The
Free State of Prussia was a German state formed after the abolition of the
Kingdom of Prussia in the aftermath of the
First World War. It was the major state of the
German Reich during the time of the
Weimar Republic, comprising almost (62.5%) of its territory and population.
Free state is another German term for
republic that was coined in contrast to the Latin word, which was associated with the enemy
France in the minds of many Germans of that time.