隷れい属ぞく国こく

noun

subject nation; subordinate state; dependency

A country that is politically or economically subordinate to another, often used in historical or geopolitical contexts.

• その小しょう国こくは長なが年ねん、隣となりの大たい国こくの隷れい属ぞく国こくとして扱あつかわれてきた。

  That small country has long been treated as a subject nation of the neighboring great power.

• 歴れき史し的てきに見みると、多おおくの隷れい属ぞく国こくが独どく立りつを求もとめて戦たたかった。

  Historically, many subordinate states fought for independence.