Suzerainty is the relationship in which a suzerain, a dominant state or polity, holds supremacy and dominant influence over the foreign policy and economic relations of a subordinate party or polity while allowing that subordinate internal autonomy. The subordinate party in this relationship is called a vassal, vassal state or tributary state, and its own rights and obligations toward the suzerain are called vassalage.
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A suzerain is a person, state or polity who has supremacy and dominant influence over the foreign policy and economic relations of another subordinate party or polity, but allows internal autonomy to that subordinate.
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