What happens when one country controls another?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of being an empire?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a colony?

When one country controls another, broadly, one government rule the extension or influence by one government the extension of rule or influence.

The advantages for being an Empire is: The country are able to retain their own histories, such as religion and important architecture. Therefore, to be an Empire has an advantages for improving their own place.

The disadvantages for being an Empire is: When an Empire becomes too huge, then Empires are possibly to be destroyed someday, by loosing from war and miss some of the parts in the Empire.

The advantages of being a colony is: It is able to gain money and some convenience things.

The disadvantages of being a colony is: Some country might get an idea of treating colony as a slavery, and people might take advantages of the poor.