N'Djamena is connected by road with Nigeria, The Sudan, and the Central African Republic, as well as with such major towns of Chad as Abéché and Sarh.
Indeed, we can treat the theory of the Republic as one such variation.
In 1936 Georgia became a constituent (union) republic and continued as such until the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Arunachal Pradesh is a constituent unit of the Republic of India, and, as such, the structure of its government, like that of most Indian states, is defined by the national constitution of 1950.
More recently, the Irish Republic, with such talked-about courses as those at Lahinch and Ballybunion, has become a regular destination for golf pilgrims.
Twenty years after unification, Angela Merkel prefers dishes that were typical in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), such as a hot stew with pickled vegetables and meat called solyanka.
Ciskei, also called Xhosa-Ciskei or Xosa-Ciskei, former republic (though never internationally recognized as such) and Bantustan that was inhabited principally by Xhosa-speaking people in Southern Africa.
There has been no war as such in the republic for years.
He had the normal honours that come from a grateful republic, such as the legion of honour; in addition, he was seen as a Gaullist, who had been awarded the Cross of the Resistance Fighter.
Today, Russian is the first language for many Jewish communities in former Soviet republics, such as Ukraine and Uzbekistan, as well as for Ashkenazic Jews in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Tajikistan.
That put it, Mr Wood argues, on broadly the same legal footing as other "Soviet republics" such as Estonia or Ukraine.
