Polity and State

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Polity noun - The form of government of a social organization.

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State is a synonym for polity in politics topic. In some cases you can use "State" instead a noun "Polity".

State noun - A body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government.

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Polity is a synonym for state in country topic. You can use "Polity" instead a noun "State", if it concerns topics such as politics.

In Traveller basically any multi-system polity must be a collection of Puppet State s even though sometimes the central government is created by the substates rather then the reverse.

Source: Puppet State
Main Polity in state of ongoing collapse.

Source: Just For Fun / The Troper Board On Multiversal Travel

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