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  2. Suzerainty - Wikipedia

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    Suzerainty differs from sovereignty in that the dominant power allows tributary states to be technically independent but enjoy only limited self-rule. Although the situation has existed in a number of historical empires, it is considered difficult to reconcile with 20th- or 21st-century concepts of international law , in which sovereignty is a ...

  3. Succession of states - Wikipedia

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    A state succession can be characterized as either being universal or partial. A universal state succession occurs when one state is completely extinguished and its sovereignty is replaced by that of one or more successor states. A partial state succession occurs when the state continues to exist after it has lost control of a part of its ...

  4. Tributary state - Wikipedia

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    The bunga mas, a form of tribute sent to the King of Ayutthaya from its vassal states in the Malay Peninsula. A tributary state is a pre-modern state in a particular type of subordinate relationship to a more powerful state which involved the sending of a regular token of submission, or tribute, to the superior power (the suzerain). [1]

  5. Associated state - Wikipedia

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    Within a few years after the status of associated state was created, all six of the former associated states requested and were granted full independence, except for Anguilla within the former St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla union, which separated from the associated state before independence and became a British dependent territory on its own.

  6. Tributary system of China - Wikipedia

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    The other states had to send a tributary envoy to China on schedule, who would kowtow to the Chinese emperor as a form of tribute, and acknowledge his superiority and precedence. The other countries followed China's formal ritual in order to keep the peace with the more powerful neighbor and be eligible for diplomatic or military help under ...

  7. Vassal - Wikipedia

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    The concept of a vassal state uses the concept of personal vassalry to theorize formally hegemonic relationships between states – even those using non-personal forms of rule. Imperial states to which this terminology has been applied include, for instance: Ancient Rome , the Mongol Empire , Imperial China and the British Empire .

  8. Sovereign state - Wikipedia

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    A sovereign state is a state that has the supreme sovereignty or ultimate authority over a territory. [1] It is commonly understood that a sovereign state is ...

  9. Quasi-state - Wikipedia

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    A quasi-state (sometimes referred to as a state-like entity [2] or formatively a proto-state [3] [2]) is a political entity that does not represent a fully autonomous sovereign state with its own institutions. [4] The precise definition of quasi-state in political literature