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), 2013, 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
Law and politics
Federated states
States of Australia States of Austria States of Brazil States of Germany States of India States of Malaysia States of Mexico States of Micronesia States of Nigeria States of Somalia States of South Sudan States of Sudan States of the United States States of Venezuela
Constituent states States of Myanmar 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: States of Alderney, the government and parliament of Alderney States of Deliberation, the government and parliament of Guernsey States of Jersey, including the States Assembly parliament and the Government of Jersey executive States-General (disambiguation), a name for several historic and current national assemblies
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)