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Historical Communist States of the World

List every state (SOVEREIGN- one-country recognition + nominal independence- countries, provinces, or cities) in the WORLD that has ever been communist - by their names at the time.
Most SSRs were not sovereign or socialist before accession.
Color coded by continent: Europe=Blue, Asia=Red, Africa=Purple, N. America=Orange, S. America=Green, Oceania=Cyan.
M-L=Marxist-Leninist, P-A=Pan-Africanist.
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Existed
Type
Answer
1871
Communal
Paris Commune
1917-1922
Soviet
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
1918
Demsoc
Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic
1918-1919
Agrarian
Tarnobrzeg Republic
1918
Soviet
Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic
1918-1919
Soviet
Bremen Soviet Republic
1918-1919
Soviet
Estonian Workers' Commune
1918-1920
Soviet
Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic
1919-1922
Soviet
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
1919-1922
Soviet
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
1919
Soviet
Lithuanian–Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
1919
Soviet
Hungarian Soviet Republic
1919
Soviet
Bavarian Soviet Republic
1919
Soviet
Limerick Soviet
1919
Soviet
Prekmurje Republic
1919
Soviet
Slovak Soviet Republic
1921-1922
Anarchist
Free State of Fiume
1921
Soviet
Serbian-Hungarian Baranya-Baja Republic
1921-1939
Communal
Life and Labor Commune
1922-1991
Soviet
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1934
Communal
Asturian Commune
1936-1939
Syndicalist
National Confederation of Labor
1941
Titoist
Republic of Užice
1945-1992
Titoist
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1945-1957
Demsoc
Republic of San Marino
1946-1992
Hoxhaist
Albanian People's Republic
1946-1989
Stalinist
Bulgarian People's Republic
1947-1989
Stalinist
Polish People's Republic
1947-1950
Stalinist
Provisional Democratic Government of Greece
1947-1989
Ceaușescuist
Romanian People's Republic
1948-1989
M-L
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
1949-1989
Kadarist
Hungarian People's Republic
1949-1990
M-L
German Democratic Republic
1990-1991
Soviet
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
1918-1921
Demsoc
Democratic Republic of Georgia
1920-1921
Soviet
Socialist Soviet Republic of Gilan
1920-1924
Soviet
Bukharan People's Soviet Republic
1920-1923
Soviet
Khorezm People's Soviet Republic
1921-1944
Soviet
Tuvan People's Republic
1922
Soviet
Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
1924-1992
M-L
Mongolian People's Republic
1931-1937
Maoist
Chinese Soviet Republic
1944-1946
Soviet
Second East Turkestan Republic
1945-1946
Socialist
People's Republic of Korea
1945
Soviet
Inner Mongolian People's Republic
1945-1946
Soviet
Azerbaijan People's Government
1946
Soviet
Republic of Mahabad
1948-Present
Juche
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
1949-Present
Dengist
People's Republic of China
1954-1975
M-L
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
1962-1988
Burmese
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
1963-2024
Ba'ath
Syrian Arab Republic
1967-1990
M-L
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
1968-2003
Ba'ath
Republic of Iraq
1975-1979
Maoist
Democratic Kampuchea
1975
Socialist
Democratic Republic of East Timor
1975-Present
M-L
Lao People's Democratic Republic
1976-Present
Socialist
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
1978-1987
Soviet
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
1979-1989
M-L
People's Republic of Kampuchea
1987-1992
Socialist
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
1990-1991
Ba'ath
Republic of Kuwait
2006-Present
Demsoc
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
2016-Present
Anarchist
Autonomous Administration of North & East Syria
1980-1991
Melanesian
Republic of Vanuatu
Existed
Type
Answer
1922
Collectivist
Rand Soviet
1956-1970
Arab
Republic of Egypt
1957-1966
Nkrumaist
Republic of Ghana
1957-1958
M-L
Republic of Niger
1958-1961
Arab
United Arab Republic
1958-1984
Scientific
People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea
1960-2000
Humanist
Republic of Senegal
1960-1968
P-A
Republic of Mali
1960-1962
Lumumbist
Republic of South Kasai
1962-1989
Arab
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
1963-1974
M-L
Liberated Zones of Guinea-Bissau
1964
Scientific
People's Republic of Zanzibar
1964-1969
Destourian
Republic of Tunisia
1964-1991
Humanist
Republic of Zambia
1966-1976
P-A
Republic of Burundi
1967-1985
Ujamaa
United Republic of Tanzania
1968–1979
Authoritarian
Republic of Equatorial Guinea
1969-1991
Scientific
Somali Democratic Republic
1969-1992
M-L
People's Republic of the Congo
1974-1991
M-L
Republic of Guinea-Bissau
1974–1991
M-L
People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
1974-1990
M-L
People's Republic of Benin
1975-1990
M-L
People's Republic of Mozambique
1975-1981
M-L
Republic of Cape Verde
1975-1976
Demsoc
Republic of Cabinda
1975-1992
M-L
People's Republic of Angola
1975-1992
Scientific
Democratic Republic of Madagascar
1976-Present
Arab
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
1977-2011
Arab
Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
1977-1991
M-L
Republic of Seychelles
1981
P-A
National Revolutionary Council of The Gambia
1983-2013
M-L
Republic of South Sudan
1983-1987
Sankharist
Burkina Faso
1991-Present
Authoritarian
State of Eritrea
1774-1947
Communal
Shaker Communes
1825-1829
Utopian
New Harmony
1841-1847
Utopian
Brook Farm
1843-1856
Utopian
North American Phalanx
1848-1881
Utopian
Oneida Community
1848-1898
Utopian
Icarian Communes
1855-1932
Communal
Amana Colonies
1911-1920
Anarchist
Morelos (ELDS)
1915-1924
Agrarian
Yucatan (PSS)
1961-Present
M-L
Republic of Cuba
1979-1983
M-L
Republic of Grenada
1979-1990
Demsoc
Republic of Nicaragua
1994-Present
Anarchist
Chiapas (EZLN)
1893-1895
Utopian
New Australia
1932
Statist
Socialist Republic of Chile
1958-1964
Agrarian
Marquetalia Republic
1958-1964
Agrarian
September 26 Republic
1958-1964
Agrarian
Southeast Tolima Republic
1958-1964
Agrarian
Riochiquito Republic
1958-1964
Agrarian
Guayabero Republic
1958-1964
Agrarian
El Pato Republic
1958-1964
Agrarian
Sumapaz Republic
1958-1964
Agrarian
Tequendama Republic
1970-1985
Demsoc
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
1970-1973
M-L
Republic of Chile
1999-Present
Chavist
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
2006-Present
Demsoc
Plurinational State of Bolivia
2007-2017
Demsoc
Republic of Ecuador
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