He set up a rather modern democratic republic in Florence.

Thus, religion played a key role in the creation of the first modern secular republic.

With no monarch, most modern republics use the title president for the head of state.

It was also the first modern republic in Eastern Europe.

The strong role of merchants and traders allowed the Netherlands to become the first modern republic in the 16th century.

The modern Republic of Colombia was established the following year.

In a modern republic, the head of state is a president, usually elected by the people or by a parliament.

The structure and governance of these states was very different from that of any modern republic.

Many modern presidential republics employ term limits for their highest offices.

There have been 52 amnesties since the modern Turkish republic was founded in 1923.