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A satellite nation is a nation that appears to be sovereign, but is actually under the control of another nation. Examples would be nations such as Hungary and Poland under the USSR.
The Soviet satellite states were Yugoslavia, Albania, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Poland, Romania and Hungary. These were called satellite states because they bordered Russia, and while the nations were technically independent, they were under Soviet control. Keep Learning.