I mean it’s really down to the number of times “people” is in the name. You could rewrite “The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” in English to “The People

I mean it’s really down to the number of times “people” is in the name. You could rewrite “The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” in English to “The People’s Rule People’s Concern of the People of Korea”. Like any good lie, repetition doesn’t make it more true, and looks desperate. My rule of thumb: One use indicates a dark past the people would like to get away from with citizens, not subjects; two an authoritarian regime the people are subjects of and told they are citizens; three an authoritarian regime without any hope of redemption and the people are property of.