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Client state
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<p>A client state in the context of <a href="/facts/International_relations/FgLEX3Cy">international relations</a> is a <a href="/facts/State_(polity)/7ggBzTSk">state</a> that is economically, politically, and militarily subordinated to a more powerful controlling state. Alternative terms for a <i>client state</i> are <a href="/facts/Satellite_state/09RFx27w">satellite state</a>, <a href="/facts/Associated_state/obXhQqNH">associated state</a>, and <a href="/facts/Dominion/uJGVYft4">dominion</a>, <a href="/facts/Condominium_(international_law)/wtTEdw8U">condominium</a>, <a href="/facts/Self-governing_colony/ogFzutam">self-governing colony</a>, and <a href="/facts/Neocolonialism/LetJm7zX">neo-colony</a>, <a href="/facts/Protectorate/TEBGopb9">protectorate</a>, <a href="/facts/Vassal_state/k9usEEMA">vassal state</a>, <a href="/facts/Puppet_state/cNDM9tpK">puppet state</a>, and <a href="/facts/Tributary_state/MJKQYJtp">tributary state</a>. </p>