User blog comment:Mmpratt99 deviantart/I Need a Good Original Name For An Alternate United States/@comment-25037895-20150530193040/@comment-4893169-20150530230846

I kind of like the term "protectorates," the weaker territories protected and partly controlled by stronger ones. In this case, the United States as well the entire human world may be in decline due to an overdependence on technology, some cataclysm occurred leading to a massive loss in population. So the humans have to rely on this alien/Faerie/imperialist empire for protection.