U.S. state

In the United States, a governor serves as the chief executive and commander-in-chief in each of the fifty states and in the five permanently inhabited territories, functioning as head of government therein.

In the United States, a state court has jurisdiction over disputes with some connection to a U.S. state.

A state legislature in the United States is the legislative body of any of the 50 U.S. states.

Local government in the United States refers to governmental jurisdictions below the level of the state.

In the United States, a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic region with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority.

Those of republican form (federated republics) are usually called states (like states of the USA) or republics (like republics in the former USSR).

National citizenship signifies membership in the country as a whole; state citizenship, in contrast, signifies a relation between a person and a particular state and has application generally limited to domestic matters.

Each state appoints electors pursuant to the methods described by its legislature, equal in number to its congressional delegation (senators and representatives).

The Senate is composed of senators, each of whom represents a single state in its entirety.

Article IV, Article V, and Article VI embody concepts of federalism, describing the rights and responsibilities of state governments, the states in relationship to the federal government, and the shared process of constitutional amendment.