<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31328932</termId><termName>suzerainties</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ States a people is a tributary to a suzerain ruler, or in more recent history, to a more powerful state that controls its foreign affairs while allowing the tributary vassal state some limited domestic autonomy. An historical example is the Ottoman Empire and its surrounding regions.  ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 20:28:40</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31328933</termId><termName>suzerainty</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31315652</termId><termName>political administrative bodies by governing person</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31310030</termId><termName>government by form</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>RT</relationType><termId>31337617</termId><termName>suzerains</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>RT</relationType><termId>31369979</termId><termName>suzerains</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>