The same reason we call the UK with a monarchy a democracy. They vote for their government. > Democracy (From Ancient Greek: δημοκρατία, romanized: dēmokratía,

The same reason we call the UK with a monarchy a democracy. They vote for their government. > Democracy (From Ancient Greek: δημοκρατία, romanized: dēmokratía, dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule'[1]) is a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation ("direct democracy"), or to choose governing officials to do so ("representative democracy")