inconsistent capitalization proper names references to proper names translations of proper names suggested proper names paraphrases of proper names etc should all be capitalized republic should only be lower case when referring to a type of government not when referring to an actual government's name a list of the proper names of countries with islamic or islamic republic in their names next to a list of the proper names of countries considered to be islamic republics without being properly named as such would seem to be a worthwhile addition to this page the considered to be part is a flamewar which i will leave to others terminology