Republic
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A republic, based on the Latin phrase res publica, is a state in which political power rests with the public, typically through their representatives—in contrast to a monarchy or a direct democracy. A
Sculpture of Cicero
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Neptune offers the wealth of the sea to Venice, 1748–1750. This painting is an allegory of the power of the Republic of Venice.
Beginning of the Republic of Metz. Election of the first Head-Alderman in 1289, by Auguste Migette. Metz was then a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Emperor.
An allegory of the French Republic in Paris
Monarchy
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A monarchy is a hereditary form of government in which political power is legally passed on to the family members of the monarch, a head of state who rules for life. While most monarchs gain their pow
Republic
…or 'people's thing'), is a state in which political power rests with the public (people), typically through their representatives—in contrast to a monarchy or a direct democracy. Although a republic is most often a single sovereign state, subnational state entities that have governments that are republican…
The Weld-Blundell Prism, inscribed with the Sumerian King List
King George III of the United Kingdom, coronation portrait by Allan Ramsay, 1762
King Salman of Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarch.
King Leopold I, an elected founder of the hereditary monarchy of Belgium