Puppet state | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-03

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00:01:19 1 Etymology of the term
00:02:09 2 19th century
00:03:35 3 World War I
00:05:43 3.1 Republics of Soviet Russia/Soviet Union
00:09:28 3.1.1 Non-realized republics of Soviet Russia
00:09:51 4 Imperial Japan
00:10:15 4.1 Nominally sovereign states
00:13:32 4.2 Unrealized drafts for dependent states
00:14:14 5 Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy
00:14:42 5.1 Existing states in alliance with Germany and Italy
00:15:35 5.2 Existing states under German or Italian rule
00:17:48 5.3 New states formed to reflect national aspirations
00:19:00 5.4 States under control of Germany and Italy
00:21:48 5.5 Italian Social Republic
00:22:45 6 Allies during and post-World War II
00:22:56 6.1 Soviet Union
00:27:53 6.2 United Kingdom
00:31:43 7 Decolonization and Cold War
00:32:14 7.1 Dutch East Indies
00:33:01 7.2 Congo Crisis
00:33:25 7.3 East Asia during the Cold War
00:36:12 7.4 South Africa's Bantustans
00:37:02 8 After the Cold War
00:37:11 8.1 Republic of Kuwait
00:37:32 9 Current
00:37:41 9.1 Algeria
00:38:03 9.2 Armenia
00:38:37 9.3 Russia
00:40:19 9.4 Turkey
00:41:20 9.5 Saudi Arabia
00:41:37 9.6 United Arab Emirates



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SUMMARY
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A puppet state, puppet régime or puppet government, is a state that is de jure independent but de facto completely dependent upon an outside power and does its bidding. Puppet states have nominal sovereignty, but a foreign or otherwise alien power effectively exercises control, for reasons such as financial interests, economic or military support. Puppet states are distinguished from allies in that allies choose their actions on their own or in accordance with treaties they voluntarily entered.
A puppet state preserves the external paraphernalia of independence - such as a name, flag, anthem, constitution, law codes, motto and government - but in reality is an organ of another state which created, sponsors or otherwise controls the government of the puppet state. International law does not recognize occupied puppet states as legitimate.Puppet states can transition from puppet status through:

military defeat of the puppet-master state (as in Europe and Asia in 1945)
absorption into the puppet-master state (as in the early Soviet Union)
achievement of independence through standard state-building methods (especially through de-colonisation)