republics

noun

1. 1

   A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.

   “The United States is a republic; the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a constitutional monarchy.”

2. 2

   A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate.

3. 3

   One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.

   “The Republic of Udmurtia is west of the Permian Oblast.”