state secrets;  secrets of the state
 power of the state;  government authority
 subversion (of the state)
 country with a constitutional government;  constitutional state;  country where the rule of law prevails;  system based on the rule of law
 the world and the nation;  the state of the world;  high affairs of state
 organs of the state;  machinery of the state
 modern state;  modern nation
 the fate of a nation;  life-or-death (situation) for a nation;  national crisis
 national certification;  national qualification;  government certification
 democratic nation;  democratic country
 National Mobilization Law (1938)
 democracy;  democratic nation
 state socialism;  Nazism;  national socialism
 national finance;  central government finance
 multiracial nation;  multiethnic country
 world state;  world federation
 continental state (e.g. Australia)
 federation of states;  confederation of nations
 National Public Safety Commission
 the Japanese nation under the ritsuryo codes
 state sovereignty;  national sovereignty
 country with a high level of culture
 State Shintō;  nationalistic form of Shinto, formerly the official religion of Japan
 National Public Safety Commission
 National Security Council
 as a nation;  with the whole country
 spiritual protection of the state
 permanent national policy
 state of national emergency
 diplomatic recognition (of a country)
 ethnically homogeneous nation;  racially homogeneous nation
 Islamic state (state where shari'a law is enforced);  Islamic country
 Director of National Intelligence (USA);  DNI
 rogue nation;  rogue state
 national rural police (1947-1954)
 rogue nation;  rogue state
 state (sponsored) terrorism
 Commonwealth of Independent States;  CIS
 eventful times for the nation;  the nation being in turmoil;  the storm clouds gathering in the land
 state sponsor of terrorism;  state that sponsors or supports terrorism
 national pride;  national prestige
 national strategic special zone
 state capitalism;  national capitalism
 National Government Organization Act
 National Critical Technology
 national language;  state language
 construction state;  civil engineering state;  country dominated by the construction industry
 National Military Establishment (forerunner to the U.S. Department of Defense; 1947-1949)
 caliphate;  caliphate state
 state monopoly capitalism
 secular state;  secular nation