Quote (ReturnFormer @ Oct 10 2012 01:17am)
people think that only the US has states...
state doesnt refer exclusively to a sub entity of a country
Quote (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State)
State commonly refers to either the present condition of a system or entity, or to a governed entity (such as a country) or sub-entity (such as an autonomous territory of a country).
basically what you can a country can be called a state aswell