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  2. Lying in state - Wikipedia

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    Lying in state is the tradition in which the body of a deceased official, such as a head of state, is placed in a state building, either outside or inside a coffin, to allow the public to pay their respects. It traditionally takes place in a major government building of a country, state, or city. While the practice differs among countries, in ...

  3. State (polity) - Wikipedia

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    Politics portal. v. t. e. A state is a political entity that regulates society and the population within a territory. [1] Government is considered to form the fundamental apparatus of contemporary states. [2] [3] Most often, a country has a single state, with various administrative divisions.

  4. U.S. state - Wikipedia

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    U.S. state. In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sovereignty with the federal government.

  5. Lying in repose - Wikipedia

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    Lying in repose is the tradition in which the body of a deceased person, often of high social stature, is made available for public viewing. Lying in repose differs from the more formal honor of lying in state, which is generally held at the principal government building of the deceased person's country and often accompanied by a guard of honour.

  6. Indiana - Wikipedia

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    Indiana. Indiana ( / ˌɪndiˈænə / ⓘ IN-dee-AN-ə) [15] is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the south and southeast, and the Wabash River and Illinois to the west.

  7. State-building - Wikipedia

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    State-building as a specific term in social sciences and humanities, refers to political and historical processes of creation, institutional consolidation, stabilization and sustainable development of states, from the earliest emergence of statehood up to the modern times. Within historical and political sciences, there are several theoretical ...

  8. Mental state - Wikipedia

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    Mental state. A mental state, or a mental property, is a state of mind of a person. Mental states comprise a diverse class, including perception, pain/pleasure experience, belief, desire, intention, emotion, and memory. There is controversy concerning the exact definition of the term. According to epistemic approaches, the essential mark of ...

  9. Red states and blue states - Wikipedia

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    Map based on last Senate election in each state as of 2022. Starting with the 2000 United States presidential election, the terms "red state" and "blue state" have referred to U.S. states whose voters vote predominantly for one party — the Republican Party in red states and the Democratic Party in blue states — in presidential and other statewide elections.