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What is the difference?
http://lexrex.com/enlightened/AmericanIdeal/aspects/demrep.html
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-a-republic-and-a-democracy.htm
These are not scholarly resources, but if you would like me to obtain such, I shall oblige.
The United States is a federation or society of States (not a nation). It is treated as a singular nation in public international law. Private international law is a different story ....
The States are republics.
The United States was not founded on the principle of democracy.
http://lexrex.com/enlightened/AmericanIdeal/aspects/demrep.html
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-a-republic-and-a-democracy.htm
These are not scholarly resources, but if you would like me to obtain such, I shall oblige.
The United States is a federation or society of States (not a nation). It is treated as a singular nation in public international law. Private international law is a different story ....
The States are republics.
The United States was not founded on the principle of democracy.