Suzerainty is a Asian political concept indicating limited authority over a dependent state.

Wyoming is also the state most dependent on the energy industry - a Venezuela on the high plains.

The term might also arguably be used for those states extremely economically dependent on a more powerful nation.

They agreed among themselves to criteria that made it easier for other dependent states with limited sovereignty to gain international recognition.

The ash was disrupting life in a state heavily dependent on air travel.

Prices change faster and monetary shocks are over faster under state dependent than time.

In a state so heavily dependent on fishing and tourism, the economic effects would be profound, the study said.

Constant repetition of the activity creates a chemically dependent state.

We did not make a proper use of last winter, neither could we, while we were in a dependent state.

Hawaii remains the state most dependent on imported oil.