I feel like this is an extremely unpopular opinion but I really don't think republicanism was a step forward for humanity.
Monarchy is the most intuitive form of government. People tend to take care of what they own, and politicians have no incentive to leave anything better for the next generation because they really have no stake in their country. Their legacy dies with them.
A monarchy with constitutional (and familial) checks and balances is vastly preferable to a republic where the foreign interests run free and loot the taxpayers. It's pure and much simpler. No Congress, no Supreme Court, no ridiculous sham elections. Everyone knows who's in charge and what the rules are.
I do wonder if the push to eliminate the French and Russian monarchies wasn't cabal orchestrated.
Monarchy always has the risk that a son who fears God and is loyal to the people over Remphan is born. With "Our Democracy", they can ensure during "elections" that only heavily blackmailed pedophiles and pedovores are selected for the highest offices.
While checks and balances are good in theory, I do wonder if the reason bad people always praise the "checks and balances" isn't that they know they will use them to prevent a single hero like Joseph McCarthy or JFK from restoring justice to the land.