Free state can refer to:
- Free state (government), a loosely defined term used by various states at different times and places to describe themselves. Not all of them would fit with present-day definitions of "free", and some did not fit the definitions of the term current in their own time. Historical examples include:
- Congo Free State
- Free State of Fiume
- Irish Free State
- Articles about German Free States after World War I:
- Free State of Anhalt
- Free State of Bavaria (extant)
- Free State Bottleneck
- Free State of Brunswick
- People's State of Hesse
- Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Free State of Prussia (1918-1933)
- Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Free State of Saxony (extant)
- Free State of Thuringia (extant)
- Free People's State of Württemberg
Other uses include:
- Free state (U.S. states prior to the American Civil War), a state that was not a Slave state
- The Free State, a province of the Republic of South Africa
- Orange Free State, historical precursor of The Free State
- The Free State Project
- Maryland, a U.S. state nicknamed "The Free State"
- The Free State of Galveston, a nickname used to refer to the island of Galveston, Texas during the early–mid 20th century
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