The State (n.) is 'a resonance chamber' where institutions resemble one another. Is it any surprise that the school resembles the barracks which resembles the factory which all resemble the prison'.
The State (n.) is, in its modern form, characterized by rigid segmentation and centralization.
The State (n.) is pace foucault, the object of the analysis of power as a virtual unitary point.
The State (n.) is the overall effect or result of interacting wheels or structures which are located at a completely different level, and which constitute a 'microphysics of power.
A State (n.) always seeks public recognition — there is no masked State — while the war machine exists only in its metamorphoses.