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Polity
A polity is a state or one of its subordinate civil authorities, such as a provinceprefecturecountymunicipalitycity, or district. It is generally understood to mean a geographic area with a corresponding governmentThomas Hobbes considered bodies politic in this sense in Leviathan. In previous centuries, body politic was also understood to mean "the physical person of the sovereign:" emperorking or dictator in monarchies and despotisms, and the electorate in republics. In present times, it may also refer to representation of a group, such as ones drawn along ethnic or gender lines. Cabinets in liberal democracies are chosen to represent the body politic.

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