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the super sized military bases
the city-sized embassy
They have taken the traditional imperial method of control, they control the military through its logistics & training, and as well the government is their puppet (or "arab facade" as the British put it when they were doing this in the early 20th century), but should the local proxy forces prove insufficient or unable to control the population then there is a regionally located intervention force to step in.
Even during the height of the British Empire they never had more than 10,000 soldiers in India - they controlled the place via the locals. Romans used local auxiliaries rather than sending in the Legions. And so on all through history.
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This is how it will all end: not with floods, earthquakes, falling comets or gigantic crabs roaming the Earth. No, doomsday will start simply out of indifference.
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