superstate

superstate
/sooh"peuhr stayt'/, n.
1. a state or a governing power presiding over states subordinated to it.
2. an extremely powerful centralized government maintaining close control or supervision over its member states and their inhabitants.
[SUPER- + STATE]

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Universalium. 2010.

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