Enlightened respublic
The enlightened respublic is a mostly Sabamic and Savamese political concept, describing a variation of the respublican political system that has integrated elements of a respopulus. Its main characterisation is that it uses a broadened definition of the "people" from which the government's authority and sovereignty derives. However, this broadened definition must still exclude a part of the population, otherwise the said political system would be classified as a full respopulus. In traditional and historical interpretations of the respublic, the people refers mostly to aristocratic classes; this definition is still strictly adhered to in Elland and has dominated in the Savamese realms for most of history.
Origins
The influence of egalitarianism and the Reformation in Savam led to the development of Liberalism in the 18th century. Liberals, with Pierre Disault and Agnès de Helbeau in the lead, advocated for a broadening of the respublic to include the "productive classes" that were growing in importance in the context of the nascent industrialisation: bourgeois, traders, landowners, and entrepreneurs who did not belong to any noble trade corporation. Although they had some access to some parliaments (principally within the jurisdiction of the parliament of Quesailles, which had been extended to all of Dordanie), those upper and middle-class commoners usually had limited political power compared to the nobility.
The economic evolution that had started in the 16th century and accelerated in the 18th century and subsequent industrialisation had seen the economic domination of the nobility remain strong but also competed by the growing wealth of non-noble urban elites who desired to match their newly-found economic power with political power. This mirrored earlier development that had seen the lower gentry increase its political power relative to the upper nobility, and for a time the solution to wealthy commoners' demands was to promote them to the nobility of honours. However, this proved insufficient (and unpopular with the established nobles) and the so-called Great Discontentment was brewing in the last decades of the 18th century following the end of the Reform Wars.
The adoption of liberal ideology by the realms and its incorporation at the core of the foundation of the new Savamese Empire, with the end of a franchise excluding non-nobles, soothed the Great Discontentment and allowed the new economic elite to gain representation and political power (in effect it would take decades before non-noble had any significant role in the upper echelons of the government). This inclusive system became known as the "enlightened respublic"; the term itself was directly mentioned in the preamble of the 1798 constitution (in Savamese la république éclairée).
Spread
Over the 19th and 20th centuries Savamese Radicalism became a strong force and pushed for further enlargements, including the establishment of the current Quartiles franchise in 1903 which makes the Savamese Empire one of the most politically open societies in Messenia. 60.17% of people aged over 25 can vote in Savam. Other Sabamic countries followed this tendency, to varying degrees: Brex-Sarre and Ceresora have franchises similar to Savam, while Transvechia is considerably more conservative.
Enlightened respublics vary as to who can participate in politics (i.e. vote) and how much exact influence they have. Typically, the Savamese quartile system creates a weighted vote where wealthier people are allowed more votes than those less well-off; the richest 10% yields about 40% of the total voting power. Countries with a more limited franchise (such as Transvechia) usually have only one vote per head.