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People's Republic

People's Republic is a title that is often used by Marxist or Communist governments to describe their state.

Examples include:

• Hungarian People's Republic (1918-1919, 1949-1989)
• Mongolian People's Republic (1924-1992)
• People's Republic of Albania (1946-1976)
• People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946-1990)
• People's Republic of Romania (1947-1965)
• People's Republic of China (1949- )
• People's Republic of Poland (1952-1989)
• People's Republic of South Yemen (1967-1970)
• People's Republic of the Congo (1970-1992)
• People's Republic of Mozambique (1975-1990)
• People's Republic of Angola (1975-1992)
• People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979-1989)

Other Communist Party-led states are/were sometimes referred to as democratic republics, or democratic people's republics (for example, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.)

There is also a usage in political conservative sarcasm using People's Republic to refer to any predominantly left or liberal area, especially those cities with a large liberal arts university population.

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