State government
A state government is the name given to the highest collegial government and administrative organs of the member states of a federal state or in the autonomous regional bodies of a decentralized unitary state .
- Germany, see state government (Germany)
- Austria, see provincial government (Austria)
- South Tyrol, see South Tyrolean provincial government
Since the member states in Switzerland are not referred to as federal states but as cantons , the Swiss name is analogous to the cantonal government . The term state government, on the other hand, is a common paraphrase used by the Federal Council in Switzerland .