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 (with shared culture or ethnic group) ** Constituent state, a political subdivision of a state ** Federated state, constituent states part of a federation (examples below) * State of nature, a concept within philosophy that describes the way humans acted before forming societies or civilizations State may also refer to:

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 (examples below) 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=== State Magazine, a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State The State (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, US Our State, a monthly magazine published in North Carolina and formerly called The State The State (Larry Niven), a fictional future government in three novels by Larry Niven ===Music=== ====Groups and labels==== States Records, an American record label The State (band), Australian band previously known as the Cutters ====Albums==== State (album), 2013¹, by Todd Rundgren States (album), 2013, by the Paper Kites States, 1991, by Klinik The State (album), 1999, by Nickelback ====Songs==== "The State", 2011, by Porter Robinson from Spitfire ===Television=== The State (American TV series), 1993 The State (British TV series), 2017 "State" (Friday Night Lights), an episode of the TV series Friday Night Lights ===Other=== State Theatre (disambiguation), several theatres The State (comedy troupe), an American comedy troupe ===Other uses in law and politics=== 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, a division of the executive branch of the US federal government, dealing with foreign affairs; sometimes referred to as "State", for short, in American political jargon ==Locations== State College, Pennsylvania, a city in the US, often referred to informally as "State" State College Area High School, or "State High" State station, subway station in Boston State station (CTA), in Chicago ==Mathematics== State (controls), a term related to control theory State (functional analysis), a positive linear functional on an operator algebra State, in dynamical systems, is a fixed rule describing the time dependence of a point in a geometrical space ==Science and technology== ===Computing=== State (computer science), a unique configuration of information in a program or machine Program state, in computer science, a snapshot of the measure of various conditions in the system State (website), semantic web platform created by London, UK-based Equal Media Ltd. State pattern, in computer science, a behavioral design pattern === Healthcare=== Medical state, one's current state of health, usually within a hospital Mental state ===Physics and chemistry=== State, a complete description of a system in classical mechanics Chemical state, the electronic, chemical and physical nature of an element Quantum state, the state of a quantum mechanical system given by a vector in the underlying Hilbert space Stationary state, an eigenvector of a Hamiltonian State of matter, solid, liquid or gaseous phases of matter; describing the organization of matter in a phase Thermodynamic state, a set of physical quantities describing variable properties of a given thermodynamic system ===Printing=== State (printmaking), distinct revisions of a work by a deliberate change to the print master ==Universities== Ball State University, in Muncie, US Georgia State University, in Atlanta, US Michigan State University, in East Lansing, US Michigan State Spartans, the athletic teams, commonly referred to as "State" ==Other uses== State (theology), a degree or stage of perfection in the Christian religion States (automobile), cyclecar manufactured by the States Cyclecar Co of Detroit, Michigan in 1915 ==See also== Condition (disambiguation) Government, the system by which a state or community is controlled New states (disambiguation) Stateless (disambiguation) Statement (disambiguation) Status (disambiguation) The States (disambiguation)

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