'The State' can refer to the government, but properly includes and refers to the people and the government... It is a country as a unified community in whole, and in concept. 'The Government'...
Government: is made up of people that exercise its powers, all those who have authority and control people. State: is a body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically, and the...
a state has its own government therfore state government while the national government controls the whole country so incidentally it wont have any state