I understand that I posted my comment on a page about gerrymandered elections, but there a polities in the world that are republics but not democracies: North K

I understand that I posted my comment on a page about gerrymandered elections, but there a polities in the world that are republics but not democracies: North Korea, China (at the national level), Turkmenistan. Any polity where a country is at least de jure considered a public matter can call itself a republic.