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  2. List of republics - Wikipedia

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    Sixteen kingdoms or oligarchic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE, during the second urbanisation period. Licchavikas [2][3] c. 7th/6th century – c. 468. The leading confederate tribe of the Vajjika League Mahajanapada; the city of Vesālī was the republic's capital. [2][3] Vaidehas [2][4] c. 7th ...

  3. List of countries by system of government - Wikipedia

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    Theocratic republic: Supreme Leader holds significant executive and legislative power. Semi-constitutional monarchy: Monarch holds significant executive or legislative power. Absolute monarchy: Monarch has unlimited power. One-party state: Power is constitutionally linked to a single political party. Military junta: Committee of military ...

  4. Republic - Wikipedia

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    Basic forms of government. A republic, based on the Latin phrase res publica ('public affair'), is a state in which political power rests with the public through their representatives —in contrast to a monarchy. [1][2] Representation in a republic may or may not be freely elected by the general citizenry.

  5. List of countries by date of transition to a republican ...

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    The 1811 Constitution of the Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca is reformed. A republican system of government is established and the authority of the King of Spain is completely eliminated. Paraguay. 12 October 1813. Republic proclaimed after independence from Spain on 14 May 1811.

  6. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    A directorial republic is a government system with power divided among a college of several people who jointly exercise the powers of a head of state and/or a head of government. Merchant republic: In the early Renaissance, a number of small, wealthy, trade-based city-states embraced republican ideals, notably across Italy and the Baltic.

  7. Democratic republic - Wikipedia

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    e. A democratic republic is a form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and a democracy. As a cross between two similar systems, democratic republics may function on principles shared by both republics and democracies. While not all democracies are republics (constitutional monarchies, for instance, are not) and not all ...

  8. Republicanism - Wikipedia

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    Republicanism is a political ideology that encompasses a range of ideas from civic virtue, political participation, harms of corruption, positives of mixed constitution, rule of law, and others. [1][2][3][4][5] Historically, it emphasizes the idea of self-governance and ranges from the rule of a representative minority or aristocracy to popular ...

  9. Government of the Czech Republic - Wikipedia

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    The Government of the Czech Republic (Czech: Vláda České republiky) exercises executive power in the Czech Republic. The members of the government are the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (Chairman of the Government), the deputy prime minister and other ministers. It has its legal basis in the Constitution of the Czech Republic.