political vs statal

political

adj
  • Concerning a polity or its administrative components. 

  • Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority. 

  • Interested in politics. 

  • Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing. 

  • Motivated, especially inappropriately, by political (electoral or other party political) calculation. 

noun
  • A political agent or officer. 

  • A publication focusing on politics. 

statal

adj
  • Relating to a state. 

  • Resulting from structural considerations as opposed to actions. 

  • Pertaining to a word or word form (such as a passive verb or a modifier) or other linguistic element that denotes a state rather than an action or process. 

How often have the words political and statal occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )