3 million Germans live in sudetenland
Exposed them to new lands to conquer as well as spread influence too. It allowed competing countries to appear superior if they conquered land in the land. Land=resources and power all equate to more economic oppurtunities
Well a republic is a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch and a democracy is a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.