colonial empire

C398 concept

A colonial empire is a political and economic system in which a dominant state controls and exploits distant territories and their populations, typically through settlement, resource extraction, and imposed governance.

Observed surface forms (9)

  • empire ×14
  • maritime empire ×4
  • viceroyalty ×2
  • French colonial expansion ×1
  • French colonial federation ×1
  • Japanese colonial rule ×1
  • Japanese colonial rule in Asia ×1
  • colonial empires ×1
  • colonial federation ×1

Instances (35)