A puppet government—a regime that exists in name but is controlled by another country or group and lacks real political power.
国際社会はその政権を傀儡政権だと非難した。
The international community condemned that regime as a puppet government.
傀儡政権は形式上の自治しか持たず、重要な決定は外部で行われていた。
The puppet government had only formal autonomy; important decisions were made externally.
評論家はその政権を『事実上の傀儡政権』と呼んだ。
Commentators called the regime a 'de facto puppet government.'