The Satellite States were nations that were controlled by the Soviet Union. They served as a shield zone to protect Russia. The countries that were used as the Satellite States were Poland, Czech, Hungary, Romania, and East Germany. The Soviet Union used a command economy system in the Satellite States, this means that the government determined what should be produced, how much of it, the price etc. People did not have access to imported goods, they had to consume only products that were manufactured in Russia.
The problem was that the command economy was many but the main two were:
The state failed to use resources properly and since they did not have any other alternatives - because they were against importing goods - they had little room to improvise if winter was stronger if there was draught they did not have supplies to everybody, this caused a shortage of food and goods.
