state
organised community living under a system of government; either a sovereign state, constituent state, or federated state
Ottoman Empire
multiethnic empire with the monarchs from the Ottoman dynasty (1299–1922)
banana republic
political science term for a politically unstable country
Emirate
political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Muslim monarch styled emir
Crusader states
Christian states in the Levant, 1098–1291
Thuringian states
several federal states within the German Reich
West Ukrainian People's Republic
self-proclaimed 1918-1919 country in Eastern Europe
Prince-Bishopric of Speyer
Prince-Bishopric of the Holy Roman Empire
Mafia state
state system where the government is tied with organized crime
Duchy of Ferrara
former country
West Germany
Federal Republic of Germany in the period between its formation on 23 May 1949 and German reunification on 3 October 1990
Emirate of Bukhara
1785–1920 state in Central Asia
secular state
state or country purports to be officially neutral in matters of religion
middle power
type of state
Caucasian Imamate
former state in the Northern Caucasus
Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets
1917–1918 republic of the Russian SFSR
Bongo Bongo Land
Pejorative term
Kingdom of Naples
former country, established in 1806 as Napoleonic client state and dissolved in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna
Jersey
British Crown dependency in the Channel Islands
Tang dynasty
empire in the China proper between 618 and 907 AD
Vandals
East Germanic tribe
Persian Empire
series of historical empires existing until year 1979 approximately at the place of the state Iran
city-state
independent or autonomous entity whose territory consists of a city
People's Republic of Zanzibar
short-lived republic in the Indian Ocean between January and April 1964
Erivan Khanate
Iranian khanate (1747–1828)
Cossack Hetmanate
1649–1764 Cossack state in Ukraine
Duchy of Pannonian Croatia
medieval duchy from the 7th to the 10th century
member state
state that is a member of an international organisation
Republic of San Marco
Italian revolutionary state based in Venice
pariah state
Nation considered an outcast by the international community
Hurri
ancient state founded by Hurrians
bourgeois state
state in which the bourgeoisie exercises political power
Rosenberg State
Former estate owned by the Rosenberg family in Southern Bohemia
Christian state
state which endorses Christianity as the state religion
quasi-state
political entity which does not represent a fully institutionalized or autonomous sovereign state
State of El Salvador
former state of the Federal Repúblic of Central America
Cyprus
Mediterranean island nation in Europe
Antigua and Barbuda
island sovereign state in the Caribbean Sea
Mughal Empire
great Turkic descent empire ruling India (1526–1857)
Babylonia
ancient Akkadian region in Mesopotamia
federated state
territorial and constitutional community forming part of a federal union
State of Los Altos
state of the Federal Republic of Central America
Latin League
Ancient confederation of Latin city-States for mutual defense
Bono State
Primordial Akan state by the Bono people
rentier state
state which derives all or a substantial portion of its national revenues from the rent of indigenous resources to external clients
Jewish state
political term used to describe the nation-state of Israel
superstate
large state created out of many states unifying