puppet government
State without autonomy
A puppet government is a regime that appears to govern independently but is actually controlled by an outside power, typically a foreign nation.
The term evokes the image of a marionette—seemingly autonomous but manipulated by strings from above.
Puppet governments often arise during military occupations or through political interference, providing a veneer of local authority while serving the interests of the controlling power.
The occupying forces installed a puppet government to legitimize their presence.
- quislingTreasonous occupation collaborator
- marionetteString-controlled theatrical figure
- pulling stringsExercising covert influence
- behind the scenesOut of public view
- Vichy FranceWartime collaborationist French state
strings · protectorate · client state · satellite state · suzerainty · figurehead · vassal state · military occupation · occupied territory · annexation · sphere of influence · proxy war · regime · junta · dictatorship · installed · paternalism · dominion
- Dystopia1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four, dystopian fiction, totalitarianism, Brave New World
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
- coupscoup d'etat, overthrow, coup attempt, soft coup, failed coup
- dictatorshipsdictatorship, tyranny, autocracy, totalitarianism, despotism
- military rulemilitary junta, military regime, military rule, military council, junta
- Post-CommunistRussia, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania
puppet governmentsovereign state
Fully independent country
sovereign nation · free state · independent republic · self-determination · neutral state
puppet governmentimperial power
Emperor's governing authority
colonial power · puppet master · superpower · suzerain · hegemon
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