Buffer-state
a nation lying between potentially hostile larger nations.
Historical Examples
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 Various
Somehow Good William de Morgan
The Coming Conquest of England August Niemann
In the Border Country W. S. (William Shillinglaw) Crockett
The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) John Holland Rose
noun
a small neutral state between two rival powers
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