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[–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't think the US is the oldest democracy as San Marino has been around for a long ass time.

When exactly you consider San Marino an Independent entity could be debated but def older than the US.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    To be fair, that country has a population of 30K. For comparison, my town's population is 200K. But still an interesting case nonetheless.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I think at the time they didn't believe a republic could really work for a large expansive country and would just use it for smaller city states. Hence why Florence and Venice and San Marino were Republics but then Naples and Sicily were monarchies.

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