Protectorate
A protectorate was a planet or region which existed under the protection (or control, if the term was used euphemistically) of another more powerful group.

The Evora homeworld became a protectorate of the United Federation of Planets in 2375. ()

Coppelius became a Federation protectorate in 2399. ()

Raatooras, an Arin'Sen colony, was a protectorate of the Klingon Empire before the Klingons abandoned the planet. ()

On Kelemane's planet, the Central Protectorate was located on a subcontinent in the southern hemisphere. ()

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