<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> A republic (Latin: res publica) is a form of government in which the country is considered a "public matter", not the private concern or property of the rulers . The primary positions of power within a republic are not inherited . It is a form of government under which the head of state is not a monarch . </P> <P> In American English, the definition of a republic refers specifically to a form of government in which elected individuals represent the citizen body and exercise power according to the rule of law under a constitution, including separation of powers with an elected head of state, referred to as a constitutional republic or representative democracy . </P>

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