User blog comment:Voxelplox/A few ideas/@comment-11343076-20140924124750/@comment-3984166-20141001222951

Um.

Republic is a form of government; same with Federal Republic, et cetera.

Republic and democracy are descriptions of two different things ( one is a form of government, the later is a system of governemnt )

The U.S is both. The U.S is a constitutional federal republic, and a demcoratic government ( democracy )

India - Democracy, not republic

France - Democracy, republic

And yeah, there are differences

democracy - rule by the people

republic - represenatives elected