Tribute (a tax)
England was and is the ruling nation of the British Empire.
Persia.
it shows up as a trade deficit with the soncumer-goods-exporting nation.
A tribute.
Imperialism is meant to serve the needs of a ruling class much more than a nation. It has nothing to do with democracy.
No, the act of ruling another nation would be imperialism, which goes against the principles of democracy and self government. Temporarily occupying a country after a war, such as the United States did after defeating Japan, came close to ruling another country, however, this was only a temporary arrangement until they had set up a new constitution, and Hirohito had denounced his divinity.
payment made by one group or nation to anothere or to obtain peace protction
The Spanish Crown was used in place of the name of the monarch that was ruling Spain. Many of the crowns of Europe were referred to as the (nation) Crown.
Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940-1991 and during that time the ruling political party was the Estonian Communist Party.
Pay the amount due (you might be able to work out a payment plan).
It would be a false assumption the the US wanted to rule the Pacific Ocean. In the past and even now, the vast ocean, with its many nation "players" rules out any nation from ruling the vast Pacific Ocean.