The phrase "alien states" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing countries or regions that are foreign or unfamiliar, often in political or legal discussions.
Example: "The treaty aimed to address the rights and responsibilities of citizens in alien states."
Alternatives: "foreign nations" or "unfamiliar territories".
And it cannot be contended that the Constiution allocates this area to the exclusive jurisdiction of the executive, for the judicial power is expressly extended by that document to controversies between aliens and citizens or States, aliens and aliens, and foreign states and American citizens or States.
"Because people with H.I.V. have not entered some alien state of being.
If the Service determines that continued detention is needed in order to protect the public, the Service shall provide a written notice to the alien stating the basis for the Service's determination, and provide a copy of the evidence relied upon by the Service.
Metamorphosis is a story in which a man suffers a terrible and inexplicable misfortune, is reduced to an abject and alien state, then is made to suffer doubly by the attitude of his ostensible loved ones, who make clear they would be better off without him – a verdict that he, with a passivity that seems culpable, accepts.
One of the most interesting sections of the long and intricate discussions over the question of the admission of this new and "alien" State to the society of the "old United States of America" is to be found in the debates over the adjustment of the West Florida controversy.
"They want to completely distance us from our historical motherland, Russia, and turn it into an alien state...
This "real life" Nathan and Elena are captivating for their normality, an entirely alien state of affairs in the wider context of the characters.
168, 47 L.Ed. 323; the conduct of pool and billiard rooms by aliens, State of Ohio ex rel.
Suffice it to say that the Eleventh Amendment carefully mirrors the language of the citizen-state and alien-state diversity clauses of Article III and only provides that "the Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend" to these cases.
What you could see had just happened — a bunch of states becoming an alien nation — had not.
