Socialist state

There were many communist (actually socialist) governments in the 20th century, more than in any other century. The following article is intended as a list and analysis of these governments.

Countries that were or are socialist

List

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Africa

• People's Republic of Mozambique (República Popular de Moçambique) — until 1990
• People's Republic of Angola (República Popular de Angola) — until 1992
• People's Republic of Benin (République populaire du Bénin) — until 1990
• People's Republic of the Congo (République populaire du Congo) — until 1992
• People's Democratic Republic of Algeria — still exists, became a liberal democracy
• People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (ye-Ītyōppyā Hezbāwī Dīmōkrāsīyāwī Rīpeblīk) — until 1991
• Somali Democratic Republic (Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiga Soomaaliyeed) — until 1991
• State of Eritrea — still exists
• Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (República Árabe Saharaui Democrática) — still exists
• Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya — until 2011
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo) — brief attempt at socialism, overthrown in 1960
• Democratic Republic of Madagascar (Repoblika Demokratika Malagasy) — until 1992
• Republic of Ghana — overthrown in 1966
• United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania) — still exists, became a liberal democracy
• Burkina Faso — until 1987

America

• Republic of Cuba (Republica de Cuba) — still exists
• Republic of Chile (Republica de Chile) — brief attempt at socialism, overthrown in 1973
• Republic of Nicaragua (República de Nicaragua)
• Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (República Bolivariana de Venezuela)
• Plurinational State of Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia)

Asia

• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Союз Советских Социалистических Республик) — dissolved in 1991
• Mongolian People's Republic — until 1992
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea (조선민주주의인민공화국) — still exists
• People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (جمهورية اليمن الديمقراطية الشعبية) — until 1990
• People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国) — still exists, but socialism is disputed
• Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल) — Multi-party democracy, governed by the Communist party
• Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam) — still exists, but socialism is disputed
• Lao People's Democratic Republic (ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ)
• People's Republic of Kampuchea (សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិតកម្ពុជា) — until 1989
• Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (မြန်မာ့နည်းမြန်မာ့ဟန် ဆိုရှယ်လစ်စနစ်) — until 1988

Europe

• People's Socialist Republic of Albania (Republika Popullore Socialiste e Shqipërisë) — dissolved in the early 1990s
• German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik) — "reunification" (actually more like an occupation) with the FRG in 1990
• Polish People's Republic (Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa) — until 1989
• Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (Федеративна Народна Република Југославија) — destroyed in a NATO-supported conflict in the 1990s
• Hungarian People's Republic (Magyar Népköztársaság) — until 1989
• Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (Československá socialistická republika) — until 1990
• Socialist Republic of Romania (Republica Socialistă România) — until 1989
• People's Republic of Bulgaria (Народна Република България) — until 1990