@nex 'Freistaat' or 'Freie und Hansestadt' is history naming only.
In legal terms all Bundesländern and Stadtstaaten (Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen) are equal states of the federal republic. Sometimes 'normal' states are also called Flächenländer to make a verbal distinction to the city states, but this also has no legal relevance.
@yrrsinn Oh, yeah, that's what I've always assumed.
However, I just realised that I've heard “Flächenländer” before and didn't know the exact meaning; so you taught me something new after all, awesome! 😁
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@yrrsinn Which “it”? (Freistaat? Kingdom? State?)