The phrase "ailing state" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a government or nation that is experiencing significant problems, such as economic decline, political instability, or social unrest.
Example: "The ailing state struggled to provide basic services to its citizens, leading to widespread discontent and protests."
Alternatives: "troubled nation" or "failing government".
The banks were also used to prop up ailing state companies.
So what was I doing, applying to help maintain the security of this ailing state, this sick man of Europe?
He had also given populist rulings against the government, for example blocking the sale of an ailing state steel-mill.
The Senate has so far refused to pass a bill that would extend unemployment insurance or send aid to ailing state governments.
South Africa's government recently announced that it would take direct control of two other ailing state companies: debt-riddled South African Airways and the strike-racked postal service.
Mr. Fujimori spent Friday meeting with Japanese bank officials and was seeking at least $300 million to help Peru's ailing state finances, Economy Minister Carlos Bolona said.
Five companies were picked by the government as finalists in the bidding for its stake in Alitalia, the ailing state-controlled carrier.
After huge protests in September, the Ministry of Finance halted the takeover of ailing, state-owned Taiwan Business Bank by E.Sun, a profitable FHC, despite generous terms including compensation, worth six years' pay, for "retiring" workers.
An ailing state-financed university may be shrunk, or have its management changed, but it will not go bust or be bought in the way that, say, a for-profit outfit would.
[C4.] Chairman of a Czech Bank Resigns The chairman of the Czech Republic's Komercni Banka has resigned during an investigation into a suspected fraud at the ailing state-controlled bank.
He said he had no "magic wand" to reform the ailing state-run economy, would not budge from his father's rejection of any compromise with Israel and invited Syrians to express themselves -- but only with "positive criticism".
