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{{trope}}
A state under the effective control of another state. Technically independent and in charge of its own affairs, but in reality if it tries anything without the say-so of the government of the nation in charge of it its liable to end up occupied again. An old term for this is [
The nation trying to break away and regain true independence may be a plot point. Normally part of [[The Empire]], [[The Kingdom]] is usually a stand-alone thing.
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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.
* In ''[[Tenabran Trilogy
== 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
== 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).
* Crimea was suzerain to Begnion in [[Fire Emblem]] Radiant Dawn.
* In one of the [[Expansion Pack
** On the subject of Civ 5, you can't make an entire civ into one, but when you conquer an enemy city you have the option between annexing it (which simply makes it on of your civ's cities, but generates a lot of unhappiness) or making it a puppet (which gives all the science, culture, and gold it generates to your civ, but you cannot control its production, for either buildings or units).
* A major part of most Paradox games like [[Europa Universalis]] and [[Hearts of Iron]].
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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
* Most of the Central American [[Banana Republic
** In the case of Costa Rica, the influence was so deep that many Costa Ricans uses ''American names and last names'' despise being a Spanish-speaking country.
* The satellite states of the Soviet Union.
* Some of the nations conquered by the Nazis during [[World War II]], such as [
** 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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** This is most blatant in [[Washington DC]]. Congress can and frequently does override the city's locally elected government for its own benefit.
* Historically the Kingdom of Ryukyu was this to Japan, or more specifically the Satsuma, the most powerful feudal lords of southern Kyushu. Following the Meiji Restoration and the Satsuma Rebellion, it was annexed outright to become the modern day prefecture of Okinawa.
* For much of history actual sovereignty was a more confusing thing then in a modern Western style nation-state. The top monarch (or top "corporate monarch" in the rare cases of a pre-modern republic) was theoretically sovereign in the sense that he gave homage to no mortal though sometimes he had so little actual power that he could barely tell his servants which floor to scrub. Below him were clients and clients of clients and so on ''ad infinitum'' down to [[The Clan]], all combining in various alliances and conspiracies, and internal arrangements of their own and often even fighting [[Feuding Families|private wars.]]
* Indigenous peoples in English-speaking countries sometimes have a legal self-governing community. Because of historical difficulties the ramifications of this can be often-cranky. And so the [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgement]] applies. In some ways this system represents a pre-modern "pyramidal state".
* Company towns, religious or ideological communes and basically anyone with enough clout to buy up land for their group and defend it with a fancy lawyer are another form of this. They aren't really states but they share some of the same characteristics and in times when the government was thinner on the ground they had greater resemblance.
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