(chiefly in the plural) misgiving

fifty-first state

(law, administration) personal data, personal information, personal records; civil status, marital status / (law, administration) public records, civil registry (register of births, marriages and deaths) / (law, administration) register office

police state

(international law) member state, member country

in shape

city state (sovereign city)

night watchman state

welfare state (social system in which the state takes overall responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, providing health care, education, unemployment compensation and social security; country in which such a system operates)

vassal state, client state (state that is economically, politically and/or militarily dependent on another, more powerful state)