>>96862838
Imagine that you're playing a game about the cold war, or a standin thereof. One of the many factions are the Soviet Union. They're a freakish empire who do heinous things to millions of people, demanding nothing less than the utter destruction or perversion of everything that came before them in the name of their ideology. The game also does everything to make sure that such an important faction is engaging for you to oppose, or even play. They have threatening soldiers with a unique appearance, background events that constantly show their importance, and a charismatic major character with a small point to make.
Another faction are first world communists. They are patsies of the soviets while wearing the skin of the free world, having none of the interesting features of both, yet they have a headstart of centuries over the soviets on ruining the world because they came first.