State or The State may refer to: In government State Sovereign state, a sovereign political entity State (administrative division), a component entity of a sovereign state, usually a federation A federated state of Australia A federated state of Austria A federated state of Brazil A federated state of Germany A federated state of India A federated state of Malaysia A federated state of Mexico A federated state of the Federated States of Micronesia A federated state of Nigeria A feder… (More on State)