User blog comment:Reximus55/Government Series - Introduction/@comment-3550280-20131020133306/@comment-32656-20131024140855

An actual Republic is always going to be a democracy, as are the more reasonable monarchies.

FS, you're mistaking the so-called "Republics" across the developing world as actually being republics. They are, in fact, the third "form" you refer to.