According to the textbook, a state is

Select one:

a$.$ one of the US states $($e$.$g$.,$ Colorado, Illinois, Georgia$).$

b$.$ established traditions that govern the people, the reason of state.

c$.$ a set of institutions that govern territory and its people by regulating their political, economic, and social interactions.

d$.$ a cultural group of people who want to be sovereign or independent.

e$.$ a social group of people that convey status or state to its members, but with authority.