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State of Sui
The State of Sui (随国) was a Ji-surname vassal state of the Zhou dynasty centered on Suizhou, Hubei, known to its own bronzes as Zeng and destroyed by Chu.
State of Tan
The State of Tan (谭国) was a small Spring and Autumn period state near present-day Jinan, wedged between Qi and Lu and destroyed by Qi in 684 BC.
State of Teng
The State of Teng (滕国) was a small hereditary vassal state of the Zhou dynasty, founded by Shu Xiu and best known for Duke Wen's patronage of Mencius.
State of the art
State of the art (SOTA) is the highest level of development or technology available in a field at a given time, a phrase that originated in engineering.
State of the Comoros
State of the Comoros: the Union of the Comoros, Indian Ocean republic of Ngazidja, Anjouan, and Mohéli claiming Mayotte; capital Moroni; 2001 union constitution, 2018 referendum ending island rotation, President Azali Assoumani since 2016.
State of the Digital Decade
The State of the Digital Decade is the European Commission's annual report measuring the EU's progress toward its 2030 digital targets in skills, infrastructure, business, and public services.
State of the Map
State of the Map (SotM) is the annual international conference of OpenStreetMap, organized by the OpenStreetMap Foundation and held every year since 2007 except 2015 and 2023.
State of the Teutonic Order
The State of the Teutonic Order (Deutschordensstaat) was the monastic-military crusader state the Teutonic Knights ruled in Prussia from 1226 until 1525, when Grand Master Albert secularized it, distinct from the later Kingdom of Prussia and the surviving hospital order in Vienna.
State of the Union
The State of the Union address, also historically the Annual Message, is the US president's constitutionally required yearly report and legislative agenda speech to a joint session of Congress, delivered in person since Wilson's 1913 revival and officially so named since 1947.
State of Thuringia (1920–1952)
Land Thüringen (1920–1952), Free State of Thuringia: German state formed 1 May 1920 from seven small states, capital Weimar; re-founded 1945 in the Soviet zone, dissolved 25 July 1952 into the Bezirke Erfurt, Gera, and Suhl.
State of Vietnam (國家越南)
State of Vietnam (Quốc gia Việt Nam, État du Vietnam): French-associated state proclaimed 1 September 1949 under the Élysée Accords, headed by Bảo Đại; succeeded by Ngô Đình Diệm's Republic of Vietnam in October 1955.
State of Wei (Wey)
The State of Wei (衞国) was a Zhou vassal state founded for Kang Shu at the former Shang lands, and the last of the pre-Qin states to be annexed.
State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB)
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) is the Wisconsin state agency that invests the Wisconsin Retirement System's assets, about $154.6 billion as of December 2025.
State of Wu
The State of Wu (吳國) was a regional state of the Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn period in southeastern China, conquered by Yue after decades of dominance.
State of Xing
The State of Xing (邢国) was a Ji-surname vassal state of the Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn periods, based at present-day Xingtai in Hebei and destroyed by Wei in 635 BC.
State of Xu
The State of Xu (许国) was a small Jiang-surname vassal state of the Zhou dynasty, eventually destroyed by Zheng, which captured its ruler Xu Nansi.
State of Xue
The State of Xue (薛国) was a small Zhou principality in western Shandong, China, claiming continuous existence from the Xia dynasty through the Spring and Autumn period.
State of Yan
The State of Yan was a major power of China's Warring States period, rising under Yan Zhaowang and known for Jing Ke's attempted assassination of the Qin king.
State of Yiqu
The State of Yiqu (义渠国) was a Rong polity, a loose confederation of tribes centered in eastern Gansu and Ningxia during the Warring States period, combining farming and herding.
State of Yu
The State of Yu (虞國) was a Spring and Autumn period vassal state in southwestern Shanxi, destroyed by Jin in 655 BC after lending Jin a military road.
State of Yue
The State of Yue (越国) was an ancient Chinese state of the Spring and Autumn period, best known for King Goujian's revival and revenge against Wu.
State of Zeng
The State of Zeng (鄫国) was a small state of the Spring and Autumn period in present-day Lanling, Shandong, ruled by a Si-surname viscount and destroyed by Ju in 567 BC.
State of Zhu
The State of Zhu (邾国) was a small vassal state of the Zhou dynasty in southern Shandong, founded by tradition when King Wu enfeoffed Cao Xia.
State of Zou
The State of Zou (邹国), earlier known as Zhu, was a small Eastern Zhou vassal state in present-day Zoucheng, Shandong, destroyed by Chu after twenty-nine generations of rulers.
State Opening of Parliament
State Opening of Parliament: the UK ceremony opening a parliamentary session, where the monarch reads the King's Speech (written by the government) in the House of Lords, with Gunpowder Plot cellar searches and Black Rod's slammed door.
State park
State park: a natural, recreational, or historical protected area managed by a state-level government, chiefly in the United States. Over 5,000 units versus fewer than 500 national parks; movement organized at the 1921 Mather conference; earliest surviving example is New York's Niagara Falls (1885).
State parks of the Western United States
State parks of the Western United States are protected areas managed by individual western state governments, holding 65 percent of the nation's state park acreage with 18 percent of its population.
State pattern
The State pattern is a behavioral design pattern in which an object changes its behavior when its internal state changes, replacing bulky conditionals with one class per state.
State Peace and Development Council
The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) was Myanmar's military junta, renamed from SLORC on 15 November 1997, led by Senior General Than Shwe, ruling by decree with subordinate Peace and Development Councils until its dissolution on 30 March 2011.
State police
State police are government agencies enforcing laws throughout an entire state, distinct from city or county police; the first U.S. agency was formed in Massachusetts in 1865.