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'''National republicanism''' is a political ideology characterized by its emphasis on civic nationalism, national restoration, and self-sufficiency. It aims for the creation and maintenance of a self-functioning, centralized state overseeing all major national industries and enforcing a communal identity based upon common culture, economic activities, and schools of thought. The term was coined in 1851 by Hungarian intellectual [[Michael Galambos]] when he sought to describe hidebound republicans active in [[Poland]] and [[Magyaria|Hungary]] during the 1840s.

The ideology's roots lay in the anti-liberal opposition to the Enlightenment in the early modern period. This opposition criticized the continued tyranny of monarchies, the increased socioeconomic dependence of weaker states on larger ones, the dominance of near-sovereign corporate entities such as the [[Dutch East India Company]], and the loss of national identity and integrity in an age of expanding colonial empires. The [[American Spring of Nations]] and the [[Augustine Wars]] of the early 19th century, seeing the dismantling of numerous monarchies and empires, triggered the synthesis of the modern national republican ideology across the world (particularly, however, in the revolutionary states of North America and [[France]]).

In the 1920s, the European Economic Crisis prompted [[Russian Civil War|a civil war in the Russian Empire]], leading to the victory of the Russian Republican Congress and the formation of the first explicit national republic. During the Great War, the ideology spread across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, resulting in countries such as [[China]], [[Jambu]], [[Austria]], [[Kirignaga-Loloue]], and [[Equador]] adopting national republican forms of government. This resulted in the establishment of the [[International Republican Coalition]], standing in stark contrast to the liberal-minded [[Organization of Democratic Nations]].

The [[The Russian Power Struggle of 1973-1978|''Schvatka'']] of the 1970s and the subsequent [[Anglo-Russian Thaw]] saw Russian national republicanism become increasingly receptive to liberal concepts as well as socioeconomic collaboration with the [[United Kingdom|British Empire]]. As a result, the IRC splintered into several factions; the reformists led by Russia, the traditionalists led by China, as well as numerous national republics seeking to carve their own path.