A republic is a form of government in which people elect representatives. The opposite of this would be a Dictatorship.
autocratic
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Democracy
It is a democracy. With free secret elections for the people to vote in politician's to Parliament of their choice.
democratic
In any nation where voters choose representatives to govern them is called a democracy. This term is not related to ancient Greek democracies.
Virginia
A democracy - a democratic government of publicly elected representatives.
It is a democracy.
A democratic republic
Yes. A republic is a form of government in which the citizens choose their leaders and the people (or at least a part of its people) have an impact on its government.
It's not seven but eight letters: republic.
Of course, a nation should have both because a nation will not have freedom if it doesn't have the ability to govern. The ability to govern is to make freedom for the nation and to make a nation independent.
The system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them is called a republic, or sometimes some people call it a representative democracy.
Monarchy
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