A client state is an umbrella term in international relations for any state that is economically, politically and militarily subordinated to a more powerful controlling state. The relationship is typically bilateral and mutually beneficial, characterized by different but shared obligations between the client state and the controlling state rather than by outright annexation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Client states and protectorates are closely related institutions of asymmetric interstate dependency, the client state retaining nominal sovereignty while the protectorate formally cedes control of external affairs to a protecting power.
The client state relationship is a documented form of suzerainty, in which a subordinate polity retains internal self-rule while acknowledging the authority of a dominant power in external affairs.
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A client state, in the context of international relations, is an umbrella term that broadly refers to any state economically, politically, and militarily subordinated to a more powerful controlling state.
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