Puppet State

A puppet state, also called a puppet régime, puppet government or dummy government, is a state that is de jure independent but de facto completely dependent on an outside power and subject to its orders. It carries nominal sovereignty, but a foreign power effectively exercises control through economic or military support, and by leaving a local government in existence the outside power evades responsibility for its actions while at the same time paralysing that government's genuine authority. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/