(historical) The largely Communist countries of the eastern world, usually those in Eastern Europe and Asia aligned with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the Cold War era.

Soviet-controlled Eastern European countries.

A voting bloc is a group of voters that are strongly motivated by a specific common concern or group of concerns to the point that such specific concerns tend to dominate their voting patterns, causing them to vote together in elections.

Group casting votes as one.

Group of cooperating trading countries.

Quebec nationalist federal political party.

Countries using pound sterling reserves.

Unified voting by cohesive group.

The gold bloc were seven countries led by France that stuck to the gold standard monetary policy during the Great Depression, even though many other countries abandoned it.

Anonymous group using confrontational tactics.

Removed or considered as whole.

Complete removal of tissue mass.