the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for | a politically organized body of people under a single government |
| a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
| a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another |
| the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico) |