Okay kiddo, have you ever played a game where you are the boss of something, like a little town or a club house? An autonomous republic kind of works like that, but on a bigger scale!
So, imagine you live in a big place with lots of other people, and you all have to follow certain rules and listen to certain people who are in charge. But sometimes, the people who live in one part of the big place want to do things a little bit differently than the other people. Maybe they have different traditions or they want to solve problems in a different way.
An autonomous republic is like giving those people their own little town or club house to be in charge of all by themselves. They still have to follow the big rules of the whole place, but they get to make their own choices about some things that only affect them.
It’s like a mini little government within a bigger government. The people who live in the autonomous republic get to make their own decisions about some things like taxes, education, and healthcare, but they still have to follow the country’s laws and listen to the leaders of the big place.
So just like when you’re the boss of your town or club house, the people in the autonomous republic get to have a bit more power over their own little piece of land. Does that make sense?