Hi, I'm working on a TL where modern (post-roman) republicanism really takes off in the Malay Archepeligo rather than Europe/ the new worlds. Does anyone know words in the local languages (Malay/Indonesian, Javanese, Balinese, etc) that would translate the basic concept without deriving from "res publica"?
(Influence from the various Philipine, Chinese, and Indian languages is fine)
(Influence from the various Philipine, Chinese, and Indian languages is fine)