Originally Posted by onemancommittee

Originally Posted by jjcarroll

Originally Posted by onemancommittee

so which state can we agree has been a republic continuously for over 200 years? Any states other than the USA?

We could start be agreeing a definition for a republic.

an independent state, ruled by a council or assembly, whose members are elected (though the franchise can be limited to a tiny percentage of the population)?

In other words, if the state has a superior constitutional body, such as Iceland with its Norwegian and Danish kings, or San Marino with its Pope, it doesn't count.

You dont have to have elective government to be a republic.

Jacobin France 1792-4 was a republic but most certainly not a democracy.

I stand by San Marino.

I stand by San Marino.

There is a choice of a kind that can only be answered by saying that I stand by the oldest continuous Republic and accordingly, I will not oppose San Marino - FutureTaoiseach O'Malley

I think someone said Iceland had the worlds oldest parlaiment, that I believe would be incorrect. Surely the Isle of Mann wins that one.

iceland didnt become a republic till after WW2 when it broke free from the danes