Talk:Federal republic

message: Would this also include the Russian Federation?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.38.213.226  (talk • contribs) 08:45, September 2, 2002
:Isn't Russia a federation of republics?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.171.174.224  (talk • contribs) 01:13, July 24, 2004
::No, a federation and a federal republic are not the same thing.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.171.180.209 (talk • contribs) 01:04, August 13, 2004
:::Both India and Russia are federations in which the central government exercises direct control over the states/sub-divisions thereof. More so in Russia then India.--68.80.223.233 18:28, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: September 2002

message: From laurelbush1952@hotmail.com 2005 January 26th:
:Australia and Canada are kingdoms?  Are they not dominions?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.35.219.101 (talk • contribs) 16:24, January 27, 2005
As I understand it Australia and Canada were part of the same kingdom as the UK until 1927. Under the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act, 1927 each dominion of the commonwealth became a separate kingdom. So it seems that from 1927 onwards Australia and Canada were both dominions and kingdoms. However I don't know whether or not its accurate to call them dominions any more because the term seems to have fallen completely out of use now that they are are 100% independent. Iota 16:13, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: FWIW, if you still care, Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the other countries which share the monarch are termed Commonwealth Realms. It's not NPOV to say they have the British Monarch as head-of-state; many Australian monarchists argue that our Governor-General is head of state. Felix the Cassowary 14:49, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: kingdoms and dominions

message: Could someone please explain to me why the United States is not a Federal Republic? Your own Inteligent Service(CIA), says its a Federal Republic. Thx! Just check the cia website.... https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
:Government type:   
:Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition  
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.64.91.47 (talk) 
:I have changed the "style" of the United States in the list to "(None)".  The fact that it is listed without a "style" does not mean that anyone thinks it is not a federal republic.  Of course the US is a federal republic - the fact that it is on this list shows that we think it is a federal republic.  The "style" column is not a place to list accurate descriptions of the government form of the countries, it is about what countries are officially styled.  So Russia is listed as "Federation" because it is officially called the "Russion Federation", Austria is just listed as a "Republic" because it is officially called the "Republic of Austria", and Venezuela is listed as "Bolivarian Republic", even though "Bolivarian" doesn't necessarily mean much and isn't a useful description of the form of government, because Venezuela is officially called the "Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela".  Similarly, the United States of America is not officially called the "Federal Republic of the United States of America", or any other special style, so it's style is listed as "(None)".  Every country on this list is a federal republic, so it wouldn't be useful to explicitly list them all as "Federal Republics".  --thirty-seven 06:22, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The "style" of the United States is archaic, but very commonly used - it is, of course, the United States of America - United States is the style of the country named America. But the general public simply calls it the United States (ex. as seen on the Great Seal of the United States) and the US has dropped the "of America" part in government use, so the "style" has become the official name. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.179.203.138 (talk) 01:12, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why isn't the USA listed as having the style "federal republic"? 

message: There is at present a discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Federal monarchy. As that article is analogous
to this one, perhaps editors would be interested in participating? --Gazzster (talk) 09:20, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Federal monarchy 

message: In the opening paragraph is this sentence:
The states in a federation also maintain the federation.
Can anyone explain what this is actually supposed to mean?  Andrew Gwilliam (talk) 02:02, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  What on Earth does this mean? 

message: Though South Sudan declared its independence last year, Sudan has not changed its official name to North Sudan.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.230.2.168 (talk) 08:00, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Republic of North Sudan? 

message: This page is very bad, it's just a copy of CIA World Factbook, it needs to have more sources and not just the view of one Intelligence Organisation.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.114.117.140 (talk) 14:48, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup needed 

message: Could someone please explain to me why Nepal is still called "Kingdom of Nepal" in the list (as much as I want Nepal to adopt constitutional monarchy)?
Sakarthapa (talk) 15:38, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nepal still called a Kingdom? 

message: What does this include? Why doesn't it include China and France?2601:640:4000:8CD0:5C3F:E829:F03B:B098 (talk) 01:43, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Including 

message: The first paragraph, as currently published, reads:
A federal republic is a federation of states with a democratic form of government. Usage of the term republic is inconsistent.[1] At its core, the literal meaning of the word republic when used to reference a form of government means: "a state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy".
The last two sentences contradict the first and offer no further explanation as to why a federation where power ultimately rests with the people or their representatives shouldn't be described using a word that means just that. The last two sentences need to be omitted or otherwise edited to 1) clarify the argument made that the term republic is inconsistent or 2) remove the mention of possible inconsistency.
73.173.114.214 (talk) 10:55, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  How is use of "republic" inconsistent? 

message: OK, is Nigeria a federation or federal republic? Wikipedia seems to be pretty inconstant on this matter. (24.205.83.199 (talk) 03:03, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nigeria 

message: * Regarding "a federation of states with a republican form of government": a republic can not be a monarchy but it can be an autocracy, an oligarchy, or a democracy. So a democracy can have a republican form of government (the philosophy not the US political party) but an autocratic republic can not have a republican form of government and an oligarchic republic can not have a republican form of government only a democratic republic can. The reason is because the principles of republicanism require that a nation must have a democratic form of government in order to be considered as complying with the philosophy. So the first sentence is ambiguous unless it clearly states that it only refers to the special case of a "federal democratic republic".
* Another problem is use of "state" which only applies to the US and violates the rule of NPOV because the Swiss have a federal republic that is a federation of cantons not states.
* The first sentence serves as a banner and should be more precise for both accuracy and compliance with NPOV.
* Recommend: A Federal Republic describes a nation where the head of government is not a monarch and where the government allows administrative sub-units to have defined independence according to concepts of federalism.
* Calif.DonTracy (talk) 18:02, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  The First Sentence 

message: As per Wikipedia: "A stub is an article that, although providing some useful information, lacks the breadth of coverage expected from an encyclopedia, and that is capable of expansion." Therfore this article is a stub, and I have labeled it as such.  Bear in mind, Wikipedia further elaborates "Lists, templates, images, and other such peripheral parts of an article are usually not considered when judging whether an article is a stub." Shoreranger (talk) 19:39, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stub 

message: I propose merging Federal parliamentary republic into Federal republic. Privybst (talk) 11:13, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Oppose and Snowball Close Proposal initiated by a WP:SOCK. 2001:8003:913E:5D01:D181:BDC7:907B:64EA (talk) 10:51, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal