Republican Guard

==In game==
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===See also===
*Senate — Liberalism
==History==
While much can be said of democracy's tardiness in times of war due to internal conflicts and red tape, republican forms of government often foster a stronger sense of public duty and citizen support for the military, leading to better morale and recruitment. Even limited participation in the political process can foster a sense of ownership in decisions and a belief in fighting for a system they helped shape, leading to a stronger willingness to fight that is otherwise unseen in more autocratic polities — something which the Achaemenid Persians learnt the hard way during their puntive expedition against Athens.
At Valmy in 1792CE, the ideals and changes brought about by the French Revolution inspired Frenchmen to take up arms in droves to fight to defend their new republic against a joint Austro-Russian punitive expedition. Still in some cases, an invigorated sense of purpose and national indignance sometimes weren't enough to carry the day — many a popular uprising in Hungary and Poland were crushed by the Russians and Austrians during the Age of Revolutions. In October 1795CE, anti-Revolutionary sentiments inspired many to form mobs in Paris to seize control of the Convention, only to discover that their beliefs and convictions couldn't overcome the grapeshot of artillery commended by a young artillerist named Napoleon Bonaparte.
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