Direct democracy would be extremely costly because people would have to vote on every single thing and this would cost time and money to ensure everyone has voted. It couldn't be resolved in early times, but maybe with the age of technology, you could surpass that by having everyone vote online or something similar.
The Answer to your question is Minute Men
Germany lost it's colonies and had to take full responsibility for the war, Germany also could not have a military larger than <span>100,000 men and a navy of only </span>6 ships<span>, and it was not allowed to place any troops in the Rhineland. Germany had to pay £6,600 million 'reparations' for damage done.</span>
