What are Puppet States?

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We have all heard of puppet states, but puppet states are just a tiny fraction of all the different kind of similar arrangements a territory can be in.
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[@lambdatechnologies1307]

KhAnubis: ,, What are Puppet States" Every single HOI4 player: *Heavy Breathing*

[@Johnny-tg9kn]

Dubica Mapper me

[@hanuchopra7768]

Haha

[@londegel]

Yep

[@VenomousSpyro]

Them dam Commies puppeting everything...

[@timurtimur53]

Puppet is new Ukraine Romania Bulgaria for usa Ukraine or Belarus never was puppet states in ussr that ussr was ruled by Ukrainians Georgians belorusians and revolution became from all Russian kingdom before revolution Ukraine name was malorussia .

[@frocco7125]

USA: "Look dad! I am overthrowing democratically elected governments to take control of their economy!" UK: "That's my boy!"

[@brandonlyon730]

To be fair even France has done it in modern times especially with Libya.

[@DaydreamingSwede]

@MANETIT Naj That would explain A LOT

[@amiablekangaroo9934]

@MANETIT Naj I'd say Norway are the distant cousins who used to hate each other given that England ended the Viking Era. I agree that France is England's father due to the Norman Conquests of England of 1066. But throughout history there rarely been a time where the English and the French liked each other other than recently so I'd say France is still the father but doesn't live with the son (England). The French, Dutch, Spanish and Russians all colonised the United States partially so the US is partially an I nation formed from multiple related people groups (the Spanish are related to the Dutch and the French are related to the English).

[@eamartig]

Shivam Joshi 2nd cousin once removed actually

[@inaki5989]

goff0103 and after it, and now, and then, and a l w a y s...

[@Mugistan]

They changed Hearts of Iron IV mechanics into a real thing

[@Phoenix_The_HeroHater]

Can’t wait for the Karen’s to go fast on replying to this

[@eaglesfan2205]

@@Phoenix_The_HeroHater me too

[@arandomargie]

No one doin' this

[@AidenClaws]

How dare they rip of lol

[@bork661]

I'm still waiting for the focus tree update

[@pivotp0int530]

KhAnubis : What are puppet states? Hoi4 players: *free manpower*

[@illiayushchuk7605]

Trade *slaves*

[@MarloTheBlueberry]

*africa*

[@alarcon99]

KhAnubis:"No one wants to be seen as the puppet master" *looks at Russia* 😒

[@KhAnubis]

Fair

[@raymondlaw5258]

And probably China

[@TheArklyte]

Have USA stopped calling itself a superpower or something else I haven't noticed happened?:D

[@raymondlaw5258]

@@TheArklyte the US and the UK are basically "supercowards" now, hong kong police capture student from the British embassy, nothing happens, woman cry to ask us embassy to help gets brutally attacked by hk police, no response. I suspect these anglophone countries' government have shit heir pants when facing China, why else will they do close to nothing??

[@autismobinch135]

alarcon99 The USA has supported coups in Iran Vietnam Honduras Chile Bolivia Guatemala Indonesia Zaire Uruguay Peru Philippines Paraguay Libya Haiti Greece Brazil El Salvador Just to name s few They also invaded and installed regimes in Iraq Panama Haiti Who is the puppet master here?

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

There are no strings on me

[@raymondlaw5258]

China??

[@LuisBrito-ly1ko]

China: That’s where you’re wrong, kiddo

[@raymondlaw5258]

@@LuisBrito-ly1ko sad but true

[@qwertyuiopzxcvbnm9890]

@@raymondlaw5258 Not really: NKorea always plays Russia and China against each other. NK is also self-sufficient.

[@twojastara3710]

China: haha

[@paradox2253]

Last time I was this early Rome was still a republic

[@Cjnw]

ree

[@LookBackHistory]

Last time I was this early, Rome was a collection of huts by the Tiber... Athens was doing ok tho

[@pods9441]

I'm here since the ice age

[@heavenlygaze-]

Well. Technically that is today. Rome is a Republic. It’s just the capital of a nation called Italy

[@thaeldir8923]

@@heavenlygaze- so its not rome

[@kucykalke]

"Nowdays there are no puppet states" .... Have you ever header of Belarus

[@antirbx]

And Kuwait

[@vKazak8165]

Hopefully, soon we Belarusians will be free. Recently, more and more people want freedom.

[@rafanana0077]

and Cuba

[@brethartaquino3976]

Literally almost every USA "allies"

[@jankubiak324]

Count my Polish homeland as a US subordinate.

[@gamergrill4933]

Puppets in ck3: don't exist Puppets in eu4: oww man I love you Puppets in vic2: if you will look away for more than 5 minutes I will grant myself independence Puppets in hoi4: could you please stop building forts on my lands? I want to hate you

[@mrlollz1849]

CK3 does have vassals though.Beyond a certain point, it's pretty much impossible to expand without vassals.

[@niphraz6079]

Stellaris: you only exist since my empire would be crippled from empire sprawl if i had that territory

[@space__idklmao]

Puppets in EU4: if I get more than 20% of your size I will immediately revolt

[@lia4667]

Can you stop death stacking on my front . I don't have enough supply

[@MythologywithMike]

When I was younger I use to joke that Canada is just a US puppet state. Now I know better! (wait wrong channel) Also. red bananas are a thing?? 6:09

[@KhAnubis]

Yep, bananas and plantains come in a variety of colors

[@hanuchopra7768]

@@KhAnubis dayum, I didn't know that

[@rateeightx]

I've Had Red Bananas, But Those Are *Red* Bananas.

[@Darthmessiah66]

now i want a red banana

[@celeridad6972]

@@hanuchopra7768 they come in different sizes and textures too there are bananas wich are the normal ones, manzanitos (excuse the spanish, I don't know if there's an English name to it) wich are fatter and the size of a thumb and very very sweet, platanos wich are bigger than bananas and not so good to eat right away so people normaly eat them fried, chatos wich are a litte smaller than bananas but fatter (kind of a mix from manzanitos and bananas) they are ok but people like to eat them in soups... There are a couple more but you get the idea, in the US you only have bananas?

[@quotenbalkaner7066]

Never closed HOI4 so fast.

[@Phoenix_The_HeroHater]

QuotenBalkaner smae

[@suwinkhamchaiwong8382]

Ya

[@Amelia_-qy9nz]

After watching the video: *France was Puppeted*

[@Orthane]

"No one wants to be seen as the puppet master" The United States and Russia: *Well yes, but actually no*

[@Arcaryon]

Don't forget China. The EU doesn't count because it really isn't that aggressive.

[@reptile_loki]

@@Arcaryon EU is a economic union,how can a economic union have puppets?

[@Arcaryon]

@@reptile_loki Because it is and it isn't. Understand that politics is a wide field. Once it was only about trade but this is long over and definetly a good thing for all of Europe. The thing is; the EU is on the way to become some kind of legally united stateesque system. BUT - it also isn't there yet. I could write a book and not get close to answering this question. Let's just say that it's an extremley political entity and that calling it a mere trade union is an extreme underestimation of the complexity of the entire affair. For example - a trade federation wouldn't discuss a shared army. Or maybe it would but the point is that the EU was and will always have the intention to be more than a mere trade alliance and looking at its ever increasing democratic elements and legal power over the member states government's, it's only a question of time before it actually evolves in something completely new.

[@Arcaryon]

@@reptile_loki And keep in mind, a trade union can be just about trade BUT since trade is econemy and econemy is a deciding factor for any government, one can conclude that based alone on this fact, even a very limited trade union will have an extremely political impact on all involved parties, directly or indirectly and therefore demand constant answers. Case in point - the EU budget. The members have very diffrent views on this number, how it should be used, increasing or decrease and how important a democratic legitimation of the process is. Take Poland. It wants a big EU budget but less EU involvement. France wants a big budget but more EU'S involvement. And to talk about this question alone would require me to wrote for days if not weeks. If I would cut a lot of necessary information it boils down to an extremely superficial no, it's not even remotley just a trade union. It's a project to unite European nations but really all democratic nations with a certain westernized ideology ( countries like Japan, South Korea, Australia or Canada are while not in any process of joining or debating the option, possible members of the Union) under in one union. Google the question but a fair warning, don't judge this topic too quickly. The EU in concept is a good thing but far from perfect or even in a decent condition. And many people get extremley emotional and forget all logic when debating this topic. A lot of dangerous nationalism opposes it. Dangerous because alone, no western nation can stand against China or their new best friend Russia. It's also complicated but and I can not stretch this enough, don't just glance over this topic or you WILL get it wrong.

[@ehs1452]

Which countries are puppets of the USA?

[@miniaturejayhawk8702]

It doesn't necessarily have to be a country that controls another country. It can also be a company that controls a country. Officially a puppet state is a government contolled by a foreign power, it is not specified if this power has to be political of commercial.

[@Frahamen]

you're watching too many TierZoo videos...

[@yuvalron324]

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT

[@supercalaman01]

Too true. Expect the Earth being an animal survival game it's an IRL version of Hoi4. (With historical focuses, of course.)

[@info1709]

Why wouldnt they. Its a working System and viewers get a closer bond to the Video than, say a documentary. I like it

[@pollall2793]

Farahen Den Not possible..

[@adiyarzharmenov9187]

Constitutient republics of the Soviet Union were more similar in status to US states or provinces of other countries.

[@idontmakecontent4870]

Not really. The Republics held no individual power

[@remixsparten98]

@@idontmakecontent4870 True

[@Nicolas-hh5cp]

6:30 You just stole the words from my mouth PD: *COMMIE! COMMIEEE!* - Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953)

[@leftfootfirstpolitics]

KhAnubis: "No one wants to be seen as the puppet master." *Immediate cut to sponsor.* Hmm...

[@Snowcrash35]

Russia be like: Nah dawg, lets restore the russian empire 2020

[@makky6239]

Putin be like, let's restore Roman empire

[@mayorbeetlejuice4841]

USA be like let take manifest destiny to the extreme

[@hongxiuquan69]

Romanov descendants: Soon...

[@silverletter4551]

Russia should never rule Poland again nor anybody else outside their borders.

[@krealyesitisbeta5642]

I love how everything thing is explained with video game references!

[@JamesKerLindsay]

Interesting video. Worth noting that the concept of puppet state is rather different today than it once was. The Montevideo Convention requires a state to have a government as a condition of statehood. This is now generally understood by legal scholars understood to mean *independent* government. A country formed as a puppet state is therefore not a state under international law. The question of countries that come under external influence later. This is a trickier area.

[@danielbirchfield8552]

wow love to see jameskerlindsay commentin. even if i am 3 yrs late to the party

[@FadhilAsyrafi]

Watched many of your videos lately and I love them. Just now I decided to subscribe to your channel! Keep on going, bro!

[@the_odd_cat553]

Thanks Khanubis, I always wanted to know what a Puppet is. But for real: Very good video, I always searched for a video like this.

[@CEKROM]

0:55 The map is in german, I like that =D

[@isuckatnames6078]

the proxy war map was also german

[@Arcaryon]

We are known for being a precise people. So I guess it makes sense in that way ;P

[@theflyinfox9250]

1:00 is the Finnish parliament. IIRC I dont live in a puppet state

[@jonas1015119]

the closest thing we have to suzerainty is probably when certain smaller island nations vote either along with the US or China in the UN General Assembly a suspiciously high percentage of the time, because they just happened to gift a new highway to them.

[@genghiskhan5701]

Most UN assembly votes are usually in the same voting bloc Examples USA, Britain and other smaller states agree Russia,China and co. Oppose EU and other countries abstains

[@jonas1015119]

@@genghiskhan5701 on big issues surely, but I remember those failed Isreal resolutions by the US that received no additional votes except from Palau and Niue or something.

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

@@genghiskhan5701 Not really but ok.

[@kingslushie1018]

Note to self: my main character should have to seize militarily control of a “banana republic” state because it is rich in mana, iron, and other natural previous resources.

[@AlexLangerak]

which game ?

[@facundocadaa9020]

Still waiting

[@pietro3477]

“What are puppet states” EU4 and HOI4 players: My time has come!

[@backtothefutureman1]

Execute order 66.

[@YataTheFifteenth]

OVER NORDEN JAG HARSKAR

[@backtothefutureman1]

I think the first time I heard of the term 'Puppet State' in HOI4.

[@TheSecretAaron]

3:50 If you look at the Soviet Union, you can vaguely see the Flag of Canada lol

[@yotubeification]

You should do a video asking whether the U.S. Indian Nations are puppet states or not. Afterall the U.S. does recognize them as (mostly) sovereign but doesn't allow others to do so.

[@otakurt1149]

Puppet states?? Hoi4 players: *The Expert* Me: Convoy lend lease spam

[@jojosekhose2008]

Hello

[@christopherellis2663]

Every alliance has a horse and a rider_ Bismarck

[@e.a9751]

What are puppets? Literally Taureor : *Allow me to introduce myself*

[@obsrvdsplash115]

You say there are no modern puppet states, but what about the France-Afrique?

[@Arcaryon]

France influences but it doesn't control the decisions. It's not a puppet stateb- it's a dependent state relation. It's like the entire EU influences indirectly but never actually gives a course. China is the same in its relationship with for example Africa.

[@obsrvdsplash115]

@@Arcaryon France has any leader in the France-Afrique killed when they don't comply. They even control their currency, and have military operations in plenty of those countries.

[@Arcaryon]

@@obsrvdsplash115 I think actively killing leaders and supporting diffrent sides is not the same. France supports Haftar. Not super officially bit they always prefered dealing with military leaders and yes, they still use their influence in the region of North Africa to gain information and they make independent decisions. The currency control is new to me; having military operations though serves to gurantee a relative stability via keeping terrorist organizations, rebels aso. in check while also being able to keep the aid favored regimes. Still no puppets. They don't make a secret about their involvement and due to the treaties allowing them to station troops in the region; they have sigificantly more legitimate power than for example Britain who are focusing on their commonwealth but far less on the continent. According to a quick research I just did, France intervened 19 times on the continent from 1955-1995. The Spiegel (a big German newspaper that is also know for being very opinionated but still is a lot better than most journalists and intellectuals give it credit for sums up in this article I highly recommend) www.google.com/amp/s/www.spiegel.de/international/world/eternal-plight-france-in-search-of-a-new-africa-policy-a-546796-amp.html I want to emphasize the interventionist aspect. No puppetstates but supported governments.

[@obsrvdsplash115]

@@Arcaryon thank you for the additional information, I'll have to look into it further.

[@Arcaryon]

@@obsrvdsplash115 Always a pleasure.

[@biliminsrlar5752]

Last time I was this early Balkans was still Ottoman.

[@Cjnw]

ree

[@donquesewilliamswilliams3497]

Last time I was this early the balkans were latin and mongolia was turkic

[@euivets2892]

*Balkans were

[@poke-champ4256]

"Were" yazman lazim,ingilizcen biraz yükselt Abi :D

[@TheHunterOfYharnam]

@@donquesewilliamswilliams3497 only the north west balkans were ever latin the rest were almost always majority greek

[@Thehackerguy2000]

2:55 Canadian flag in Russia

[@hanuchopra7768]

Yup dude you need your specs to see

[@zacharymohammadi]

Ahh, I see

[@Kromiball]

You can see it more clearly in 3:48.

[@proforgox4541]

No

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

They got no strings to hold them down

[@Arcaryon]

Cuban-American. That's one thing you don't see a lot of, especially since Trump reversed the whole affair. Fascinating.

[@yuh1743]

@@Arcaryon what

[@Arcaryon]

@@yuh1743 I kept seeing this profile picture with this name so basically the same guy on a bunch of different, unrelated videos.

[@yuh1743]

@@Arcaryon bruh same i see comments from her on like every video i watch

[@Arcaryon]

@Stephen Jenkins I know but I was referring particularly to this profile picture which kept popping up literally everywhere.

[@tjparrillo5931]

Thanks for the regenesis refrence the whole regenesis community enjoyed it and I hope your read this comment -the person who mad GPR

[@alabamaminator6978]

1:02 That is the most feared heavy industry regiment in the world!

[@user-rq6il5fn1n]

5:14 COMMIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!, COMMIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!, REEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! -Dwight D. Eisenhower

[@sergeantarchdornan3013]

What is a puppet state you know of Hoi4 players: megukk(has a small seizure)ko

[@mydayisruined6446]

KhAnubis:*Explaining what is puppet States* HOI4 and AOC2 Players:*Inhales*

[@digdougx]

I'm sorry but the whole Tier Zoo life is a game schtick doesn't work unless you 100% commit. Right now it is just jarring.

[@shadywyvern]

Are you making a follow-up video on Project Regenesis? -A concerned Libian

[@reduser3731]

Hey, I don't want to be "that guy" but in 3:46, it should be "size ödeyeceğiz". Apart from that, it's all correct! Cool video btw.

[@Bruh_69_]

This channel should have 500k subs at least.

[@hanuchopra7768]

Yeah, but he deserves billion subscribers

[@stefanvlad8472]

Don t forget to Drain their Manpower before you annex them

[@Zefo_No]

What is that satellite state in the thumbnail and at 3:50? I kept thinking about what former nation or group it could be but i can't remember.

[@user-hb1qc1uf2x]

Zefo No it is supposed to be armenia but armenia was a part of ussr

[@biizham9154]

Armenian SFSR.

[@giraffeman326]

Great video! Now can you tell me what’s shadow puppeting?

[@pillsburydoughboy9006]

1:02 Best army ever!

[@bottleofwater1675]

Mexico is Americas’ taco republic, meanwhile Canada is Americas’ maple syrup republic.

[@Alex-lf5sh]

Chile: Copper Republic Colombia: Coffee Republic Panama: Canal Republic Peru: Silver Republic Argentina: Beef Republic Brazil: Soy Republic Ecuador: US Oil Republic Venezuela: Russian Oil Republic Bolivia: Russian Silver Republic

[@tylerbozinovski4624]

Canada is a constitutional monarchy.

[@Alex-lf5sh]

@Ilyass Abbad tabaco/marihuana republics

[@netsong2239]

I thought the "US likes bananas" was just a kinda like metaphor and a subtle way to lead up to the whole oil thing but hey I learned something new.

[@bobsteve4812]

Where can I find the map at the beginning of the video? It’s pretty interesting and couldn’t find it in the links:(

[@jesusdavis2941]

basically the U.S.- latin America relationship

[@avelus5984]

World: North Korea, are you a puppet state? North Korea: Well no but actually yes

[@kamanashiskar9203]

North Korea was a Soviet puppet state between 1948 and 1985 and a Chinese puppet state between 1985 and now.

[@vasilileung2204]

@@kamanashiskar9203North Korea is totally not a Chinese puppet state.

[@-doyouhavekebab-2.091]

A person: Norther Cyprus (TRNC turkish rebublic of Norther Cyprus) is a puppet state! Turkey: " *trigerred turkish sounds* "

[@reddude3086]

3:44 "Bize asker ver sizi ödeyeceğiz." LOL. Means "Give us money we'll pay you." That's so good. But it should be "size" thats only mistake.

[@russiaball4851]

2:50 Canada's leaf in Russia

[@Kromiball]

3:48 I can see Canada in the Soviet Union

[@proforgox4541]

Kromiball, oh yeah!

[@mikesands4681]

I saw what you did there was transnistra and Moldavia

[@Moribus_Artibus]

Costa Rica and Panama are practically a client state for the US

[@evosagara]

Russia : i have so many pupet states Finland : *i am snow*

[@hanuchopra7768]

You need to have a billion subs

[@TheArklyte]

To have a billion subs one needs to earn a billion subs.

[@hanuchopra7768]

@@TheArklyte nope, not really

[@merfmurphy]

Did anyone besides me notice the bike powered radio flyer-esque mobile machine gun apparatus in the video??? Lol 😂

[@jacintovski]

Nice mention of Sam

[@thereformer]

Japan was setting up puppet states before 1939, it gives people a wrong sense of history to specify a particular period in regards to something that was not unique to it.

[@quisqueyanguy120]

Yeah, Manchukuo in 1931 is an example

[@antirbx]

“Imperial japan”

[@thereformer]

@@antirbx Japan is just a general nickname for the area. It isn't actually called Japan, same with just about every countrys name in English. Nazi Germany wasn't a country for example, it was Deutsche Reich and kept the same name since 1871 save when they added Greater.

[@NuukneinMapping]

@@thereformer That's the name we give it in English, even if this isn't the original way. Like China, or many others. But that's not a problem

[@georgejolkesky3104]

actually there are some puppet states, but they are not called so because of the political implications, these could be considered so: Belarus and Kazakhstan for russia, small pacific islands and minor central american and caribbean states to the US, lesotho and eswatini for south africa, small european states dependent on the EU (wich implicates germany and france), north korea and laos for china, and the list goes on

[@squeaksquawk4255]

I saw one video (Polymatter, I think) that said that NK isn't as puppet-y as you'd think. China actually sees NK as more of a nusainse than an asset, but keeps them around as they don'w want a border with SK. China is kind of a reluctant puppet-master to NK.

[@user-yi1eq2ql4v]

1:01 Best Military ever

[@wannabehistorian371]

I love how you’re starting to use gaming lingo now lol. Are you the TierZoo of geopolitics/history?

[@KhAnubis]

I have been wanting to try it out for a while (TierCiv, perhaps?)

[@RELIGIONisHEROIN]

US: You are my Puppet or my Enemy

[@readyRick]

Just leaving a comment so KZbin recommends your Videos more

[@hanuchopra7768]

Haha

[@dragonslayer2582]

COMMIE! COMMIE! REEEEEE! “Gun shots”

[@roelsvideosandstuffs1513]

No one wants to be seen as puppet master I wonder how well this quote ages.

[@hellothere1065]

2:29 Doesen't this mean that all US states are puppets to Washington D.C.

[@silverletter4551]

The US states founded Washington D.C.

[@bieloruskii]

USA had puppets called... EUROPE LOL

[@aybrokemyback6739]

And the USA's masters were dancing on 9/11 in the street of Manhattan 🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺

[@uncoolchris9636]

And ironically vice versa

[@aybrokemyback6739]

@Stephen Jenkins oh yeah, they f them so hard. They just sucked them up, take a fake neutral position and they did absolutely everything needed for Israel, that's it lol. What's a peace deal when 2 country's are fighting for the same territory? That doesn't even mean shat

[@ernstschmidt4725]

no, they weren't puppets, they were clients, very close clients

[@wilhelmfriedrich4700]

Not exactly.....

[@a.n.l.aantineoliberalismas4504]

Bra so did teirzoot take over this channel cas this vide was like tierzoo but with politics and I love it

[@aceof_swordz]

Currently living in georgiaand i can confirm theres a puppet state here and not 1 but 2 Its abkasia and soulth osseta

[@maxfi878]

1:00 Suomi mainittu

[@quotenbalkaner7066]

Nyet Molotov

[@turkoositerapsidi]

@@quotenbalkaner7066 Njet Stalin, nein Hitler.

[@antirbx]

QuotenBalkaner it’s actually a song in Finnish

[@quotenbalkaner7066]

@@antirbx I know Suomi means Finland in Finnish that why I said that.

[@turkoositerapsidi]

@@quotenbalkaner7066 *Suomi

[@wilhelmfriedrich4700]

German Reich, Soviet Union, Empire of Japan, United States, Russia, Ottoman Empire, People's Republic of China and British Empire liked this video.

[@awildfilingcabinet6239]

I don’t mind the lean towards gaming references, I love tier zoo, and I have no problem with you taking inspiration from other channels. It’s a great idea, and more channels should do it. I just think that you should either commit to the idea or drop it. The gaming references seemed to be an after thought, or spur of the moment. They were kinda sporadic and their occasional mention just distracted me. For the actual topic, I’m surprised you didn’t mention Russia-Belarus. Especially as Russia used the US-Iran distraction to integrate them even more. You said that no state wants to be labeled as an empire, but Putin has made it clear that he’s not really against the idea.

[@KhAnubis]

Yeah, I might do it occasionally whenever I deem it appropriate (more like Casually Explained). It definitely was spur of the moment though, since I thought of the idea only after fleshing out the script, so hopefully it’ll work better in the future.

[@sonal8109]

Those soldiers riding small cycles?! LOL!

[@whishiwhooshi5783]

7:37 That's messed up. I would love to build an empire.

[@kamanashiskar9203]

You can still build an empire but you need fight the American Eagle than and good luck with that.

[@silverletter4551]

What country would you want to see rise?

[@firefox7477]

1:02 le epic men arrived😎🔫⚔

[@wakilahmed5847]

2:50 actually there are many, but we don't really get it that much. For example my homeland (won't mention the name) controlled by our friendly abusive neighbors.

[@thebloxxer22]

How similar is this to Satellite States?

[@sibulu2878]

00:27 .. Wo ist denn Süd-Sudan hin?🤷🏻‍♀️

[@cardz8586]

That is an old map. The USSR and East Germany still exist which means it is from before the 90's. South Sudan was not recognized until 2011.

[@Cjnw]

🙆🚁

[@sibulu2878]

Wooops die USSR ist mir nicht aufgefallen.. aber Süd-Sudan. Wow. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@tanhuulusoy]

Its an old map, they also made yugoslavia on it

[@bluflavouredpudding]

2:52 *laughs in Venezuela obviously controlled by Cuba*

[@chiaraventura8384]

Nice video.

[@David242Rblx]

5:57 i live in southeast asia and i have a banana tree at my house

[@ryang6865]

I always thought that suzerainty meant you had great outside influence on a country, and puppet governments just had one country replace the government of it with a state they found more “agreeable”.

[@quotenbalkaner7066]

4:43 Mamelucks colonizer intensifies.

[@blueoceancorporations1019]

Mamelukean australia, papal spice islands anf breton cascadia

[@nomadiccheese4911]

*vassal* *state* *Tributary* *suzerain* ck2 players: *allow* *us* *to* *introduce* *ourselves*

[@biizham9154]

Isn't Andorra an example of a modern-day puppet. It's a co-principslity and one of the princes in the Leader of France with the other being the Bishop of Urgell.

[@rateeightx]

I Dunno, I'd Love To Build An Empire In The Modern Day, But It Might Be Hard, I'd Need To Gather Lots Of Support.

[@Ma_ksi]

Armenian wan't a satellite of the USSR but a republic party of the USSR a better example would be the DDR or Hungary

[@beuh0623]

"Seriously, just watch the Samonella video" "COMMMIIEEE"

[@holydoggo4822]

the ottomans never had a proper vassal state in Aceh, infact they never had one at all, it was an expedition that lead to economic, military, diplomatic, and religious exchanges between the two powers. The relationship was more of an alliance than overlord ship over the other.

[@redeyeshukurenai921]

POV:you play age of history 2

[@armeniancrusader301]

My country is on thumbnail

[@howtobeamess402]

1:25 what image is this

[@aminyt8742]

Nato.. I think?

[@kioselnelio4598]

nato + its allies

[@pabloricardo9505]

Brazil has also become an extra otan ally.