Not even a representative democracy. Just a constitutional republic? they should have never started taking the popular vote. It means nothing and shouldn’t be shown.
I’m no constitutional expert. I just remember that it begins with something about four score and seven years ago :-)
“Not even a representative democracy?”
No, not even that.
Constitutional Republic with a Representative form of Government.
Those old white guys viewed democracies as a “vile” form of government destined to failure.
Below is a link to a good read on the difference as was printed in the 1928 Army Field Manual before it was removed.
http://www.1215.org/lawnotes/lawnotes/repvdem.htm