lights
Other
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State Theatre (disambiguation), several theatres
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The State (comedy troupe), an American comedy troupe
Law and politics
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Rechtsstaat, the legal state (constitutional state, state subordinated to law) in the philosophy of law and as a principle of many national constitutions
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United States Department of State, a division of the executive branch of the United States federal government, dealing with foreign affairs; sometimes referred to as "State", for short, in American political jargon.
Federated states
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States of Australia
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States of Austria
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States of Brazil
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States of Germany
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States of India
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States of Malaysia
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States of Mexico
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States of Micronesia
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States of Nigeria
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States of Somalia
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States of South Sudan
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States of Sudan
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States of the United States
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States of Venezuela
Constituent states
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States of Myanmar
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States of Palau
The Estates or the States, a national assembly of the estates of the realm, an early form of legislature that was common throughout feudal Europe:
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States of Alderney, the government and parliament of Alderney
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States of Deliberation, the government and parliament of Guernsey
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States of Jersey, including the States Assembly parliament and the Government of Jersey executive
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States-General (disambiguation), a name for several historic and current national assemblies
Locations
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State College, Pennsylvania, a city in the United States, often referred to informally as "State"
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State College Area High School, or "State High"
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State station, subway station in Boston
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State station (CTA), in Chicago
Mathematics
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State (controls), a term related to control theory
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State (functional analysis), a positive linear functional on an operator algebra
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State, in dynamical systems, is a fixed rule describing the time dependence of a point in a geometrical space
Science and technology
Computing
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State (computer science), a unique configuration of information in a program or machine
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Program state, in computer science, a snapshot of the measure of various conditions in the system
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State (website), semantic web platform created by London, UK-based Equal Media Ltd
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State pattern, in computer science, a behavioral design pattern
Healthcare
Physics and chemistry
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State, a complete description of a system in classical mechanics
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Chemical state, the electronic, chemical and physical nature of an element
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Quantum state, the state of a quantum mechanical system given by a vector in the underlying Hilbert space
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Stationary state, an eigenvector of a Hamiltonian
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State of matter, solid, liquid or gaseous phases of matter; describing the organization of matter in a phase
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Thermodynamic state, a set of physical quantities describing variable properties of a given thermodynamic system
Printing
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State (printmaking), distinct revisions of a work by a deliberate change to the print master
Universities
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Ball State University, in Muncie, United States
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Georgia State University, in Atlanta, United States
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Michigan State University, in East Lansing, United States
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Michigan State Spartans, the athletic teams, commonly referred to as "State"
Other uses
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State (theology), a degree or stage of perfection in the Christian religion
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States (automobile), cyclecar manufactured by the States Cyclecar Co of Detroit, Michigan in 1915
See also
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Condition (disambiguation)
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Government, the system by which a state or community is controlled
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New states (disambiguation)
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Stateless (disambiguation)
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Status (disambiguation)
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The States (disambiguation)
