banana republic
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbanana republicbaˈnana reˌpublic noun [countable] PTan insulting word for a small poor country with weak government that depends on financial help from abroadExamples from the Corpusbanana republic• The guy has more titles than the leader of a banana republic.• This is proof of the erosive effects of past inflation rate which climbed to banana republic levels in the 1970s.