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The term is sometimes used more loosely (and with a less sinister overtone) to refer to small countries whose is a good example. RELATIONSHIP TO "PUPPET STATE" The term "satellite state" is often seen as close in meaning, or even synonymous, with other terms such as " Puppet State ", which typically have a much more pejorative connotation. However, the precise relationship between the two terms is not always clear; in many instances the practical meaning of the two cannot be distinguished. The phrase "puppet state" is used frequently to connote the dependence of small nations on a larger power, especially implying that without necessary support of the larger power the "puppet state" would simply collapse. It was thus a reciprocal effect of the Cold War that the United States and Soviet Union were said to hold many "puppets" - countries with US-supported Anti-communist and Authoritarian governments such as South Korea and Taiwan . Similarly, Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and support of Cuba, North Korea, and Vietnam during the cold war also exlemplified this type of relationship, as well as other contemporary great powers such as Nazi Germany , Imperial Japan , and many long-gone empires are sometimes said to have acquired or ruled satellites, but terms such as "puppet states" are also commonly found. SEE ALSO
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