<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, but are attained through elections expressing the consent of the governed . Such leadership positions are therefore expected to fairly represent the citizen body . It is a form of government under which the head of state is not a monarch . In American English, the definition of a republic can also refer specifically to a government in which elected individuals represent the citizen body, known elsewhere as a representative democracy (a democratic republic) and exercise power according to the rule of law (a constitutional republic). </P> <P> As of 2017, 159 of the world's 206 sovereign states use the word "republic" as part of their official names--not all of these are republics in the sense of having elected governments, nor is the word "republic" used in the names of all nations with elected governments . While heads - of - state often tend to claim that they rule only by the "consent of the governed", elections in some countries have been found to be held more for the purpose of "show" than for the actual purpose of in reality providing citizens with any genuine ability to choose their own leaders . </P>

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