A federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government. A federation is the central government. The states in a federation also maintain the federation. Usage of the term republic is inconsistent but, as a minimum, it means a state or federation of states that does not have a monarchy.
In English, before the merger of the two German states in 1990, the phrase "Federal Republic" was often used to refer to West Germany (w...
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