SVZEP (TheodoresTomfooleries)

Council for Mutual Defence and Economic Assistance

Flag of COMDEA, adopted 2004
Map of the COMDEA   Fully integrated   Partial Members   Observers
Abbreviation	See below
Predecessor	Warsaw Pact, Comecon
Formation	May 14, 1955 (1955-05-14)
Merger of	Warsaw Pact, Comecon
Type	Economic union, Military alliance
Purpose	Economic and military alliance
Headquarters	Moscow, Soviet Union
Region	Afro-Eurasia, the Americas
Membership (2022)	10 (Full members) Fully integrated: Soviet Union Poland Bulgaria Romania Czechoslovakia Hungary East Germany Vietnam Afghanistan Mongolia Partial Members: Yugoslavia Laos Kampuchea Albania Observers: Congo-Brazzaville Somalia Ethiopia Mozambique Angola Benin Burkina Faso Madagascar China Korea
Official language	English Russian German French

The Council for Mutual Defence and Economic Assistance (COMDEA), see other languages below, is an intergovernmental economic and collective defense organization mostly consisting of the Soviet Union, its allies, as well as other socialist or socialist-aligned states. The organization features 14 members; 10 of which are fully integrated into the organization and 4 of which are economically integrated but not militarily integrated. 10 states are observer members.