state property
Belongs to nation
State property is anything owned by a government rather than private individuals or corporations: The factory was seized and converted to state property.
The term appears frequently in discussions of communist or socialist systems where private ownership is restricted.
It can also refer to public lands, buildings, and infrastructure: Vandalism of state property carries heavy penalties.
- public interestSocietal welfare and benefit
- common goodBenefit shared by all
- public domainUnprotected creative works
- public trustFaith in institutions
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
land seizure · public goods · heritage sites · national treasure · crown jewels · eminent domain · nationalization · national parks · public land · protected areas · public libraries · government building · archives · museums · water rights · mineral reserves · federal reserve · economic planning
- socialist statessingle-party rule, planned economy
- public propertypublic land, public park, public lands, public library, federal land
- socialismMarxism, communism, proletariat, bourgeoisie, communal ownership
- public landpublic domain, communal lands, common land, public assets, national reserves
- socialist lawone-party rule, party control, expropriation, collective ownership, planned economy
- East GermanyStasi, GDR, DDR, Berlin Wall, East Germany
state propertyprivate property
Individually owned assets
private ownership · personal property · private enterprise · family property · individual ownership
state propertyprivatization
State sells public assets
free market · capitalism · private enterprise · laissez-faire · market economy
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