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State of Play (video program)
State of Play is Sony Interactive Entertainment's recurring PlayStation video showcase, debuting March 25, 2019 after Sony left E3, airing game reveals and trailers on YouTube and Twitch; its June 2026 show peaked above 3 million viewers.
State of Qi (small Shang and Zhou vassal state)
The State of Qi (杞国) was a small Shang and Zhou vassal state whose rulers descended from Yu the Great of the Xia dynasty, destroyed by Chu in 445 BC.
State of Qi (Zhou period regional state)
State of Qi (齐国) was a regional state of the Zhou period in eastern China, ruling most of Shandong and known for prosperity and learning.
State of Rui
The State of Rui (芮国) was a same-clan vassal state of the Zhou dynasty, close to the royal court during the Western Zhou period and destroyed by Qin in the early Spring and Autumn era.
State of Shen
The State of Shen (申國) was a Zhou dynasty vassal state ruled by the Jiang family near present-day Nanyang, Henan, destroyed by Chu in the early Spring and Autumn period.
State of Siege: 26/11
State of Siege: 26/11 is a 2020 ZEE5 Indian web series, 8 episodes, directed by Matthew Leutwyler, based on Sandeep Unnithan's book Black Tornado, dramatizing the NSG response to the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
State of Singapore (Malaysia)
State of Singapore (Malaysia): Singapore's status as a Malaysian state from 16 September 1963 to 9 August 1965, under the 1963 State Constitution, with reserved federal powers, 15 of 127 federal seats, ending in the 7 August 1965 separation agreement.
State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (Država SHS), short-lived state proclaimed in Zagreb 29 October 1918 from Habsburg South Slav lands; merged with Serbia 1 December 1918 into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
State of Somaliland
The State of Somaliland was an independent state in the Horn of Africa that existed for five days in 1960 before uniting with Italian Somaliland to form the Somali Republic.
State of Song
State of Song (宋国) was a vassal state of the Spring and Autumn period, called "the hope of the central states" and destroyed by Qi, Wei, and Chu.
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.