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People's Democracy

A term historically used by 20th-century communist states, particularly in Eastern Europe and Asia, to describe their political system. It signified a transitional stage between a bourgeois revolution and full socialism, often involving a multi-party "popular front" dominated by the communist party. In practice, "People's Democracy" was a euphemism for a single-party dictatorship where non-communist parties were either puppets or suppressed, and "the people" was a monolithic construct defined by the ruling party.
Example: The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) was a People's Democracy. Other parties existed in the National Front, but they were subservient to the Socialist Unity Party (SED). Elections were uncontested, and the state claimed this system represented the democratic will of "the people" more authentically than the "bourgeois" pluralism of West Germany.
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People's Democratic Republic of Canuckistan

We are going skiing at Whistler this weekend, the greatest resort in the People's Democratic Republic of Canuckistan!
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People’s Democratic Republic of Levana (PDRL) is the official name for a micronation located to the west of Norway.
They were born in People’s Democratic Republic of Levana
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The "offical" name of North Korea, contains 3 lies.
In The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, they will re-educate your ass if you so much as don't keep your required pictures of Kim Il Song dusted.
by The Big H April 25, 2005
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Democratic people’s Republic of Korea

A democratic country with elections held every 5 years with one canidate
“The democratic people’s Republic of Korea is democratic
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