What does it mean "By proxy"?

By proxy means that they have to be formed by another state, like Japan or France.

hey Yamunoki, do you have the tags for these nations?

#Russia
URL = "countries/Ural Republic.txt"
TRT = "countries/Tatarstan.txt"
CSK = "countries/Cossakia.txt"
DGT = "countries/Dagestan.txt"
PRI = "countries/Primorsk.txt"
FER = "countries/Far East Republic.txt"
KAR = "countries/Karelia.txt"
SIB = "countries/Siberia.txt"
#Middle East
KUR = "countries/Kurdistan.txt"
#Germany
BV2 = "countries/Bavaria2.txt"
GRR = "countries/Greater Rhineland.txt"
HV2 = "countries/Hanover2.txt"
SX2 = "countries/Saxony2.txt"
PR2 = "countries/Prussia2.txt"
BDB = "countries/Brandenburg.txt"
#North America
NEN = "countries/New England.txt"
CFS = "countries/Confederate States.txt"
GRP = "countries/Great Plains.txt"
ALK = "countries/Alaska.txt"
PCF = "countries/Pacific States.txt"
GRL = "countries/Great Lakes.txt"
QUE = "countries/Quebec.txt"
NFL = "countries/Newfoundland.txt"
#France
IDC = "countries/Indochina.txt"
NRM = "countries/Normandy.txt"
BRG = "countries/Burgundy.txt"
ASL = "countries/Alsace-lorraine.txt"
#Eastern Europe
BHM = "countries/Bohemia-Moravia.txt"
TRN = "countries/Transylvania.txt"
#India
ASM = "countries/Assam.txt"
KSM = "countries/Kashmir.txt"
BLC = "countries/Balochistan.txt"
KHA = "countries/Khalistan.txt"
DRV = "countries/Dravida Nadu.txt"
SND = "countries/Sindhudesh.txt"
#Belgium
FLD = "countries/Flanders.txt"
WLL = "countries/Wallonia.txt"
#Japan
TAI = "countries/Taiwan.txt"
OKN = "countries/Okinawa.txt"
EZO = "countries/Ezo.txt"
#Italy
SCY = "countries/Two Sicilies.txt"
SDP = "countries/Sardinia-Piedmont.txt"
LBV = "countries/Lombardy-Venetia.txt"
RME = "countries/Rome.txt"
#UK
CRN = "countries/Cornwall.txt"
ENL = "countries/England.txt"
#China
YKF = "countries/Yungkwei.txt"
HNC = "countries/Han China.txt"
HKN = "countries/Hong Kong.txt"
MCA = "countries/Macau.txt"
SCN = "countries/Szechuan.txt"
NFN = "countries/Nanfang.txt"
BFN = "countries/Beifang.txt"

PDC = "countries/Pondicherry.txt"
GOA = "countries/Goa.txt"
CTW = "countries/Cantonwan.txt"
TML = "countries/Timor Leste.txt"
WPP = "countries/West Papua.txt"
SMA = "countries/Sumatra.txt"
FCC = "countries/French Cochin.txt"

#Africa
SCL = "countries/Seychelles.txt"
STM = "countries/Sao Tome.txt"
CPV = "countries/Cape Verde.txt"
SSD = "countries/South Sudan.txt"
ITE = "countries/Italian East Africa.txt"

#Spain
ADL = "countries/Spanish Andalusia.txt"
ATR = "countries/Asturias.txt"
BLI = "countries/Balearic Isles.txt"
XTR = "countries/Extremadura.txt"
VLC = "countries/Valencia.txt"
ARA = "countries/Aragon.txt"
CST = "countries/Castille.txt"
MRC = "countries/Murcia.txt"
VGR = "countries/Volga Germania.txt"
PTG = "countries/Patagonia.txt"
TXS = "countries/Texas.txt"
WLC = "countries/Wallachia.txt"
MDV = "countries/Moldavia.txt"
SLL = "countries/Somaliland.txt"
GRN = "countries/Greenland.txt"
CNR = "countries/Canary Isles.txt"
SUL = "countries/Sul.txt"
SPL = "countries/Sao Paulo.txt"
RTH = "countries/Ruthenia.txt"
GBR = "countries/Gibralter.txt"

MRI = "countries/Mauritius.txt"
ZLI = "countries/Zulia.txt"
FRI = "countries/Faroe Islands.txt"
CMO = "countries/Comoros.txt"
KRB = "countries/Kiribati.txt"
NRU = "countries/Nauru.txt"
FJI = "countries/Fiji.txt"
NCD = "countries/New Caledonia.txt"
SYM = "countries/South Yemen.txt"
MSI = "countries/Marshall Islands.txt"
PLA = "countries/Palau.txt"
WWI = "countries/Windward Islands.txt"
LWI = "countries/Leeward Islands.txt"
LWI = "countries/Vanuatu.txt"

FRC = "countries/Francia.txt"
MCV = "countries/Muscovy.txt"

#formable
WAC = "countries/West Africa.txt"
MDC = "countries/Middle Africa.txt"
EAC = "countries/East Africa.txt"
MGU = "countries/Maghreb Union.txt"
ARB = "countries/Arabia.txt"



Still working on 3 more, so will update this post soon