Wow, I just looked it up. Ethiopia had an Orthodox Christian monarchy (ruled by the House of Solomon, which claims lineage from King Solomon and Queen Sheba) and was once known as the Ethiopian Empire, right up until the deposition of Emperor Haile Selassie I by "the Derg" in a 1974 coup.

And the Derg? Pro-Soviet Marxist-Leninist junta.

Edit Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Empire

Wow, I just looked it up. Ethiopia had a Christian monarchy (ruled by the House of Solomon, which claims lineage from King Solomon and Queen Sheba) and was once known as the Ethiopian Empire, right up until the deposition of Emperor Haile Selassie I by "the Derg" in a 1974 coup.

And the Derg? Pro-Soviet Marxist-Leninist junta.