republics
States without kings
Republics is the plural of republic, a form of government in which power resides with citizens who elect representatives rather than with a monarch or emperor.
The term often implies constitutional protections and rule of law: The founders established republics across the former colonies.
Banana republics are small nations with unstable governments dominated by foreign business interests.
Rule by the people
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- senateLegislative governing body
federation · commonwealth · confederation · polity · sovereignty · autonomy · elections · voting
Eligible voting body
- constituentsParts of a whole
- votersThose who cast ballots
- citizensMembers of a nation
- nationalsCitizens of a state
population · public · community · compatriots · countrymen · civil society · civic duty · representation
Of ancient Italy's capital
- AthenianAncient Greek city-dweller
- VenetianOf or from Venice
- FlorentineOf a Renaissance city
- WeimarThuringian city, cultural landmark
Soviet · Plato · Cicero · founding fathers · revolution · declaration · independence · ancien régime
democracy
Rule by the people
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
senate · federation · commonwealth · confederation · polity · sovereignty · autonomy · elections · voting · representative
electorate
Eligible voting body
- constituentsParts of a whole
- votersThose who cast ballots
- citizensMembers of a nation
nationals · population · public · community · compatriots · countrymen · civil society · civic duty · representation · enfranchisement
Roman
Of ancient Italy's capital
- AthenianAncient Greek city-dweller
- VenetianOf or from Venice
- FlorentineOf a Renaissance city
Weimar · Soviet · Plato · Cicero · founding fathers · revolution · declaration · independence · ancien régime · restoration
nation-state
Sovereign political territory
territory · jurisdiction · province · canton · enclave · borders · capital · homeland · fatherland · motherland
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- democracyvote, voting, election, elections, ballot
- territoriesprovince, state, region, country, colony
- comparative historycolonialism, imperialism, revolutions, modernization, industrialization
- Medieval ItalyFlorence, Venice, Genoa, Milan, Pisa
- Soviet collapseGorbachev, glasnost, perestroika, USSR, Soviet Union
republicsmonarchies
States with hereditary rulers
kingdoms · absolute monarchies · empires · autocracies · dictatorships
- Republic of IndiaSouth Asian democratic nation
- California Republic1846 breakaway territory
- Dominican RepublicCaribbean island nation
- banana republicsPolitically unstable, export-dependent nations
- Republican PartyRight-leaning American political organization
- Czech RepublicBohemian homeland nation
republic, republican, republicanism, republication, republications