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It is A

Explanation:

The definition of protectorate is: a state that is controlled and protected by another.

Also using what we know we can take out D because as it says they are not involved in daily policy making so they cant be directly controlling them. B is out because in the clues it never mentions anything about how they rule over multiple places, and C could work but it is a sphere of influence that means that they wouldn't have to answer to them.

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