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State within a state (also Latin language: imperium in imperio[1] or status in statu) is a political situation in a country when an internal organ ("Deep State"), generally from the armed forces, intelligence agencies, or police, does not respond to the civilian leadership.

Sometimes, the term refers to state companies that, though formally under the command of the government, act de facto like private corporations. Sometimes, the term refers to companies that, though formally private, act de facto like "states within a state".[2]

Certain political debates surrounding the separation of Church and State revolve around the perception that if left unchecked, the Church might turn into a kind of State within a State, an illegitimate outgrowth of the State's natural civil power.[3]

Imperium in imperio was also the first state motto of Ohio, reflecting its great size and influence within the early United States.[4][5]

Alleged cases of “state within a state”[]

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  1. from Baruch de Spinoza: Tractatus politicus, Caput II, § 6.
  2. Daniel de Leon: "Imperium in imperio" in: Daily People, June 4, 1903.
  3. Cf William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, IV, c.4 ss. iii.2, p. *54, where the charge of being imperium in imperio was notably levied against the Church
  4. "Great Seal of Ohio". pp. 392–393. http://publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfm?action=detail&Page=0010392.html&StartPage=388&EndPage=394&volume=10. 
  5. Knabenshue, S. S.. "The Great Seal of Ohio". pp. 489–490. http://publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfm?action=detail&Page=0010489.html&StartPage=489&EndPage=491&volume=10. 
  6. Who Controls Pakistan's Powerful ISI?, Radio Free Europe, August 14, 2008
  7. "Pakistan's shadowy secret service, the ISI". BBC News. 3 May 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13272009. 
  8. Ambinder, Marc; Grady, D.B. (2013). Deep State: Inside the Government Secrecy Industry. Wiley. ISBN 978-1118146682. 
  9. Priest, Dana; Arkin, William M. (2011). Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0316182214. Lay summary (07/09/2013). 
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