In the official name; The United Sates Of America, there is no mention of it being either. -----------------------------
But there is in the ole Constitution of the United States: The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government - Article IV, Section 4 On Feb 4, 2:05 am, studio <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
