> The state is not the people and the people are not the state, yet both exist. A state does not exist in any physical form. It is entirely a fiction, existing

> The state is not the people and the people are not the state, yet both exist. A state does not exist in any physical form. It is entirely a fiction, existing only in the minds of humans. Such existence it does have is not independent of the problem of consciousness so this is not the most helpful comparison.