Editing Puppet state (section)

===Imperial Japan===
{{Further|Axis powers of World War II|Collaboration with Imperial Japan|List of World War II puppet states}}
During [[Empire of Japan|Japan's imperial period]], and particularly during the [[Pacific War]] (parts of which are considered the Pacific theatre of [[World War II]]), the Imperial Japanese government established a number of dependent states.

====Nominally sovereign states====
[[File:Manchukuo map 1939.svg|thumb|Location of [[Manchukuo]] (red) within [[Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere|Imperial Japan's sphere of influence]]]]
[[File:Wang Jingwei and Nazis.jpg|thumb|[[Wang Jingwei]] receiving German diplomats as head of state of the [[Wang Jingwei regime|Reorganised Nationalist Government of the Republic of China]] in 1941]]
* {{Flagicon|Azad Hind}} ''[[Azad Hind]]'' (1943–1945), officially known as Provisional Government of Free India – established by Indian nationalists in [[Japanese occupation of Singapore|Singapore]] in October 1943 by [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] and was in charge of Indian expatriates and military personnel in Japanese Southeast Asia. It had nominal sovereignty over Axis controlled Indian territories and would enjoy the prospective control of Indian territory to be captured in a [[Operation U-Go|future invasion]] of British India. Of the territory of post-independence India, the government took charge of [[Kohima]] (after it fell to the Japanese-INA offensive), parts of [[Manipur]] that fell to both the [[Fifteenth Army (Japan)|Japanese 15th Army]] and the INA, and the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]. The government had diplomatic relationships with eleven countries including Germany, Italy, Japan, Philippines, and the Soviet Union. It was headed by Subhas Chandra Bose, who was the Head of the State and Prime Minister, who was also the Supreme Commander of the [[Indian National Army]]. The government had its own cabinet and banks. 
* {{Flagicon|State of Burma}} [[State of Burma]] (1942–1945) – Head of State: [[Ba Maw]]
* {{Flagicon|Second Philippine Republic}} [[Second Philippine Republic]] (1943–1945) – Headed by [[Jose P. Laurel]] as [[President of the Philippines|President]]
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of the Empire of Vietnam (1945).svg}} [[Empire of Vietnam]] (1945) – Emperor [[Bảo Đại]]'s regime with [[Trần Trọng Kim]] as Prime Minister after proclaiming independence from France
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of Cambodia under French protection.svg}} [[Kingdom of Kampuchea (1945)]] – King [[Norodom Sihanouk]]'s regime with [[Son Ngoc Thanh]] as Prime Minister after proclaiming independence from France
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of Luang Phrabang Kingdom (1945).png}} [[Kingdom of Luang Prabang (Japanese puppet state)|Kingdom of Luang Prabang]] (1945) – King [[Sisavang Vong]]'s regime with Prince [[Phetsarath Ratanavongsa|Phetsarath]] as Prime Minister after proclaiming independence from France

===== In China =====
* {{Flagicon|Manchukuo}} [[Manchukuo]] (1932–1945) – Set up in [[Manchuria]] under the leadership of the last [[Emperor of China|Chinese Emperor]], [[Puyi]]<ref>Jowett, Phillip S., ''Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan’s Asian Allies 1931–45, Volume I: China & Manchuria,'' 2004. Helion & Co. Ltd., 26 Willow Rd., Solihull, West Midlands, England, pp. 7–36.</ref>
* {{Flagicon image|Flag_of_Jinbei.svg}} [[North Shanxi Autonomous Government]] (1937–1939) – Formed in northern Shanxi with its capital at [[Datong]] on October 15, 1937. The state was then merged into Mengjiang along with the South Chahar Autonomous Government and the [[Mongol United Autonomous Government]].
* {{Flagicon image|Flag_of_Chanan.svg}} [[South Chahar Autonomous Government]] (1937–1939) – Formed in South Chahar with its capital at Kalgan (modern day [[Zhangjiakou]]) on September 4, 1937. The state was merged with the North Shanxi Autonomous Government as well as the Mongol United Autonomous Government to create Mengjiang.
* {{Flagicon image|Flag_of_Mongol_Military_Government_(1936-1937).svg}} Mongol Military Government (1936–1937) and Mongol United Autonomous Government (1937–1939) – Established in Inner Mongolia as puppet states with local collaborators. This state formed the large basis of what was to become Mengjiang.
* {{Flagicon|Mengjiang}} [[Mengjiang]] (1936–1945) – Set up in [[Inner Mongolia]] on May 12, 1936, as the Mongol Military Government was renamed in October 1937 as the Mongol United Autonomous Government. On September 1, 1939, the predominantly [[Han Chinese]] governments of the South Chahar and North Shanxi Autonomous Governments were merged with the Mongol Autonomous Government, creating the new Mengjiang United Autonomous Government. All of these were headed by [[Demchugdongrub|De Wang]].<ref>Jowett, Phillip S., ''Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan’s Asian Allies 1931–45, Volume I: China & Manchuria,'' 2004. Helion & Co. Ltd., 26 Willow Rd., Solihull, West Midlands, England, pp. 49–57, 88–89.</ref>
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of China (1912–1928).svg}} [[East Hebei Autonomous Government|East Hebei Autonomous Council]] (1935–1938) – A state in [[northeast China]]
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of the Great Way Municipal Government of Shanghai.svg}} [[Great Way Government|Great Way (Dadao) Government]] (1937–1938) – A short-lived regime based in [[Shanghai]]. This provisional government was established as a preliminary collaboration state as the Japanese took control of all of Shanghai and advanced towards [[Nanjing]]. This was then merged with the Reformed Government of China as well as the Provisional Government of China into the Reorganised Nationalist Government of the Republic of China under the leadership of [[Wang Jingwei]].
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of China (1912–1928).svg}} [[Reformed Government of the Republic of China]] (1938–1940) – First regime established in Nanjing after the [[Battle of Nanking|Battle of Nanjing]]. Later fused into the Provisional Government of China
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of China (1912–1928).svg}} [[Provisional Government of the Republic of China (1937–1940)|Provisional Government of China]] (1937–1940) – Incorporated into the Nanjing Nationalist Government on March 30, 1940<ref>Jowett, Phillip S., ''Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan’s Asian Allies 1931–45, Volume I: China & Manchuria,'' 2004. Helion & Co. Ltd., 26 Willow Rd., Solihull, West Midlands, England, pp. 44–47, 85–87.</ref>
* [[File:Flag of the Republic of China-Nanjing (Peace, Anti-Communism, National Construction).svg|23px]] [[Wang Jingwei regime|Reorganised Nationalist Government of the Republic of China]] (1940–1945) – Established in Nanjing under the leadership of Wang Jingwei<ref>Jowett, Phillip S., ''Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan’s Asian Allies 1931–45, Volume I: China & Manchuria,'' 2004. Helion & Co. Ltd., 26 Willow Rd., Solihull, West Midlands, England, pp. 63–89.</ref>