" This federal republic is born a pigmy, " wrote the Spanish ambassador to his royal master.
“这个联邦共和国天生就是一个侏儒，”西班牙大使在写给他的王室主人时写道。
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Because of that huge population and the fact that it's a federal republic like the U.S., India is often called the world's largest democracy.
由于人口众多，而且它是一个像美国一样的联邦共和国，印度通常被称为世界上最大的民主国家。
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Federal republic
A federal republic is a federation of states with a democratic form of government. Usage of the term republic is inconsistent. At its core, the literal meaning of the word republic when used to reference a form of government means: "a state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy".