I appreciate the history. If we want to discuss actual "inheritance" in a historical sense of the Classical civ and initial expanded civ originated in the Repu

I appreciate the history. If we want to discuss actual "inheritance" in a historical sense of the Classical civ and initial expanded civ originated in the Republic, rather than some type of lineal-political claim, than where the decentralized or otherwise Parliamentarian system of government again appears is the heir. Certainly, the HRE is the start of that in Europe. Prior, Frankish-Norman invader Kings sewed its seed in Britain. Today, its largest and historically most powerful manifestation is in the United States.