" This federal republic is born a pigmy, " wrote the Spanish ambassador to his royal master.

“这个联邦共和国天生就是一个侏儒，”西班牙大使在写给他的王室主人时写道。

Because of that huge population and the fact that it's a federal republic like the U.S., India is often called the world's largest democracy.

由于人口众多，而且它是一个像美国一样的联邦共和国，印度通常被称为世界上最大的民主国家。