Totalitarian states

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east. Occupying of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains in the north and the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. Kabul is the country's capital and largest city. Afghanistan's population is estimated to be between 35 and 50 mill

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The country's western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. Pyongyang is the capital and largest city.

Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. Its capital and largest city is Asmara. The country is bordered by Ethiopia to the south, Sudan to the west, and Djibouti to the southeast. The northeastern and eastern parts of Eritrea have an extensive coastline along the Red Sea. The country has a total area of approximately , and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands.

Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to the north, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest, and the Caspian Sea to the west. It is one of six independent Turkic states. Ashgabat is the capital and largest city. With over 7 million people, Turkmenistan is the 35th most-populous country in Asia and has the lowest population of the Central Asian republics while being one of the most sparsely populated nations located on the Asian continent.

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), also known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until its dissolution in 1991. It was the world's third-most populous country, largest by area, and bordered twelve countries. A diverse multinational state, it was organized as a federal union of national republics, the largest and most populous being the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. In practice, its government and economy were highly centralized. As a one-party state governed by the Communist Party, it was the flagship communist state. Its capital and largest city was Moscow.

Nazi Germany, officially the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", referred to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and the German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945, after 12 years, when the Allies defeated Germany and entered the capital, Berlin, ending World War II in Europe.

Empire in the Asia-Pacific region from 1868 to 1947

client state of Nazi Germany, administering the Free Zone in southern France and French colonial possessions (1940–1944)

Manchukuo or Manchoukuo, officially the Manchou Empire after 1934 and State of Manchoukuo prior, was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Manchuria that existed from 1932 until its dissolution in 1945. It was ostensibly founded as a republic, its territory consisting of the lands seized in the Japanese invasion of Manchuria; it was later declared to be a constitutional monarchy in 1934, though very little changed in the actual functioning of government. Manchukuo received limited diplomatic recognition, primarily from states aligned with the Axis powers, with its existence widely regarded

Zaïre, officially the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1965 to 1971 and Republic of Zaïre from 1971, was a country in Central Africa headed by Mobutu Sese Seko from 1965 to 1997. It was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria, and the 11th-largest country in the world from 1965 to 1991. With a population of over 23 million, Zaïre was the most populous Francophone country in Africa. Zaïre was strategically important to the West during the Cold War, particularly the U.S., as a counterbalance to Soviet influence in Africa. The U.S. and its allies supported the M

country of the Warsaw Pact and Eastern Bloc from 1947 to 1989

1943–1945 German puppet state in northern Italy

1924–1992 communist republic in East Asia

1965–1989 republic in Southeastern Europe

World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (April 1941-May 1945)

Taliban-led partially recognized government of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001

Central Asian Republic (1978–1992)

Socialist republic ruled by the Bulgarian Communist Party (1946–1990)

Marxist-Leninist government of Albania (1946–1992)

1939–1945 client state of Nazi Germany

1939–1975 dictature period of Spain

1949–1989 socialist republic in Central Europe

autonomous administrative unit of Nazi Germany in the occupied Czech lands (1939–1945)

former totalitarian state in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge

The Derg or Dergue (, ), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), and also often simply known as Socialist Ethiopia, was the military junta that ruled Ethiopia, including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when they formally "civilianized" the administration, though remaining in power until 1991.

short-lived puppet government created and recognised only by the Soviet Union

kingdom of Italy under Fascist rule (31st October 1922 – 25th July 1943)

former country

former country

1976–1983 Argentine military dictatorship

kingdom in Southeast Europe between 1939–1943

Syrian state from 1963 to 2024

former country in Africa

puppet state established in 1943 during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines

Republic of Iraq from 1968 to 2003 during the time of Ba'athism

former government of Hungary

1941-1944 client state of the Axis Powers

puppet state of the Empire of Japan

aspect of history

fascist collaboratonist government in German-occupied Norway during World War II

period of Chilean history under the rule of General Augusto Pinochet

aspect of history

aspect of history

military dictatorship of Greece from 1936 to 1941

Fascist regime in Romania

state in Southeast Asia from 1962 to 1988

former quasi-state based mainly in Syria, Africa and southeast Asia

overview of past events in a North African country under the rule of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi

aspect of history of the Philippines covering the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos from 1965 to 1986

Haitian dynasty

Mao era

1971–79

territory controlled by al-Shabaab in Somalia

Dominican Republic from 1924-1965