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Noun Concept
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puppet government  puppet state  pupet regime  Collaborationist state  dependent foreign policy
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A government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed WordNet 3.0
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A government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A puppet state, puppet régime, puppet government or dummy government is a state that is de jure independent but de facto completely dependent upon an outside power and subject to its orders. Wikipedia
A nominal sovereignty controlled effectively by a foreign power Wikipedia Disambiguation
A government which is formally independent, but de facto wholly controlled by a foreign power. Wiktionary
Government which is de facto controlled by a foreign power. Wiktionary (translation)
A state governed by a puppet government. Wiktionary