👉 Katastate, in the context of political science and geography, refers to a state or group of states that is part of a larger state or group. It typically consists of multiple states sharing a common administrative and legal framework. Katastates can be either autonomous or subordinated. In an autonomous katastate, it has its own government, laws, and governance structures, but it does not have the same level of sovereignty as a sovereign state. Katastates are often used to describe countries that have been
