puppet government
puppet state
pupet regime

He also briefly served as propaganda chief for the puppet state.

Their puppet states are crumbling around them like a house of cards.

It is used to denigrate the government of the alleged puppet state.

There were also several warlord governments and puppet states sharing the same name.

Either of the two could serve as rulers of a puppet state.

This has led to some experts stating that it runs as an effective puppet state of Turkey.

Japan set up its puppet state of Manchukuo six months later.

Clearly, puppet states were permitted to compete with their League masters only up to a point.

It means the bike was produced by the puppet state of Manchukuo.