State

An abstract entity consisting of a set of political-legal institutions claiming control over a particular geographical territory and the people living in it.
A set of interlinked institutions for maintaining a monopoly over the use of legitimate violence in a specified territorial area.
Includes institutions like the legislature, judiciary, executive, the army, policy and administration.
In another sense, the name given to a regional government within a larger national structure, as in state government of Tamil Nadu, etc.