Ah, atheism. Such a broad term. You shouldn't mix communism with atheism, Rooke. It's more about the nations, and it's leaders and whatever they were or are up to, than their beliefs (or lack thereof). I wouldn't even call myself an atheist. If anything, I'm an agnostic person, wishing to believe in some sort of universal, monistic perennialism. After all, there are no bad people; only bad ideologies.