re: #566 Walter L. Newton

I can’t think of any off hand (although Asia, South and Central America are where I’d look for the closest match). One little handicap is the nature of the two words. I don’t think anyone has ever declared their own country a Totalitarian State, while many countries append “Socialist” to the name of their systems.
I’d say that China (despite recent half-assed advances) is pretty totalitarian. They routinely force/restrict travel inside the country. Government has total control of communication/media, etc. Of course, then we get into the “all Communists are Socialists, but not all Socialists are Communists” thing which is another kettle of fish entirely.