State most commonly refers to: *

State (polity) A state is a politics, political entity that regulates society and the population within a definite territory. Government is considered to form the fundamental apparatus of contemporary states. A country often has a single state, with various a ...

, a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **

Sovereign state A sovereign state is a State (polity), state that has the highest authority over a territory. It is commonly understood that Sovereignty#Sovereignty and independence, a sovereign state is independent. When referring to a specific polity, the ter ...

, 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 *** U.S. state * 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, United States * '' 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), a 2013 album by Todd Rundgren * ''States'' (album), a 2013 album by the Paper Kites * ''States'', a 1991 album by Klinik * ''The State'' (album), a 1999 album by Nickelback

Songs

* "The State", a 2011 song 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

* '' 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 United States federal government, dealing with foreign affairs; sometimes referred to as "State", for short, in American political jargon. Federated states: * States of Australia * States of Austria * States of Brazil * States of Germany * States of India *

States of Malaysia Malaysia is a federation of thirteen federated state, states and three federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territories, which form the primary administrative division, administrative divisions of the country. Eleven states and two territ ...

States of Mexico A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent Federated state, federative Polity, entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, State g ...

* 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

Locations

* State College, Pennsylvania, a city in the United States, 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, United States * Georgia State University, in Atlanta, United States * Michigan State University, in East Lansing, United States ** 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