Category:States

English: States as a (usually higher-level) OFFICIAL Administrative AND/OR political subdivision of some countries. Most often these are Federated states, part of a union of such states where international relations and certain powers have been transferred legally to a sovereign state.

• In case you meant a sovereign state or Nation state (Nations), see Countries.
• Sister category on the same level under Categories by country subdivision for many countries is category:Provinces.‎

English:

This category will list category names ALPHABETICALLY regardless of country of origin, which classification is handled by a subcategory under category:states by country, and see also category:provinces by country, each of which list appropriate subcategories by country.