SELECT 
  a.code, 
  b.state 
FROM 
  cscart_states as a 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_state_descriptions as b ON b.state_id = a.state_id 
  AND b.lang_code = 'ru' 
WHERE 
  a.country_code = 'UA' 
ORDER BY 
  b.state

Query time 0.00016

JSON explain

{
  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "cost_info": {
      "query_cost": "120.60"
    },
    "ordering_operation": {
      "using_temporary_table": true,
      "using_filesort": true,
      "cost_info": {
        "sort_cost": "44.00"
      },
      "nested_loop": [
        {
          "table": {
            "table_name": "a",
            "access_type": "ref",
            "possible_keys": [
              "cs",
              "country_code"
            ],
            "key": "country_code",
            "used_key_parts": [
              "country_code"
            ],
            "key_length": "8",
            "ref": [
              "const"
            ],
            "rows_examined_per_scan": 44,
            "rows_produced_per_join": 44,
            "filtered": "100.00",
            "cost_info": {
              "read_cost": "15.00",
              "eval_cost": "8.80",
              "prefix_cost": "23.80",
              "data_read_per_join": "4K"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "state_id",
              "country_code",
              "code"
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "table": {
            "table_name": "b",
            "access_type": "eq_ref",
            "possible_keys": [
              "PRIMARY"
            ],
            "key": "PRIMARY",
            "used_key_parts": [
              "state_id",
              "lang_code"
            ],
            "key_length": "9",
            "ref": [
              "admin_nbua.a.state_id",
              "const"
            ],
            "rows_examined_per_scan": 1,
            "rows_produced_per_join": 44,
            "filtered": "100.00",
            "cost_info": {
              "read_cost": "44.00",
              "eval_cost": "8.80",
              "prefix_cost": "76.60",
              "data_read_per_join": "33K"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "state_id",
              "lang_code",
              "state"
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Result

code state
71 Cherkaska oblast
74 Chernihivska oblast
77 Chernivetska oblast
12 Dnipropetrovska oblast
14 Donetska oblast
26 Ivano-Frankivska oblast
63 Kharkivska oblast
65 Khersonska oblast
68 Khmelnytska oblast
35 Kirovohradska oblast
30 Kyiv
32 Kyivska oblast
09 Luhanska oblast
46 Lvivska oblast
48 Nykolaivska oblast
51 Odeska oblast
53 Poltavska oblast
56 Rovnenska oblast
59 Sumska oblast
61 Ternopilska oblast
05 Vinnytska oblast
07 Volynska oblast
21 Zakarpatska oblast
23 Zaporizka oblast
18 Zhytomyrska oblast
0500000000 Винницкая
0700000000 Волынская
1200000000 Днепропетровская
1400000000 Донецкая
1800000000 Житомирская
2100000000 Закарпатская
2300000000 Запорожская
2600000000 Ивано-Франковская
3200000000 Киевская
3500000000 Кировоградская
4400000000 Луганская
4600000000 Львовская
4800000000 Николаевская
5100000000 Одесская
5300000000 Полтавская
0100000000 Республика Крым
5600000000 Ровенская
5900000000 Сумская
6100000000 Тернопольская
6300000000 Харьковская
6500000000 Херсонская
6800000000 Хмельницкая
7100000000 Черкасская
7400000000 Черниговская
7300000000 Черновицкая