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People's Republic (rarely Popular Republic) is a title that is often used by Marxist-Leninist governments to describe their state. Marxism-Leninism is a Communist ideological stream that emerged as the mainstream tendency amongst the Communist parties in the 1920s as it was adopted For the government of parliamentary systems see Executive (government. A state is a political association with effective Sovereignty over a geographic Area and representing a Population. The motivation for using this term lies in the claim that Marxist-Leninists govern in accordance with the interests of the vast majority of the people, and, as such, a Marxist-Leninist republic is a people's republic. Popular sovereignty or the sovereignty of the people is the belief that the legitimacy of the State is created by the will or consent of its people, who Many of these countries also called themselves socialist states in their constitutions; Albania, for instance, used both terms, "socialist" and "people's," in its official name from 1976 to 1991. The term socialist state (or socialist republic, or workers' state) can carry one of several different (but related meanings In strictly speaking any A constitution is a system for government often Codified as a written document that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity This article is about the country in southern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Albania topics. Opponents of Marxism-Leninism argue that the name "people's republic" is merely used for propaganda purposes. Propaganda is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people

In the West, countries governed by Marxist-Leninists are referred to as "Communist states," though they never actually used this name for themselves and used the term countries of people's democracy (see the main article on communist states for more information). The term Western world, the West or the Occident ( Latin: occidens -sunset -west as distinct from the Orient) can have multiple meanings Communist state is a term used by many Political scientists to describe a Form of government in which the State operates under a one-party system Communist state is a term used by many Political scientists to describe a Form of government in which the State operates under a one-party system

In the 1990s, many of the self-styled "People's Republics" of Eastern Europe (Poland, Hungary, and Bulgaria) and Mongolia dropped the term and became known simply as "Republics" as they adopted democratic systems of government — the term "People's Republic" being associated with the former Communist regimes. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Mongolia (mɒŋˈɡoʊliə, literally Mongol country/nation,) is a Landlocked Country in East

Currently, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea are the only Marxist-Leninist states in the world that use the title People's Republic. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Media and scholars may sometimes use just The People's Republic to refer to the PRC. When media cover news which is reporting about Cross-Strait relations, they may sometimes use just The People's Republic to differentiate between the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the People's Republic of China (Mainland). History Before 1949 See also Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES

Two other Marxist-Leninist states include the words People's Republic in their full names:

Historical examples include:

Other titles commonly used by Marxist-Leninist states are "Democratic Republic" (e. Laos (ˈlɑːoʊs or /ˈlaʊs/ officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a Landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: The Socialist Republic of Macedonia ( Macedonian: Социјалистичка Република Македонија Socijalistička Republika Makedonija) was The People's Republic of Hungary or Hungarian People's Republic (Magyar Népköztársaság was the official state name of Hungary from 1949 to 1989 during its The Mongolian People's Republic ( Mongolian: Бүгд Найрамдах Монгол Ард Улс (БНМАУ Bügd Nairamdakh Mongol Ard Uls (BNMAU) was a The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Democratic Yemen, South Yemen or Yemen (Aden was a Socialist republic in present-day southern and The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Democratic Yemen, South Yemen or Yemen (Aden was a Socialist republic in present-day southern and The History of Communist Albania essentially spans from 1945 until 1992 during which Albania had a Communist government Socialist People's Republic of Albania (Albanian Republika Popullore Socialiste e Shqipërisë) was the official name of Albania during the communist rule The Bukharan People's Soviet Republic (Бухарская Народная Советская Республика was the name of Uzbekistan from 1920 to 1925 The People's Republic of Poland or Polish People's Republic ( Polish: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL Russian Benin (bə'nɪn officially the Republic of Benin, and also known as Benin Republic, is a country in Western Africa. The Republic of the Congo (République du Congo Kongo: Repubilika ya Kongo; Lingala: Republiki ya Kongó) also known as Congo-Brazzaville Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique (Moçambique or República de Moçambique, ʁɛ'publikɐ d musɐ̃'bik is a country in southeastern Africa Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central History The PRK was established in January 1979 in line with the broad revolutionary program set forth by the Kampuchean (or Khmer National United Front for National Salvation The Tuvan People's Republic ( People's Republic of Tannu Tuva; Tьвa Arat Respuвlik Tuvan Cyrillic: tyv-Cyrl Тыва Арат Республик Tyva The Ukrainian People's Republic (Українська Народна Республіка Ukrayins’ka Narodna Respublika; also translated as the Ukrainian National g. the German Democratic Republic or the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia between 1943 and 1946), and "Socialist Republic" (e. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: The term socialist state (or socialist republic, or workers' state) can carry one of several different (but related meanings In strictly speaking any g. the Socialist Republic of Vietnam). Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially

However, neither of the two titles mentioned above, nor the term "People's Republic" itself, are unique to Marxist-Leninists. All three of them have also been used by a number of countries which are/were not Marxist-Leninist. The reason for this is the rather generic nature of the titles in question. Marxist-Leninists are by no means alone in claiming to be democratic, socialist or popular. Thus, at the present time, there are three People's Republics which do not subscribe to Marxism-Leninism: Algeria (People's Democratic Republic of Algeria), Bangladesh (People's Republic of Bangladesh), and Libya (Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya). Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Arabic جماهيرية strict transliteration) is an Arabic term generally translated as "state of the masses

The addition of the attribute “people’s” before the term republic is redundant since republic itself means public or people’s thing in Latin. Thus a possible translation of “popular/people’s republic” would be “people’s popular dominion”. In the case of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), it would be "People’s People-ruling Popular Dominion of Korea".

Jocular use

The term "People's Republic" is frequently used colloquially to denote a particularly left-leaning area, both as a derogatory label by opponents and proudly or ironically by inhabitants of the place. For example, Sheffield in the 1980s under the rather leftist Labour administration of David Blunkett was termed the "People's Republic of South Yorkshire" by Conservative MP Irvine Patnick, but the term was frequently used by Labour supporters. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the David Blunkett (born 6 June 1947 is a British Labour Party Politician and has been Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside The People's Republic of South Yorkshire or The Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire, is a satirical reference to Sheffield. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Sir Cyril Irvine Patnick, known as Irvine Patnick, OBE (born 29 October 1929 is a British businessman and former Conservative Party politician

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