Editing Socialist state

{{Marxism–Leninism sidebar}}
A '''socialist state''', '''socialist republic''', or '''socialist country''', sometimes referred to as a '''workers' state''' or '''workers' republic''', is a [[Sovereign state|sovereign]] [[State (polity)|state]] which is constitutionally dedicated to the establishment of [[socialism]]. The term ''communist state'' is often used synonymously in the [[West]] specifically when referring to one-party socialist states governed by [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] [[communist parties]], despite these countries being officially socialist states in the process of building [[socialism]]. These countries have not described themselves as ''[[Communism|communist]]'' nor as having implemented a [[communist society]], but are in the process of doing so. 

== Overview ==
Socialist states commonly have centrally [[Planned economy|planned economies]], [[democratic centralism]], and maintain a policy of [[secularism]] or [[state atheism]]. In recent decades, many socialist states have adopted [[Socialist market economy|market socialist economies]], which many [[Marxism|Marxists]] have seen as not [[socialism]], but a form of [[state capitalism]].

== Current socialist states ==

=== Marxist–Leninist states ===

* [[File:Flag_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China.svg|20px]] [[People's Republic of China]]
* [[File:Flag_of_Vietnam.svg|20px]] [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam]]
* [[File:Flag_of_the_DPRK.svg|20px]] [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea]]
* [[File:Flag_of_Cuba.svg|20px]] [[Republic of Cuba]]
* [[File:Flag_of_Laos.svg|20px]] [[Lao People's Democratic Republic]]

=== Countries with constitutional references to socialism ===

* [[File:Flag_of_Algeria.png|20px]] [[People's Democratic Republic of Algeria]]
* [[People's Republic of Bangladesh]]
* [[Co‑operative Republic of Guyana]]
* [[File:Flag_of_Nicaragua.png|20px]] [[Republic of Nicaragua]]
* [[File:Flag_of_sri_lanka.png|20px]] [[Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]]
* [[File:Flag_of_Tanzania.svg|20px]] [[United Republic of Tanzania]] 

=== Socialist territories with limited recognition ===

* [[File:Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg|20px]] [[South Yemen Movement]]

== Former socialist states ==

=== Marxist–Leninist states ===

* [[File:Red_flag.svg|20px]] [[Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (1918)]]
* [[File:Red_flag.svg|20px]] [[Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)]]
* [[File:Red_flag.svg|20px]] [[Bavarian Soviet Republic (1919)]]
* [[Far Eastern Republic (1920–1922)]]
* [[Tuvan People’s Republic (1921–1944)]]
* [[File:Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1955-1991).svg|20px]] [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)]]
* [[File:Mongolian_People's_Republic_Flag.png|20px]] [[Mongolian People's Republic (1924–1992)|Mongolian People's Republic (1924–1990)]]
* [[File:Flag_of_Chinese_Soviet_Republic.svg|20px]] [[Chinese Soviet Republic (1931–1937)]]
* [[File:Yugoslav_flag.png|20px]] [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1992)]]
* [[File:People's_Republic_of_Bulgaria_flag.png|20px]] [[People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990)]]
* [[File:Flag_of_Albania_(1946–1992).svg|20px]] [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania (1946–1992)]]
* [[File:Flag_of_Poland_(1927–1980).svg|20px]] [[Polish People's Republic (1947–1989)]]
* [[File:Flag_of_Romania_(1965–1989).png|20px]] [[Socialist Republic of Romania (1947–1989)]]
* [[File:GDR_flag.png|20px]] [[German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)]]
* [[File:Flag_of_Hungary_(1949–1956).svg|20px]] [[Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)]]
* [[File:Flag_of_Vietnam.svg|20px]] [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam|Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1954–1975)]]
* [[File:Czech_flag.png|20px]] [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1948–1990)]]
* [[File:Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg|20px]] [[People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967–1990)]]
* [[File:Flag_of_Somalia.svg|20px]] [[Somali Democratic Republic (1969–1991)]]
* [[People's Republic of the Congo (1969–1992)]]
* [[File:Flag_of_Derg.png|20px]] [[Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia (1974–1987)]]
* [[People's Republic of Mozambique (1975–1990)]]
* [[People's Republic of Benin (1975–1992)]]
* [[People's Republic of Angola (1975–1992)]]
* [[Democratic Republic of Madagascar (1975–1992)]]
* [[File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_(1980–1987).svg|20px]] [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992)|Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1987)]]
* [[File:Grenada_flag.png|20px]] [[People's Revolutionary Government (Grenada)|People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada]]
* [[People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–1989)]]
* [[People's Republic of Burkina Faso (1984–1987)]]

== States with governing communist or socialist parties ==

== See also ==

* [[Marxism–Leninism]]
* [[Socialism]]
* [[Dictatorship of the proletariat]]

== References ==
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