List of communist and socialist states

This is a list of communist or socialist states.

List

Historical

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Chita Republic
(1905–1906)
N/A N/A
Democratic Republic of Georgia
(1918–1921)[Note 1]
   
Republic of Armenia
(1918–1920)[Note 2]
   
Persian Socialist Soviet Republic
(1920–1921)
  N/A
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(1922–1991)[Note 3]
   
   
   
Mongolian People's Republic
(1924–1992)
   
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(1945–1992)
   
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
(1945–1976)
   
Polish People's Republic
(1947–1989)
   
Socialist Republic of Romania
(1947–1989)
   
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
(1948–1990)
   
German Democratic Republic
(1949–1990)
   
Hungarian People's Republic
(1949–1989)
   
People's Socialist Republic of Albania
(1946–1992)
   
People's Republic of Bulgaria
(1946–1990)
   
Somali Democratic Republic
(1969–1991)
   
People's Republic of the Congo
(1969–1992)
   
People's Republic of Angola
(1975–1992)
   
People's Republic of Benin
(1975–1990)
   
People's Republic of Mozambique
(1975–1990)
   
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
(1978–1987)
   
Republic of Seychelles
(1979–1991)[Note 4]
   
People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
(1987–1991)
   
Republic of Moldova
(2001–2009)[Note 5]
   

Today

Including the countries governed by parties that are communist or socialist.

Flag Map Ruling party RP's basic ideology
People's Republic of China    

Chinese Communist Party

  • 2,090 / 2,980
Maoism
Republic of Cuba     Communist Party of Cuba
  • 605 / 605
Castroism
Guevarism
Republic of India     India is a socialist state[2] but the ruling party is not socialist.
Lao People's Democratic Republic     Lao People's Revolutionary Party
  • 158 / 164
Kaysone Phomvihane Thought
United Republic of Tanzania  

 

Tanzania is a socialist state[3] but the ruling party is not socialist.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea     Workers' Party of Korea
  • 607 / 687
Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism
Portugese Republic[4]     Socialist Party
  • 120 / 230
Social democracy
Socialist Republic of Vietnam     Communist Party of Vietnam
  • 485 / 499
Ho Chi Minh Thought
Republic of Nicaragua     Sandinista National Liberation Front
  • 75 / 90
Christian socialism
Arab Republic of Syria     Syrian Ba'ath Party
  • 167 / 250
Arab socialism
    AANES is a libertarian socialist autonomous region. It was founded by Kurdish-leadership. The area does not have a single strong ruling party.
Plurinational State of Bolivia

 

  Movement for Socialism
  • 21 / 36
Socialism of the 21st century
Democratic socialism
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria     National Liberation Front
  • 62 / 144
Arab socialism
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela     United Socialist Party of Venezuela
  • 219 / 277
Socialism of the 21st century
Federal Republic of Germany     Social Democratic Party of Germany
  • 206 / 736
Social democracy 4th
United Mexican States     National Regeneration Movement
  • 202 / 500
Socialism of the 21st century 15th

Ideologies

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Coene 2009, p. 136.
  2. Preamble, the Constitution of the Republic of India: "We, the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic and to secure to all its citizens".
  3. Article 3, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania: "The United Republic is a democratic, secular and socialist state which adheres to multi-party democracy".
  4. Preamble, the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic: "The Constituent Assembly affirms the Portuguese people's decision to defend national independence, guarantee citizens' fundamental rights, establish the basic principles of democracy, ensure the primacy of a democratic state based on the rule of law and open up a path towards a socialist society, with respect for the will of the Portuguese people and with a view to the construction of a country that is freer, more just and more fraternal".

Sources

  • Coene, Frederik (2009). The Caucasus - An Introduction. Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series. Routledge. p. 136. ISBN 9781135203023. As a result, the People's Republic of Azerbaijan and the Kurdish People's Republic (the Republic of Mahabad), two short-lived Soviet puppet states, were set up late in 1945.

Notes

  1. It was ruled by the Marxist and social democratic political party of Social Democratic Party of Georgia.
  2. It was ruled by the Armenian nationalist and socialist political party of Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF/Dashnaktsutyun).
  3. Including Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Armenian, Azerbaijan, Byelorussian, Estonian, Georgian, Kazakh, Kirghiz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Moldavian, Tajik, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republics
  4. From 1979 to 1991, Seychelles was ruled by the Seychelles People's Progressive Front as a one-party state. The Seychelles People's Progressive Front was a Communist and Marxist–Leninist party at the time.
  5. From 2001 to 2009, Moldova was ruled by the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova.