Talk:Federal republic
From Academic Kids
Would this also include the Russian Federation?
- Isn't Russia a federation of republics?
- No, a federation and a federal republic are not the same thing.
- Both India and Russia are federations in which the central government exercises direct control over the states/sub-divisions thereof. More so in Russia then India.--68.80.223.233 18:28, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Isn't a federal republic just a country that happens to be both a federation and a republic? If that's the case most of what can be said about this topic are covered by the federation and republic articles. Or is there more to it than that? Iota 13:12, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
kingdoms and dominions
From laurelbush1952@hotmail.com 2005 January 26th:
- Australia and Canada are kingdoms? Are they not dominions?
As I understand it Australia and Canada were part of the same kingdom as the UK until 1927. Under the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act, 1927 each dominion of the commonwealth became a separate kingdom. So it seems that from 1927 onwards Australia and Canada were both dominions and kingdoms. However I don't know whether or not its accurate to call them dominions any more because the term seems to have fallen completely out of use now that they are are 100% independent. Iota 16:13, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- FWIW, if you still care, Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the other countries which share the monarch are termed Commonwealth Realms. It's not NPOV to say they have the British Monarch as head-of-state; many Australian monarchists argue that our Governor-General is head of state. Felix the Cassowary 14:49, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
By the way laurelbush1952, have you considered getting a login? Then people can put comments on your talkpage and don't have to email you. It also has other advantages. See: Wikipedia:Why create an account? Iota 16:27, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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The anon 84.249.26.1 has chosen to include Australia and Canada on this list. I think that while it's possibly debateable that Australia is a Republic, the fact that most republicans agree that our de jure head of state is Elizabeth II, means that Australia should not be on the list. AFAIU, in Canada there isn't even a shadow of a debate; they're clearly a monarchy. I (with regret) am removing them. Felix the Cassowary 14:38, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
