History Main / TheRepublic

* In ''LetsPlay/{{Mahu}}'''s "Second Chance", the Galactic Commonwealth is the protagonist of the story, their citizens a mixture of those descendants of manking which managed to flee the end of their world and billions of members of other races who are accepted as citizens. Moreover, due to their focus on reason and research, they are also one of the most advanced realms in their galaxy.

The {{Trope Namer|s}} can be attributed as [[Franchise/StarWars The Galactic Republic]][[note]]Though if you ''really'' want to go back, it can be attributed to UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic[[/note]], usually referred to as just The Republic. However, in trope terms it's more like The Federation. Not to be confused with the PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny, or Creator/{{Plato}}'s [[Literature/TheRepublic work of political philosophy]]. See also GoodRepublicEvilEmpire when The Republic is cast in opposition to TheEmpire.

The {{Trope Namer|s}} can be attributed as [[Franchise/StarWars The Galactic Republic]], usually referred to as just The Republic. However, in trope terms it's more like The Federation. Not to be confused with the PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny, or Creator/{{Plato}}'s [[Literature/TheRepublic work of political philosophy]]. See also GoodRepublicEvilEmpire when The Republic is cast in opposition to TheEmpire.

** In the series finale, [[spoiler:Prince Wu decides to abolish the Earth Kingdom's monarchy in favor of a more democratic system.]]

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* ''LightNovel/AlderaminOnTheSky'': The Republic of Kioka, which is notably depicted from the point of view of TheEmpire. Kioka is technologically advanced and advancing further due in large part to its extensive civil liberties, whereas the protagonists' Katvarna Empire is stagnating due to political corruption and religious dogmatism. Main character Ikta Solork's mentor ended up fleeing to the Republic in the backstory because his research ran into opposition from the Empire's upper classes.
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The Republic is a far more tight-knit nation than The Federation, usually acting like one nation rather than separate countries, but shares most of its characteristics. If The Republic and The Federation are both in the same [[TheVerse Verse]], they may not always be on the friendliest of terms. It is often based in most ways on the modern United States, and generally some kind of humanitarian, democratic capitalist society.

** The lore starts with the Galactic Republic, which stood for thousands of years before being corrupted from the inside and transformed into the Galactic Empire.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has the Nine Free Cities, as well as the slave republics of Yunkai, Mereen, and Astapor. Generally speaking, these states give their citizens more freedoms than the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros do, but at the price of legalized slavery.

* ''VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation'' has the Republic of Emmeria. Unlike most playable factions in the series, Emmeria is a single unified nation, not a [[TheAlliance multinational alliance]] or a federation. In game lore shows that Emmeria was once a kingdom, but relinquished its monarchy sometime in the past. The former royalty holds no official power and the national castle is used as a history museum.

->''Republicanism is not the phantom of a deluded imagination: on the contrary, that under no form of government, will laws be better supported — liberty and property better secured — or happiness be more effectually dispensed to mankind.''

The {{Trope Namer|s}} can be attributed as [[Franchise/StarWars The Galactic Republic]], usually referred to as just The Republic. However, in trope terms it's more like The Federation. Not to be confused with the PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny, or Creator/{{Plato}}'s [[Literature/TheRepublic work of political philosophy]].

Keep in mind that republics in RealLife can differ much. A republic is not synonymous to a democracy. There are democratic republics (what most people think of first), but Venice, Genoa, and the Netherlands were oligarchic republics, and many dictatorships officially are republics too, even those where the dictator manages [[HereditaryRepublic to make his offspring his successor]]. The only denominator for republics is that they do not have a monarch as their ruler. By default, non-democratic republics tend to be oligarchies - either stratocracy (military rule), aristocracies or plutocracies, or "spookokracies" led by the secret police. At worst, a Republic will be an IntellectuallySupportedTyranny - sporting a violent, Totalitarian ideology.

Keep in mind that republics in RealLife can differ much. A republic is not synonymous to a democracy. There are democratic republics (what most people think of first), but Venice, Genoa, and the Netherlands were oligarchic republics, and many dictatorships officially are republics too, even those where the dictator manages [[HereditaryRepublic to make his offspring his successor]]. The only denominator for republics is that they do not have a monarch as their ruler. By default, non-democratic republics tend to be oligarchies - either stratocracy(military rule), aristocracies or plutocracies, or "spookokracies" led by the secret police. At worst, a Republic will be an IntellectuallySupportedTyranny - sporting a violent, Totalitarian ideology.

** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' shows that in the wake of the Imperial defeat a few years after the Battle of Endor, a "New Republic" was set up to take its place. However, a [[TheRemnant remnant]] of the Empire exists in the form of the First Order, who continue to fight the successor to the original Rebel Alliance, [[LaResistance The Resistance]]. [[spoiler:About halfway into the movie, the New Republic's current capital (and the entire fleet surrounding it) [[EarthShatteringKaboom gets blown up]] by the First Order.]]