state

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 Constituent state, a political subdivision of a state Federated state, constituent states part of a federation State of nature, a concept within philosophy that describes the way humans acted before forming societies or civilizations