The DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC of Korea is neither democratic, nor for the people, nor a republic.
The HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.
(The UNITED STATES of AMERICA on the other hand is in fact a united grouping of states located on the continent of North America. Even if the “united” part seems less true now than in the past — debatable. For now, functionally, we’re still a country.)
(Truth in advertising!)
Anywho. Welcome to realizing that some countries are just branding exercises, hijacking concepts that are popular and twisting them toward their own ends.
Learn to look behind propaganda and how to not take claims at face value.