State that is supposedly independent but is in fact dependent upon an outside power
Also known as puppet government · puppet regime · mendicant foreign policy · mendicant diplomacy · dependent foreign policy · diplomatic mendicancy
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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. Puppet states have nominal sovereignty, except that a foreign power effectively exercises control through economic or military support. By leaving a local government in existence the outside power evades all responsibility, while at the same time successfully paralysing the local government they tolerate.