A state may be a unitary state or some type of federal union; in the latter type, the term "state" is sometimes used to refer to the federated polities that make up the federation, and they may have some of the attributes of a sovereign state, except being under their federation and without the same capacity to act internationally.

A polity can be any group of people organized for governance, such as the board of a corporation, the government of a country, or the government of a country subdivision. A polity may have various forms, such as a republic administered by an elected representative, the realm of a hereditary monarch, and others.

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)

2024年12月9日 · The state is a form of human association distinguished from other social groups by its purpose, the establishment of order and security; its methods, the laws and their enforcement; its territory, the area of jurisdiction or geographic boundaries; and finally by its sovereignty. The state consists, most broadly, of the agreement of the ...

2024年10月22日 · Within a federal system, the term state also refers to political units, not entirely sovereign themselves, but subject to some extent to the authority of the larger state, or federal union, such as the "states" in the United States of America.

A state is a political entity that regulates society and the population within a territory. Government is considered to form the fundamental apparatus of contem...

A state is a political entity that regulates society and the population within a territory. Government is considered to form the fundamental apparatus of contemporary states.

2024年9月28日 · A state is a type of polity that is an organized political community living under a single system of government. States may or may not be sovereign. For instance, federated states are members of a federal union, and may have only partial sovereignty, but are, nonetheless, states. Some states are sub

This article is about the general concept of the state. For the subjects of international law, see Sovereign state. For other uses, see State (disambiguation). The frontispiece of Thomas Hobbes Leviathan A state is an organised political…

A state is a polity (an organized group of individuals) living in a particular territorial area with its own form of government. Characteristics of the State maintains that the state is "an organized political community acting under a government".