Why should people who spread out over a large area get to decide how most people are governed?
A republic can be democratic, autocratic, or made of an oligarchy. Only one of those is predicated on a majority of the participants choosing their representatives, and is far more stable than the other two where the minority must use coercion and force to successfully exact its will on the majority. How do you propose a nation has representative leaders who aren't appointed by most of the participants? From what principle do they derive their authority?
A republic can be democratic, autocratic, or made of an oligarchy. Only one of those is predicated on a majority of the participants choosing their representatives, and is far more stable than the other two where the minority must use coercion and force to successfully exact its will on the majority. How do you propose a nation has representative leaders who aren't appointed by most of the participants? From what principle do they derive their authority?