Editing Client state (section)

{{Short description|State that is economically, politically, or militarily subordinate to another}}
{{Forms of government}}
A '''client state''' in the context of [[international relations]] is a [[State (polity)|state]] that is economically, politically, and militarily subordinated to a more powerful '''controlling state'''.<ref>Michael Graham Fry, Erik Goldstein, Richard Langhorne. ''Guide to International Relations and Diplomacy''. London, England, UK; New York, New York, USA: Continuum International Publishing, 2002. Pp. 9.</ref> Alternative terms<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Талдикін |first1=О. |last2=Taldykin |first2=O. |title=Клієнтські форми державності: держава-сателіт |date=2022 |url=https://er.dduvs.edu.ua/handle/123456789/10524 |journal=Науковий вісник Дніпропетровського державного університету внутрішніх|language=uk}}</ref> for a ''client state'' are [[satellite state]], [[associated state]], and [[dominion]], [[Condominium (international law)|condominium]], [[self-governing colony]], and [[Neocolonialism|neo-colony]], [[protectorate]], [[vassal state]], [[puppet state]], and [[tributary state]].