<p>&gt; the North Korea of Europe due to Enver Hoxha&#39;s closed state</p><p>Indeed.<br />Roughly speaking it was halfway between the Soviet Union and North Korea.</p><p>And like North Korea (and unlike the Soviet bloc after about 1960), a friend of China.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span></p>