A map of countries (using present-day borders) that have constitutionally declared themselves to be "socialist", under any definition of the term, at some point in their history. They are color-coded for the duration of their claims to be socialist.
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List of current and former socialist states by duration
Liste des États socialistes par durée
Liste existierender und ehemaliger sozialistischer Staaten nach Existenzzeit
Update Vietnam as an united country according to the Description (using present-day borders), and the territory of Phu Quoc Island under Vietnamese sovereignty has been mistakenly colored to Cambodia.
The Western Golan heights were only administered by a Socialist state between 1963 and 1967 - they were subject to Israeli military rule in 1967-81 and de facto annexed into Israel in 1981. Israeli civil authorities continue to administered the Golan t...