Original sentence: Representative democracy is a form of government founded on the principle of elected individuals representing the people, as opposed to autocracy and direct democracy.. Two examples of representative democracy are the United Kingdom (a constitutional monarchy) and Germany (a federal republic)
Edited sentence: In contrast, The United States is a federal republic.Representative democracy is a form of government founded on the principle of elected individuals representing the people, as opposed to autocracy and direct democracy.The United Kingdom exemplifies a representative democracy; Germany has been one since 1949