East Germany
One-party communist state
East Germany leans hardest toward Central, Authority and Order.
The 12 axes, with receipts
Abolished its states in 1952.
One-party rule by the SED.
The Stasi informer network and the Berlin Wall.
Loyal Soviet-bloc member.
Conscription in the National People’s Army.
Socialist German identity with few foreigners.
Nationalised industry and collective farms.
Central planning.
Trade within the Soviet bloc.
Atheist state that squeezed the churches.
Abortion on request from 1972; decriminalised homosexuality in 1968.
Heavy industry with severe pollution.
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