While society, whose realm includes the economy, is characterised by freedom, private autonomy and the market, the state on the other hand, with its subdivisions, should be seen as an organised entity for exercising power and making decisions.
Sabiedrību, kurai pieskaitāma arī ekonomika, raksturo brīvība, privāta autonomija un tirgus, turpretim valsts, ieskaitot tās iekšējo dalījumu, ir organizēta lēmējvara.