"broader state" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a larger or more general condition or situation within a specific context. Example: The study focused on the education system in the city, but it also provided insights into the broader state of education in the entire country.
The episode reflects the broader state of politics in Georgia.
Officials involved in the negotiations cautioned that broader state support could still be days away.
But Mr. Dimon on Friday offered hints of optimism for his bank - and the broader state of Wall Street and the economy.
Mr. Geithner, who on Wednesday was also asked to outline the broader state of Wall Street regulation, challenged his Republican critics.
One of the broader state laws pre-empting local governments from enacting obesity-related restaurant ordinances was signed Thursday in Ohio.
The stones were then acquired for the nation as part of a broader state takeover of heritage sites motivated, suggests Simon Thurley, boss of English Heritage, by fear of invasive American culture.
Prompted by broader state-level reform in Kentucky, this evaluation aims to provide insight into a new accountability system's effect on social studies teachers.
For example, the APWG definition specifically mentions 'technical subterfuge' schemes that tamper with a target's PC, such as installing a virus, whereas our definition – being broader – states that deception and impersonation are used.
The far bigger issue, which remains unaddressed by the administration, is whether the federal government will take action, either legal or prosecutorial, against those engaged in broader, state-sanctioned efforts to regulate the commercial cultivation and sale of cannabis to adults.
In contrast, EU member states enjoy no such broad "state action immunity" from European competition law.
The incontrovertible facts in my case are these -- there never was a better, all-round individual ever set foot upon the regions of this broad state than myself.
