"وِلايَتي جَميلة جِدّاً."

Translation: My state is very pretty.

[EvemarieMo]

I don't think any native English speaker would ever refer to the place where he came from as his "state"; they would refer to as his country. However, he would refer to his state if he asked another American, and wanted to hear "Louisiana" or "Illinois", or a German another German, when expecting something like "Bavaria" or "Pomerania".

[phuvtuo]

not true

[OpDdYC]

What's the difference between that and balad?

[Tinh1000000]

«وِلَايَة» refers more to a administrative division within a country (e.g. province, state, county, canton), while «بَلَد» refers more to a soverign state or settlement.