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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 2]] 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 Resistance|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.
***[[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 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.
* The client states of the Roman Republic and later Empire.
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