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* 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 ==
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* 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|Expansion Packs]]s for ''[[Civilization]] IV'', any sufficiently powerful civ can make any sufficiently weak civ into their vassal state. If the vassal grows powerful enough (there are exact numbers), it can regain independence.
** 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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* 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.
* Most of the Central American [[Banana Republic|Banana Republics]]s were made that way by the machinations of the United States at the behest of the [[Mega Corp]] United Fruit Company.
** 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.
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