On Feb 3, 11:58 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > The dictatorships are all called the Democratic Republic of .... - not > the republic of .....
In the case of North Korea, you're right, it's called The Democratic Peoples Republic of North Korea (DPRK)... which is neither Democratic or a Republic, it's a Dictatorship. Omitted from the following are Kingdoms. China: The Peoples Republic of China (PRC). Egypt: Arab Republic of Egypt (ARE). Greece: Hellenic Republic. Italy: Italian Republic. Iraq: Republic of Iraq Iran: Islamic Republic of Iran Pakistan: Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Afghanistan: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Russia: Russia or Russian Federation. Mongolia: Mongolia (although it functions as a Parliamentary Republic). Canada: Canada (although it functions as a Federation with a Parliamentary Democracy and a Constitutional Monarchy). Cuba: Republic of Cuba. South Korea: Republic of Korea (ROK), or the Sixth Republic of South Korea. South Africa: Republic of South Africa, constitutional democracy in the form of a parliamentary republic. Germany: Federal Republic of Germany. France: French Republic. Vietnam: Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Indonesia: Republic of Indonesia Philippines: Republic of the Philippines India: Republic of India And I'll finish with the best ally the US has ever had: Australia: Commonwealth of Australia (liberal democracy with Constitutional Monarch) In a 1999 referendum, 55% of Australian voters and a majority in every Australian state rejected a proposal to become a republic with a president appointed by a two-thirds vote in both Houses of the Australian Parliament. Lots of places call themselves Republics, but the name doesn't precisely define how they function. The US doesn't call itself; The Judeo Christian Republic of the USA. And the none of the names would sound phonetically pleasing if they were called i.e. The Democracy of Cuba... it wouldn't matter what they called themselves if they weren't practicing it. Or The Democratic Peoples Republic of North Korea? What kind of Democracy are they practicing? The name doesn't necessarily mean anything. It's how it functions that determines what it is. And the US functions as a Republic that uses Democracy as it's fundamental basis to decide who is elected. Yeah so the US is a Republic... big deal. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
