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Venezuela

Lol listed as 0 years. Nergaal (talk) 13:16, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

Somalia

The Somali Democratic Republic lasted from 1969-1991, 22 years, yet the map says that it was socialist for less than ten. --Mrdie (talk) 19:56, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

India

Indian Constitution says that India is secular and socialist.

Germany

Socialist under ANY definition? You should realize that Nazi Germany falls under that. (governing party - National Socialist German Worker's Party) Seriously, either change the description to somehow single out and exclude the Nazis, or include them on the map. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.63.234.14 (talk) 18:20, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

The definition refers to the country, not the governing party. It's a map of socialist countries (under any definition), NOT countries ruled for a time by parties with the word "socialist" in their name. There is a difference between the country itself and the party that happens to be in government at any given time. The United States does not switch between being a democracy or a republic depending on which party is in charge. Look at the map again and notice that France, Spain and Greece are not coloured, even though they were ruled several times by parties calling themselves "socialist" (and France is ruled by the Socialist Party right now). For the same reason, Sweden, Norway and Denmark are not coloured, even though many people call them "socialist" and they spent long periods being ruled by socialist parties.

A map of all countries that have ever been governed by any party with the word "socialist" in its name would include nearly all countries in the world. Most countries have one (or several) political parties calling themselves "socialist" that have won elections at least once or twice. It would be a pointless map. Ohff (talk) 08:32, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Am I wrong or is germany still divided in RFA and RDA? ;) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.231.135.12 (talk) 10:33, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Pakistan

I think that the information listed is incorrect, Pakistan was under the rule of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto from 14 August 1973 – 5 July 1977. his party was known as the Pakistan People's Party a very openly democratic-socialist party. Infact it is ruled under the same party to this day, so I don't know why it isn't listed on this page. I will take the liberty of editing the page so that Pakistan is included as a socialist state. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.26.248.232 (talk) 17:53, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Baltic states

Can someone elaborate how the Baltic states were under Communist rule over 50 years? They were first occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, which was replaced by German occupation in 1941. Then they were recaptured in 1944 and achieved independence in 1991. 1941-1940+1991-1944=1+47=48 years. They should be changed on the map immediately. H2ppyme (talk) 12:14, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Wrong Ukraine-Polish border

See the Cherven Cities. The border must be reversed - it was a part of Poland that was socialist for a longer period, not a part of Ukraine on the Polish border.--Adûnâi (talk) 11:43, 7 May 2020 (UTC)