# State

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'''State''' most commonly refers to:
* [State (polity)](/source/State_(polity)), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**[Sovereign state](/source/Sovereign_state), a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**[Nation state](/source/Nation_state), a state where the majority identify with a single nation (with shared culture or ethnic group)
** [Constituent state](/source/Constituent_state), a political subdivision of a state
** [Federated state](/source/Federated_state), constituent states part of a federation (examples below)
* [State of nature](/source/State_of_nature), a concept within philosophy that describes the way humans acted before forming societies or civilizations

'''State''' may also refer to:

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==Arts, entertainment, and media==

===Literature===
* ''[State Magazine](/source/State_Magazine)'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State
* [''The State'' (newspaper)](/source/The_State_(newspaper)), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
* ''[Our State](/source/Our_State)'', a monthly magazine published in North Carolina and formerly called ''The State''
* [The State (Larry Niven)](/source/The_State_(Larry_Niven)), a fictional future government in three novels by Larry Niven

===Music===

====Groups and labels====
* [States Records](/source/States_Records), an American record label
* [The State (band)](/source/The_State_(band)), Australian band previously known as the Cutters

====Albums====
* [''State'' (album)](/source/State_(album)), a 2013 album by Todd Rundgren
* [''States'' (album)](/source/States_(album)), a 2013 album by the Paper Kites
* ''States'', a 1991 album by [Klinik](/source/Klinik)
* [''The State'' (album)](/source/The_State_(album)), a 1999 album by Nickelback

====Songs====
* "The State", a 2011 song by Porter Robinson from ''[Spitfire](/source/Spitfire_(EP))''

===Television===
* [''The State'' (American TV series)](/source/The_State_(American_TV_series)), 1993
* [''The State'' (British TV series)](/source/The_State_(British_TV_series)), 2017
* [State (Friday Night Lights)](/source/State_(Friday_Night_Lights)), an episode of the TV series Friday Night Lights

===Other===
* [State Theatre (disambiguation)](/source/State_Theatre_(disambiguation)), several theatres
* [The State (comedy troupe)](/source/The_State_(comedy_troupe)), an American comedy troupe

== Law and politics ==
* ''[Rechtsstaat](/source/Rechtsstaat)'', the legal state (constitutional state, state subordinated to law) in the philosophy of law and as a principle of many national constitutions
* [United States Department of State](/source/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](/source/States_of_Australia)
* [States of Austria](/source/States_of_Austria)
* [States of Brazil](/source/States_of_Brazil)
* [States of Germany](/source/States_of_Germany)
* [States of India](/source/States_of_India)
* [States of Malaysia](/source/States_of_Malaysia)
* [States of Mexico](/source/States_of_Mexico)
* [States of Micronesia](/source/States_of_Micronesia)
* [States of Nigeria](/source/States_of_Nigeria)
* [States of Somalia](/source/States_of_Somalia)
* [States of South Sudan](/source/States_of_South_Sudan)
* [States of Sudan](/source/States_of_Sudan)
* [States of the United States](/source/States_of_the_United_States)
* [States of Venezuela](/source/States_of_Venezuela)
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=== Constituent states ===
* [States of Myanmar](/source/States_of_Myanmar)
* [States of Palau](/source/States_of_Palau)

[The Estates](/source/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:
* [States of Alderney](/source/States_of_Alderney), the government and parliament of Alderney
* [States of Deliberation](/source/States_of_Deliberation), the government and parliament of Guernsey
* States of Jersey, including the [States Assembly](/source/States_Assembly) parliament and the Government of Jersey executive
* [States-General (disambiguation)](/source/States-General_(disambiguation)), a name for several historic and current national assemblies

==Locations==
* [State College, Pennsylvania](/source/State_College%2C_Pennsylvania), a city in the United States, often referred to informally as "State"
** [State College Area High School](/source/State_College_Area_High_School), or "State High"
* [State station](/source/State_station), subway station in Boston
* [State station (CTA)](/source/State_station_(CTA)), in Chicago

==Mathematics==
* [State (controls)](/source/State_(controls)), a term related to control theory
* [State (functional analysis)](/source/State_(functional_analysis)), a positive linear functional on an operator algebra
* State, in [dynamical systems](/source/dynamical_systems), is a fixed rule describing the time dependence of a point in a geometrical space

==Science and technology==
===Computing===
* [State (computer science)](/source/State_(computer_science)), a unique configuration of information in a program or machine
** [Program state](/source/Program_state), in computer science, a snapshot of the measure of various conditions in the system
* [State (website)](/source/State_(website)), semantic web platform created by London, UK-based Equal Media Ltd
* [State pattern](/source/State_pattern), in computer science, a behavioral design pattern

=== Healthcare===
* [Medical state](/source/Medical_state), one's current state of health, usually within a hospital
* [Mental state](/source/Mental_state)

===Physics and chemistry===
* State, a complete description of a system in [classical mechanics](/source/classical_mechanics)
* [Chemical state](/source/Chemical_state), the electronic, chemical and physical nature of an element
* [Quantum state](/source/Quantum_state), the state of a quantum mechanical system given by a vector in the underlying Hilbert space
* [Stationary state](/source/Stationary_state), an eigenvector of a Hamiltonian
* [State of matter](/source/State_of_matter), solid, liquid or gaseous phases of matter; describing the organization of matter in a phase
* [Thermodynamic state](/source/Thermodynamic_state), a set of physical quantities describing variable properties of a given thermodynamic system

===Printing===
* [State (printmaking)](/source/State_(printmaking)), distinct revisions of a work by a deliberate change to the print master

==Universities==
* [Ball State University](/source/Ball_State_University), in Muncie, United States
* [Georgia State University](/source/Georgia_State_University), in Atlanta, United States
* [Michigan State University](/source/Michigan_State_University), in East Lansing, United States
* [Michigan State Spartans](/source/Michigan_State_Spartans), the athletic teams, commonly referred to as "State"

==Other uses==
* [State (theology)](/source/State_(theology)), a degree or stage of perfection in the Christian religion
* [States (automobile)](/source/States_(automobile)), cyclecar manufactured by the States Cyclecar Co of Detroit, Michigan in 1915

==See also==
*[Condition (disambiguation)](/source/Condition_(disambiguation))
*[Government](/source/Government), the system by which a state or community is controlled
*[New states (disambiguation)](/source/New_states_(disambiguation))
*[Stateless (disambiguation)](/source/Stateless_(disambiguation))
*[Statement (disambiguation)](/source/Statement_(disambiguation))
*[Status (disambiguation)](/source/Status_(disambiguation))
*[The States (disambiguation)](/source/The_States_(disambiguation))
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