Original: Examples are The People 's Republic of Madison , Wisconsin , '' The People 's Republic of New Jersey '' , the People 's Republic of Berkeley , the People 's Republic of Montclair , the '' People 's Republic of South Yorkshire '' or '' The People 's Republic of Chicago '' .
Simplified: Currently , the People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) is the only Marxist-Leninist state in the world that uses the title '' People 's Republic '' . Because of this , '' People 's Republic '' is sometimes used to refer to China .