[Darth Sidious]

A government must be strictly *LIMITED* to prevent it from becoming tyrannical, whether it's a democracy or a monarchy.

The answer to that is coming in Episode II.

And you'll probably want to shoot its messenger... if you haven't desired to do so already ;-)

[Maelstrom]

Firing for effect: *bang*

For all the criticism I see here though, I'll note that Lucas didn't draw a parallel between his doomed "Republic" of the Star Wars saga and the USA.