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