Republic

A republic, strictly defined, is a system of government that does not have a monarch as a head of state. Within this definition lie a broad array of states from every historical period, though they generally descend from one of several independent branches of thought.
Likely the first to invent a "true" republic, the Seshweay of the second millennium BSR coalesced under the twin ideologies of "Unity" and "Moralism" -- which together solidified previously squabbling city-states into a single Republic. The Seshweay Senate model would be used by almost every successor state to the initial Seshweay lineage, particularly the Union of Aya'se, the Union of Aitah, and the Farubaida o Caroha. Its influence likely extended to the Republic of the Daharai as well, though this was never acknowledged by Daharai historians.
Among the Acaya, a more "democratic" system existed since ancient times, with nearly every early city-state gathering Assemblies of the entire public to decide the will of the state. As their populations boomed, such models became unwieldy, leading to a variety of representational systems; the most powerful state of Iolha survived to present times. Similar governments are speculated to exist among the Kitaluk of the far east.
Leun seemed to adopt elements of both upon the fall of their last Emperor, though the subsequent Republic placed the vast majority of its power in the hands of the merchant class. A later civil war initiated by the nobles helped rebalance their constitution, but gave Leun's rivals an opportunity to strike.
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