Satellite State, Colony, Protectorate, Puppet State, Territory, Client State
The territory of Puerto Rico is considering joining the United States as a state.
The person in charge of a state or territory is the governor. If the head of state is royalty, the head of a colony or territory might be called the viceroy.
It is a state.
I believe it belonged to the Southwest territory.
The definition of a panhandle is "a narrow strip of territory projecting from the main territory of one state into another state." Those counties fit the requirement of a panhandle.
A panhandle is a narrow strip of land projecting from the primary land of a state or country into another state or country. The Florida panhandle is an example of a panhandle. It is the northwestern area of Florida that projects out so that it is between Alabama to the north and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.
Enclave: a piece of territory surrounded by another territory of a different state.
Satellite State, Colony, Protectorate, Puppet State, Territory, Client State
The territory of Puerto Rico is considering joining the United States as a state.
A city-state is an independent or autonomous entity not administered as a part of another local government whose territory consists of a city and possibly its surrounding territory.
Technically, there is no 'state within another state'. The Australian Capital Territory does however lie within New South Wales.
Florida was a territory state
The two states in the United States that have a panhandle are Florida and Idaho. A panhandle is a narrow strip of territory projecting from the main territory of a state, resembling the handle of a pan. Florida's panhandle is located in the northwest part of the state, while Idaho's panhandle is in the northern part of the state, bordering Canada.
A city-state
Not from another US State of Territory as long as you are a US Citizen.
Brisbane is located in a state not a territory, that state is Queensland