They are not the same A Republic is operated under democratic principles, but Republics are not a democracy.
Hungary is a democracy and a republic.
a republic is a absolute democracy
They both are pretty much the same thing
No it does not. They are a republic and not a democracy. There is no head of state in a republic.
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A republic is also called a representative democracy.
The US government is a republic, and a representative democracy.
The peoples republic of china is not a democracy.
It is neither. The US is a democratic republic, a republic with a bit of democracy.
Hungary is a parliamentary democracy and Czech republic is a democracy.
Democracy means "rule by the people". Republic means "rule by elected officials". Since the officials in a republic are elected, it is a form of democracy. Not all democracies are republics (direct democracy is not), and not all "republics" are actually democracies ("Islamic republics", for example). The United States is a republic and representational democracy.
Another name for republic is democracy. The US is under a democracy and therefore under a republic for which it stands.