Key difference: All republics are democracies (to some degree), but not all democracies are republics
The U.S. is a constitutional republic (emphasizing representative government bound by law).
Local Saudi Arabia votes in municipal elections but remains a monarchy.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly called North Korea, employs an official name starkly at odds with its actual governance. Here’s why:
Propaganda & Ideology
Euphemistic Label: "Democratic" and "People’s Republic" reflect 20th-century socialist terminology aimed at projecting a myth of collective rule.
You should try North Korea, I'm sure you'd love it.
See kids, Americans are so brainwashed they can't grasp that there is in fact a big difference between a Democracy and a Republic.
American will fail as it's citizens are brain dead.
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