--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "J. van Baardwijk" 
> Absolutely. Come Sunday, I will have been living in The Netherlands 
for the 
> last 36 years. I can assure you that our politicians have been 
elected (two 
> elections so far this year), and I can assure you that if my 
country would 
> be a republic, I would know about it.

Republic (n)
....
2) a) A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of 
citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives 
responsible to them. 
   b) A nation that has such a political order. 

JDG - Not the Netherlands? Maru? 

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