Democratic Republics – list 2018
These are republics that use the word “democratic” in their official name.
- Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (1948–present)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966–1971, 1997–present)
- Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (1975–present)
- Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (1975–present)
- Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945–1975)
- Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (1978–present)
- Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1991–present)
- Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (2008–present)
- German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic (1975–present)
- People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria (1962–present)
- People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967–1990)
Democratic socialism is a political philosophy that advocates achieving socialist goals within a democratic system as opposed to what it perceives as undemocratic socialist ideologies such as Marxist–Leninist-inspired socialism which is viewed as being non-democratic in practice
Wiki – Democratic socialism