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The 22 pages that link to Republic, each with the reason it gives.

• Constitutional monarchyCompared with: It replaces hereditary kingship with a non-monarchical form of headship.

• MonarchyCompared with: It contrasts hereditary headship with public offices filled by nonhereditary means.

• Icelandic CommonwealthRelated: The Commonwealth is often described as a medieval republic, though its franchise and power were highly unequal.

• GovernmentCompared with: Republican institutions reject hereditary monarchy as the basis of public office.

• DynastyCompared with: Republican government rejects hereditary sovereignty as the basis for political office.

• Elective monarchyCompared with: Electing a monarch does not by itself make a state a republic.

• Flight to VarennesCompared with: The escape strengthened arguments that France could not safely remain a monarchy.

• LiechtensteinCompared with: Liechtenstein’s prince distinguishes its constitutional monarchy from non-monarchical systems.

• LuxembourgCompared with: It contrasts with Luxembourg’s hereditary grand duchy.

• Parliamentary democracyRelated: Parliamentary democracy can operate in a republic as well as a constitutional monarchy.

• SeychellesNarrower topic: Seychelles’ constitutional identity as a republic places it within this broader political form.

• Head of stateRelated: Republics select or appoint a head of state without hereditary succession.

• Republic of RagusaNarrower topic: Ragusa was one of several European republics whose institutions differed from hereditary monarchy.

• SultanateCompared with: Republican government contrasts with the monarchical sovereignty typical of sultanates.

• Saint Kitts and Nevis independenceCompared with: The independent country kept the monarch as head of state instead of becoming a republic.

• Jean BodinRelated: His major political treatise defines the commonwealth and examines its forms of government.

• Letsie IIICompared with: Lesotho retained a king rather than replacing its monarchy with a republic.

• Republican factionNarrower topic: A faction is republican when it supports this form of political order or its interests.

• Government (form of rule)Broader topic: Republics distinguish public office from hereditary or personal rule, though they may vary widely.

• Lanfang RepublicCompared with: The label “republic” is debated because Lanfang’s institutions combined kongsi rule with local political authority.

• Political history of the worldCompared with: Republics offered an alternative to dynastic rule in many political transformations.

• Political systemRelated: Republican systems provide an alternative to hereditary personal sovereignty.