States

The term state may refer to:

• a general condition, as in "state of being"

• a legal concept in public and private international law: see state (law)

• a non-sovereign political entity, see state (non-sovereign).
  • in Australia, see Australian States and Territories.
  • in Austria (Bundesland), see States of Austria.
  • in Brazil, see States of Brazil.
  • in Germany (Bundesland), see States of Germany.
  • in India, see States and territories of India .
  • in Mexico, see States of Mexico.
  • in the United States of America, see U.S. state.

• a sketch comedy show on MTV, see The State (TV series)

• a sovereign political entity, see
  • state
  • unitary state
  • nation state

• a term in computer science and computability theory, see state (computer science).
• a term in functional analysis, see state (functional analysis).
• a term in neuro-linguistic programming, see state (neuro-linguistic programming).
• a term in physics, particularly in thermodynamics, statistical physics, and dynamical systems and chaos theory, see state (physics).

• States-General

• colloquially, the US State Department.
• colloquially, Jersey people and Guernsey people call the States of Jersey/States of Guernsey, the States
• colloquially, used by Canadians to refer to the United States, "In the States, ..."