Most of the places where it's called "socialist country" in the world right now is nothing but stages for state capitalists, a grand masquerade for state capitalists who call themselves communists to convince people that there's a thing called "state communism" ,and state capitalists who call themselves liberators to sell the idea of "free capitalism" and evoke red scare sentiment.
Capitalism and the state goes hand-in-hand. The State can not actuate its political influence without private industries and capitalists can not protect their capital without a form of state-enforced violence.