Democracy is where people get to exercise government via themselves or elected officials. For example, the people protesting a transphobic law made by the state government.
Republicanism is where government is exclusively executed by elected officials. For example, the US' legislative process...
OOC Note: This will serve as an updated catch-all for Ceretian worldbuilding. As previous worldbuilding items are collected and amended as required for current canon as well as new previously unreleased content is created, they will be added here. The table of contents will be kept up to date as...