Post-communist countries; Poland, Bulgaria, Georgia, Russia and Uzbekistan share much of the same history, but the current reform of each county's government after communism is very different. Post-communist countries that are more successful than others owe their success to three factors: first, how thoroughly the countries were indoctrinated into communism, second, how each country recovered after gaining independence from communism. Soviet Union, and third, the willingness of countries to embrace the free market. Poland and Bulgaria share similar successes after communism. Their societies are free, their states are strong, and their corruption is extremely low. Georgia treads middle ground, sharing both liberal and repressive traits. In comparison, the states of Russia and Uzbekistan are repressive, fragile, and share medium to high levels of corruption. The Soviet Union was never able to establish a truly communist base in Poland. The country's deeply Catholic roots would not allow the wave of change the Soviet Union needed to establish an extreme presence in the country. The existence of the Solidarity movement in Gdansk, evidence of the Polish people's exhaustion with the communist state, was an irreversible taste of freedom that helped propel the country immediately before and after independence from the Union Soviet (Reisinger). Since Poland never developed ideological ties to communism, it was easier for the Polish government to become more democratic. After the fall of the Soviet Union and the creation of Liberated Poland, the government became a republic (Poland, CIA). According to Nations in Transit, corruption in the Polish government is low to non-existent (N...... middle of paper ......ap, nd Web. March 27, 2014. "Poland Country Profile." BBC News. BBC, April 15, 2012. Web. April 28, 2014. Polland, Mashall. “The Russian Economy After the Collapse of the Soviet Union,” April 28, 2014. Reisinger, William M. “Solidarity.” Politics of Russia and Eurasia. English Philosphy Building, Iowa City. “Russia Central Intelligence Agency, April 26, 2014.” Freedom House. Media.Np, nd Web. March 27, 2014. "Central Intelligence Agency, nd Web. "Uzbekistan Country Profile." BBC News Np, nd Web. April 28, 2014. "Uzbekistan." Freedom House, nd Web. Web March 27... 2014.