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State nationalism
State nationalism is top-down nationalism promoted by an existing state to make all legal citizens, whatever their ethnicity, share one national identity. Also called official or state-building nationalism; contrasts with ethnic nationalism and the state-nation accommodation model.
State observers for nonlinear systems
State observers for nonlinear systems are algorithms that estimate a system's unmeasured internal variables in real time from measured inputs, outputs, and a model of the dynamics.
State of Affairs (TV series)
State of Affairs is an NBC political drama (premiered November 17, 2014) starring Katherine Heigl as CIA analyst Charleston Tucker, who briefs President Constance Payton (Alfre Woodard) via the daily PDB; one season, reviewed as derivative of Homeland and Scandal.
State of Alwar
Alwar State, a Naruka Rajput princely state in Rajputana founded by Pratap Singh (1740–1791), joined the Matsya Union in March 1948 and merged into Rajasthan on 15 May 1949.
State of Anjouan
State of Anjouan (Nzwani): separatist state declared on the Comorian island of Anjouan on 3 August 1997, reunified in 2002 under Mohamed Bacar, and ended by the AU-backed military intervention of 24 March 2008.
State of Ba
The State of Ba (巴国), also called Baizi Guo (巴子国), was a Zhou-enfeoffed state in the Sichuan Basin, ruled by a zi-ranked Baizi and annexed by Qin in 316 BC.
State of Bai
The State of Bai (柏国), also called Baizi State, was a small Zhou vassal state of the Spring and Autumn period, allied with Qi and destroyed by Chu.
State of Bi
The State of Bi (毕国) was a small Zhou-dynasty principality in present-day Shaanxi, founded for Bi Gonggao, a Zhou kinsman, and best known as the ancestral state of Wei.
State of Buenos Aires
The State of Buenos Aires (Estado de Buenos Aires) was the polity into which Buenos Aires province organized itself after seceding from the Argentine Confederation in 1852.
State of Burma
The State of Burma was the nominally independent Burmese state established under Japanese sponsorship on 1 August 1943, with Ba Maw as Head of State, lasting until 1945.
State of Cai
The State of Cai (蔡国) was a vassal state of the Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn periods, lasting about 600 years under 26 marquises.
State of Cambodia
The State of Cambodia (រដ្ឋកម្ពុជា) was the government that ruled Cambodia from 1989 to 1993, the renamed successor of the People's Republic of Kampuchea led by Hun Sen.
State of Cao
The State of Cao (曹国) was a mid-sized vassal state of the Zhou dynasty, founded by Shu Zhenduo, a brother of King Wu, and destroyed by Song in 487 BC.
State of charge
State of charge (SoC) is the fraction of a battery's capacity currently available, expressed as a percentage; since it cannot be measured directly, battery management systems estimate it.
State of Chu
The State of Chu (楚國) was a major multi-ethnic state of the Zhou world, dominating the Han and Huai regions until Qin captured its last king and abolished it.
State of Decay (video game)
State of Decay is a 2013 open-world zombie survival game by Undead Labs, published by Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360 and PC, with permanent character death, base building, and 250,000 first-48-hour downloads; sequels followed in 2018 and 2027.
State of Decay 2
State of Decay 2 (2018) is a zombie survival game by Undead Labs, published by Microsoft, with community management, base building, and four-player co-op; Juggernaut Edition remaster (2020), 10+ million players, final update late 2024.
State of Decay 3
State of Decay 3 is Undead Labs' open-world zombie survival game, announced July 2020, gameplay-revealed June 2026, releasing 2027 on Xbox, PC, Steam, PS5, and Game Pass with 4-player shared-world co-op.
State of Deng
The State of Deng (邓国) was a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty in China's south, destroyed by Chu in 678 BC; its location remains disputed.
State of Deseret
State of Deseret: provisional Mormon state proposed in 1849 with a Salt Lake City constitution and 2,270-signature petition; Congress instead created Utah Territory in 1850.
State of E
State of E (鄂) was a Shang and Zhou-era state in Shanxi, Henan, and Nanyang, probably destroyed by Chu in the early Spring and Autumn period.
State of East Indonesia
The State of East Indonesia (Negara Indonesia Timur) was a federal state formed by the Netherlands in December 1946, covering Sulawesi, the Small Sunda Islands, and the Maluku Islands.
State of East Sumatra
The State of East Sumatra (Negara Sumatera Timur, NST) was a federal state created by the Netherlands in December 1947, with Medan as its capital and Tengku Mansur as head of state.
State of emergency
State of emergency: a government declaration suspending normal political and social operations during a crisis, also called emergency powers or etat de siege. Key features are rights derogation, temporary duration, oversight safeguards, and documented abuse by autocratic governments.
State of Fear
State of Fear is a 2004 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton, published by HarperCollins, in which eco-terrorists stage natural-looking disasters to convince the public climate change is a crisis.
State of Franklin
The State of Franklin, also called Frankland, was a breakaway government (1784-1788) declared by three western North Carolina counties in present East Tennessee; John Sevier governed it, Congress rejected its statehood petition, and North Carolina reclaimed the region by 1789.
State of Grace (1990 film)
State of Grace is a 1990 American crime drama directed by Phil Joanou, starring Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Ed Harris, and Robin Wright as an undercover cop infiltrating Hell's Kitchen's Irish mob, loosely based on the Westies; it flopped against GoodFellas but holds an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score.
State of Guan
The State of Guan (管国) was a short-lived vassal state of the early Western Zhou, enfeoffed by King Wu of Zhou and held by his brother Guan Shuxian near Zhengzhou.
State of health
State of health (SOH) measures a rechargeable battery's general condition against its initial state; a new battery is 100%, and 80% is commonly considered end of life.
State of Huo
The State of Huo (霍国) was a small vassal state of the Western Zhou dynasty, founded by Huo Shuchu, a son of King Wen of Zhou, and destroyed by Jin in 661 BC.