not a brick and mortar state

[Rhiannon1027]

What does this phrase mean?

[Kingaroo]

"Brick and mortar" is used to refer to the kind of store you've been going to for years, the kind you can walk into, as distinguished from an online store. Some retailers have both (like Barnes and Noble bookstore here in the US), others specialize in one or the other. I don't know the context of your quote, but if it was not about retail stores, perhaps the speaker was describing some kind of virtual community that could be considered a "state" even though it didn't have a physical presence.