1. body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state

a politically organized body of people under a single government

Example Sentences:
'the state has elected a new president'
'African nations'
'students who had come to the nation's capitol'
'the country's largest manufacturer'
'an industrialized land'

Synonyms

• body politic
• commonwealth
• country
• land
• nation
• state