State, political organization of society, or the body politic, or, more narrowly, the institutions of government. It is a form of human association ... Hegel · Body politic · Public administration

All State governments are modeled after the Federal Government and consist of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The U.S. Constitution ...

In the United States, state governments are institutional units exercising functions of government at a level below that of the federal government. Legal status · Executive · Common government...

According to one definition, a state is a community formed by people and exercising permanent power within a specified territory.

The general definition of a state is an autonomous, or self-governing political unit which holds centralized power. What is a State? · Development of States

The terms “state” and “government” are often used interchangeably in political discourse, but they can also refer to very different entities.

There are three branches that make up the State: the legislature (Parliament) that makes the laws; the executive (governments) that puts laws into effect; and ...

A state government is a unit of government that is designated to make and enforce laws within the state. State governments operate on a local level and only ...

Creating and maintaining political order is largely the job of the state, which we can define as a set of practices, a set of institutions and as a rather ...