The definition of the state is characterized not only by provision that it is a federal state, but also a socialist democratic community, which was supposed to indicate the tendency towards the Marxist ideal of the withering away of the state.
Ovim ustavom definiciju države karakterizira ne samo odredba da je to savezna država, već i socijalistička demokratska zajednica, što je trebalo da označi težnju ka marksističkom idealu o odumiranju države.