Enjolras purses his lips at that. "Indeed. In an ideal world, one would not have factions within the republic tearing it apart from the inside, either; but one does learn from ones' mistakes, in theory." Not that he was even in existence for the first republic, but he's done his reading.

"And in any case, it is not like this hypothetical republic would be unguarded, armies exist whether or not there is a king in charge of a country. Men are more inclined to fight for their own glory and honor of their country, rather than a king's whom they have likely never seen and has never thought about them even once."