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Second World
The
Second World
is a
Western
term referring to the former
socialist
industrial states
(formally the
Eastern Bloc
), mostly the territory and area under the influence of the
Soviet Union
. Following
World War II
, there were nineteen
communist states
, and after the
fall of the Soviet Union
, only four
socialist states
remained:
China
,
Cuba
,
Laos
, and
Vietnam
. Along with "
First World
" and "
Third World
", the term was used to divide the
states
of
Earth
into three broad categories.
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