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If the state is nominally democratic or republican and holds elections, and those are controlled by the parent state, see [[Corrupt Politician]].
Compare with [[Hegemonic Empire]]. Not to be confused with [[Puppet Show]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Most countries in ''[[One Piece]]'' are part of a global alliance known as the World Government. There are very harsh penalties for a country's refusal to join, and the ones that do are subject to rules that give the officials almost totally free reign to do as they please.
** Because there are so many countries so spread out, the World Government and the Marines can't possibly watch every single place at every moment, so it's not unheard of for a country to just do things covertly or secretly own contraband.
== Literature ==
* In ''Tribesmen of [[Gor]]'' most of the desert tribes are vassals of either the Aretai or Kavar tribe. So when outsiders stir up trouble between those two tribes the entire desert is preparing for war with each other.
* In ''[[Flora Segunda]]'', the main characters' country, Califa, is a vassal state of the Huitzil empire, because it was pretty much that or be conquered entirely. Many people are still less than happy about it, though.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* Many states in [[Traveller]] are like this.
** In the context of the Traveller universe, any multi-system polity must be a collection of Puppet State s even though sometimes the central government is created by the substates rather then the reverse.
== Video Games ==
* [[The Last Remnant]] has this in Athlum, which is a vassal territory of Celapaleis.
* Both [[Unification Wars]] and [[Galactic Conquest]] (sci-fi strategy games in which action points are a regularly renewable resource) feature Vassals, though in reality the "Lord" empire does not exert control over these vassals but instead receives tribute and can send/receive military aid in case of invasion (which is pretty darn frequent).
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== Real Life ==
* A hegemony is when a nation has dominating influence over the foreign and military policy of other countries within its region.
* After the Spanish-American war, newly-independent Cuba became a Puppet State when the United States passed the Platt Amendment which gave Congress the ability to override any Cuban foreign policy decision.
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* The satellite states of the Soviet Union.
* Some of the nations conquered by the Nazis during [[World War II]], such as [[wikipedia:Vichy France|Vichy France]] and Norway under the [[wikipedia:Quisling regime|Quisling regime]].
** Egypt during [[World War II]] was almost a [[Not So Different|mirror image]] of Vichy with [[Les Collaborateurs|elites]] profiting off or just hanging out with the occupying British. As well as [[La Résistance|conspirators]] seeking to undermine the system and [[Enemy Mine|ally with the Germans.]] The British were not so brutal as the Germans because of course that is kind of an odd aspiration. But as [[Realpolitik|they needed oil and, the resources from India]] to fight, they needed the Suez, so their government always had [[Silk Hiding Steel|an iron fist inside it's velvet glove]] which was not always hidden so carefully.
* ''Scotland'' technically ended up briefly being a vassal state of England when John Baliol was persuaded to swear fealty to Edward I. John Baliol quickly reneged on this however, and Edward squandered any moral claim he might have had in the situation with a show of ''stunning'' brutality during his march north, nearly destroying Berwick upon Tweed, once considered a second Alexandria and reduced by 8,000 people after Edward was through with it to the status of a minor sea-port. Although his hold on southern and midland Scotland lasted up until his death despite a considerable struggle with William Wallace, the sheer hatred of the English stirred up in Scotland went a long way towards being the reason Edwards heirs ultimately lost the country. Ironically, the Scots, after a long period of their noble houses anglicising, were drifting towards the English in terms of culture naturally. Edward Is clumsy attempt to unite the two kingdoms ironically drove the cultures apart and cut an everlasting wedge between the countries that, even with unification, has lasted to this day and could still see the two nations part ways once more. In some ways, the devolved governments of the UK could be seen as this, though it is generally agreed that a referendum would see them a fully independent state, be it Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.▼
*** [[Up to Eleven|More ridiculous]] were Vichy colonies. In those cases the Vichy were [[Les Collaborateurs]] vis-a-vis the Germans. However both the Vichys and the [[Deep-Cover Agent|secret De Gaulle supporters]] (assuming there were any) were members of the elite to whom the whole colony was a [[Fridge Logic|puppet of a puppet]] with members deciding to collaborate, resist, or remain neutral in the local relations with the French of both factions.
▲* ''Scotland'' technically ended up briefly being a vassal state of England when John Baliol was persuaded to swear fealty to Edward I. John Baliol quickly reneged on this however, and Edward squandered any moral claim he might have had in the situation with a show of ''stunning'' brutality during his march north, nearly destroying Berwick upon Tweed, once considered a second Alexandria and reduced by 8,000 people after Edward was through with it to the status of a minor
* The client states of the Roman Republic and later Empire.
* The Indian princely states of British India.
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