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.
Tychus B became a protectorate of the United Federation of Planets in 2261, quarantined as a sanctuary world in order to protect the Jikaru from the Lutani. (SNW: "What Is Starfleet?")
The Evora homeworld became a protectorate of the Federation in 2375. (Star Trek: Insurrection)
Coppelius became a Federation protectorate in 2399. (PIC: "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2")
Raatooras, an Arin'Sen colony, was a protectorate of the Klingon Empire before the Klingons abandoned the planet. (ENT: "Judgment")
On Kelemane's planet, the Central Protectorate was a state located on a subcontinent in the southern hemisphere. (VOY: "Blink of an Eye")
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