the government, authority, or province of a satrap
Origin:
Fr satrapie < L satrapia < Gr satrapeia
See satrapy in American Heritage Dictionary 4
nounpl.sa·tra·pies
The territory or sphere under the rule of a satrap.
A nation, state, territory, or area controlled as if by a satrap: “No military legions from the West are going to liberate their Eastern European satrapies”(John Hughes).