Original sentence: In practice, however, these rights are not respected, and the country is essentially a police state.The constitution currently in force dates from September 5, 1998 and lays out the framework of the national government and the functions of the ruling party, the Workers' Party of Korea in relation to the government's operations.The country is defined as a "dictatorship of the people's democracy" (a wording that closely follows the Chinese model of the people's democratic dictatorship under the leadership of the Korean Workers' Party
Edited sentence: The constitution currently in force dates from September 5, 1998 and lays out the framework of the national government and the functions of the ruling Communist party, the Workers' Party of Korea in relation to the government's operations.The country is defined as a "dictatorship of the people's democracy" (a wording that closely follows the Chinese model of the people's democratic dictatorship) under the leadership of the Workers' Party.Typically of most Communist states, however, these rights are not respected, and the country is essentially a police state