| Weimar Republic | the German republic founded at Weimar in , The Weimar Republic was overthrown in and replaced by the Third Reich |
democracy
republic
commonwealth | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
| republic | a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch, the head of state in a republic is usually a president |
| banana republic | a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas) |
Namibia
Republic of Namibia
South West Africa | a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa), achieved independence from South Africa in , the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa |
Albania
Republic of Albania | a republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula |
Algeria
Algerie
Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria | a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim, colonized by France in the th century but gained autonomy in the early s |
Angola
Republic of Angola | a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean, achieved independence from Portugal in and was the scene of civil war until |
Argentina
Argentine Republic | a republic in southern South America, second largest country in South America |
Bulgaria
Republic of Bulgaria | a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe |
Burundi
Republic of Burundi | a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika |
Cameroon
Republic of Cameroon
Cameroun | a republic on the western coast of central Africa, was under French and British control until |
Cape Verde
Republic of Cape Verde | an island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal |
Central African Republic
Central Africa | a landlocked country in central Africa, formerly under French control, became independent in |
Sri Lanka
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Ceylon | a republic on the island of Ceylon, became independent of the United Kingdom in |
Chad
Republic of Chad
Tchad | a landlocked desert republic in northentral Africa, was under French control until |
Chile
Republic of Chile | a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast |
China
People's Republic of China
mainland China
Communist China
Red China
PRC
Cathay
| a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia, the most populous country in the world |
Taiwan
China Nationalist China
Republic of China | a government on the island of Taiwan established in by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong |
Colombia
Republic of Colombia | a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, achieved independence from Spain in under the leadership of Simon Bolivar, Spanish is the official language |
Comoros
Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros | a country on the Comoro Islands |
Congo Republic of the Congo
French Congo | a republic in westentral Africa, achieved independence from France in |
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zaire
Belgian Congo | a republic in central Africa, achieved independence from Belgium in |
Costa Rica
Republic of Costa Rica | a republic in Central America, one of the most politically stable countries in Latin America |
Ivory Coast
Cote d'Ivoire
Republic of Cote d'Ivoire | a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa |
Guatemala
Republic of Guatemala | a republic in Central America, achieved independence from Spain in , noted for low per capita income and illiteracy, politically unstable |
Honduras
Republic of Honduras | a republic in Central America, achieved independence from Spain in , an early center of Mayan culture |
El Salvador
Republic of El Salvador
Salvador | a republic on the Pacific coast of Central America |
Nicaragua
Republic of Nicaragua | a republic in Central America, achieved independence from Spain in |
Panama
Republic of Panama | a republic on the Isthmus of Panama, achieved independence from Colombia in |
Cuba
Republic of Cuba | a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba |
Haiti
Republic of Haiti | a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola, achieved independence from France in , the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere |
| Dominican Republic | a republic in the West Indies, located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola |
Santo Domingo
Ciudad Trujillo
capital of the Dominican Republic | the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in the Americas with the oldest cathedral and the oldest hospital and the oldest monastery in the Western Hemisphere |
Trinidad and Tobago
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | an island republic in the West Indies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela, achieved independence from the United Kingdom in |
Cyprus
Republic of Cyprus | a country on the island of Cyprus, % of the people are of Greek origin and % or Turkish origin |
| Czech Republic | a landlocked republic in central Europe, separated from Slovakia in |
Slovakia
Slovak Republic | a landlocked republic in central Europe, separated from the Czech Republic in |
Benin
Republic of Benin
Dahomey | a country on western coast of Africa, formerly under French control |
Togo
Togolese Republic | a republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, formerly under French control |
Djibouti
Republic of Djibouti
Afars and Issas | a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula, formerly under French control but became independent in |
Equatorial Guinea
Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Spanish Guinea | a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea), became independent from Spain in |
Germany
Federal Republic of Germany
Deutschland
FRG
| a republic in central Europe, split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in |
East Germany
German Democratic Republic | a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic, established by the Soviet Union in , reunified with West Germany in |
West Germany
Federal Republic of Germany | a republic in north central Europe on the North Sea, established in from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat, reunified with East Germany in |
Ecuador
Republic of Ecuador | a republic in northwestern South America, became independent from Spain in , the landscape is dominated by the Andes |
Ethiopia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Yaltopya
Abyssinia | Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea, formerly called Abyssinia |
Fiji
Republic of Fiji | an independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands |
Finland
Republic of Finland
Suomi | republic in northern Europe, achieved independence from Russia in |
Greece
Hellenic Republic
Ellas
| a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula, known for grapes and olives and olive oil |