The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a former French colony.
These include states no longer in existence or who have changed their governmental systems and official names,  (almost all Marxist-Leninist): the German Democratic Republic (aka East Germany),  the Somali Democratic Republic, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (aka North Vietnam), the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (aka South Yemen), the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
 Pondicherry and Chandernagore were part of French India from 1759 to 1954

