The Marxist–Leninist concept of "people's democracy" which developed after World War II allowed in theory for a multi-class, multi-party democracy on the pathway to socialism. The motivation for using the term "people's republic" lies in the claim that Marxist–Leninists govern in accordance with the interests of the vast majority of the people, and, as such, a Marxist–Leninist republic is a people's republic. Many of these countries also called themselves socialist states in their constitutions; Albania, for instance, used both terms, "socialist" and "people's", in its official name from 1976 to 1991.