To provide a vehicle state control device for simplifying a vehicle start operation when restarting an operation after interrupting the operation to exchange a battery.

The vehicle state control device 100 which controls a state of a vehicle including an exchangeable battery for storing power for traveling, includes: a vehicle state control device 13 for state switching control between vehicle states including a vehicle movable state for allowing the travel of a vehicle and a battery exchanging state for prohibiting the travel of a vehicle; a shift detection part 10 for detecting a shift position; a battery exchange detection part 11 for detecting the start or completion of exchange of the battery; and a vehicle state storage part 12 for storing a vehicle state when the exchange of the battery is started. When detecting the completion of battery exchange, the vehicle state control device 13 changes the vehicle state to the vehicle movable state when the shift position is a parking position and the vehicle state when the exchange of the battery is started is the vehicle movable state.

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