What is Satellite state?
A '''satellite state''' is an officially [[independent]] [[country]] that is strongly [[:wikt:influence|influenced]] or [[control]]led by another country.<ref>Stephen John Stadler, ''Encyclopedia of Geography Terms, Themes, and Concepts'' (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011), p. 294</ref> Unlike [[puppet state]]s, satellite states are generally [[international relations|internationally recognized]] by most countries, as most of them were already [[independence|independent]] countries, which later came under the influence of more powerful countries. [[Example]]s of satellite states include the [[Warsaw Pact]] countries which were called [[Soviet satellite state]]s, because they were influenced by the [[Soviet Union]]. [[Belarus]] is currently a satellite state of [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wupr.org/2014/03/16/the-modern-puppet-state/ |title=The Modern Puppet State |author=Ari Moses |date=16 March 2014 |website= |publisher=Washington University Political Review |accessdate=8 March 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>{{Better source}} == Related pages == * [[Puppet state]] *[[Client state]] == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:States]] [[Category:Political geography]] {{politics-stub}}