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Definition of banana republic. : a small dependent country usually of the tropics; especially : one run despotically.
Freebase (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Republic. A republic is a form of government in which affairs of state are a public matter, not the private concern of the rulers. In a republic, public offices are appointed or elected rather than inherited, and are not the private property of the people who hold them. In modern times, a common simplified definition of a republic is a government where the head of state is not a monarch. Currently, 135 of the world's 206 sovereign states use the word republic as part of their official names.