Complex sentence: However, contrary to Western usage, these states do not describe themselves as "communist" nor do they claim to have achieved communism; they refer to themselves as "Socialist states" or "Workers' states" that are in the process of constructing socialism.
Split into simpler sentences: However, contrary to Western usage, these states do not describe themselves as "communist" nor do they claim to have achieved communism. They refer to themselves as "Socialist states" or "Workers' states" that are in the process of constructing socialism.