A representative council or assembly; specifically refers to the councils of workers and peasants that were the basic political units of the former Soviet Union.

social system based on public ownership of the means of production, often regarded as the first stage of 共产主义 gòng​chǎn​zhǔ​yì

a country where the head of state is not a monarch, usually led by a president or similar official

a union of states, provinces, or republics that form a single country under a central government; commonwealth; federal union