The Czech Republic is among several former communist countries in Europe that suffer under the weight of the global financial crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

Even the Communist Party still commands as much as although most people doubt that the Czech Republic will ever return to its autocratic past.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

The Maoist rebels have been conducting a violent campaign to replace the constitutional monarchy with a communist republic.

BBC: Nepalese market

The Maoists have been fighting for a communist republic in Nepal since 1996, and the insurgency has claimed the lives of more than 2, 000 people.

BBC: Nepal PM urges emergency extension

As worries grow in developed nations about a future without plentiful supplies of oil, the communist republic is proving to be an increasingly popular example of how to cope when the spigots run dry, for the simple reason: they've already been there.

CNN: Can the West cultivate ideas from Cuba's 'Special Period'?