what are characteristics of a republic government
republic. 1. a form of government in which the people or their elected representatives possess the supreme power. 2. a political or national unit possessing such a form of government.3. a constitutional form in which the head of state is an elected or nominated president.raditionally a republic is distinguished from a true democracy democracy[Gr.,=rule of the people], term originating in ancient Greece to designate a government where the people share in directing the activities of the state, as distinct from governments controlled by a single class, select group, or autocrat......