protectorate

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The former British protectorate is heavily dependent on the country which completely surrounds it - South Africa.

From BBC

The episode has offered a rare glimpse of rivalries in the Hashemite family that has ruled Jordan since it became a British protectorate in 1921.

From Reuters

For too long, he said, Haiti had been a protectorate of foreign powers who propped up corrupt politicians and allowed crime and poverty to flourish.

From Los Angeles Times

Chicago-based travel adviser Shawna Owen said she started seeing more placeholder trips shortly after Saint Bart’s, a French protectorate in the Caribbean, suddenly closed to Americans in mid-February.

From Washington Post

A spate of crackdowns, such as the arrest of opposition leaders and activists in 2019, has done little to discourage anti-monarchy sentiment in the former British protectorate.

From Reuters