Democratic republic

A democratic republic is a form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and a democracy. Not all persons in a democratic republic are necessarily citizens, and not all citizens are necessarily entitled to vote. Suffrage is commonly restricted by criteria such as voting age and sometimes by felony or imprisonment status.

About Democratic republic in brief

Summary Democratic republicA democratic republic is a form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and a democracy. Not all persons in a democratic republic are necessarily citizens, and not all citizens are necessarily entitled to vote. Suffrage is commonly restricted by criteria such as voting age and sometimes by felony or imprisonment status. The Republic of China claims to be the oldest of Asia’s democratic republics, though its recent history of democratic process is largely linked only to Taiwan.

Congo-Kinshasa, Ethiopia, North Korea, Laos, and Nepal) are considered undemocratic \”hybrid regimes\” or \”authoritarian regimes\” by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index.