FREE STATE

'Free state' can refer to:

★ Free state (government), a type of loosely defined government. Historical examples include:

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★ Free State of Fiume

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★ Irish Free State

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★ Articles about German Free States after World War I:

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★ Free State of Anhalt

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★ Free State of Bavaria (extant)

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★ Free State of Brunswick

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★ Peoples' State of Hesse

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★ Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

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★ Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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★ Free State of Prussia

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★ Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe

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★ Free State of Saxony (extant)

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★ Free State of Thuringia (extant)
Other uses include:

★ Free state (USA), a state that abolished slavery prior to the American Civil War

★ A nickname for the state of Maryland

★ The Free State is a province of the Republic of South Africa.

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★ Orange Free State is the article about the history of that state.

★ Free State Project, in which 20,000 libertarians have pledged to relocate to the US state of New Hampshire