Would Rizia be better off as a republic?

I think it might have really been better off, but only if Lyza the Great were not so Great and got overthrown during the Century of Revolutions. The transition to the republic would have been still very problematic but I think that Rizia would be fine in the 50s. Maybe it would not be as rich, but the Rizians would have actual civil, worker and political rights and freedoms and democracy of course. Idk which republic would it be though, I guess it would be west leaning but with some potential to do a 360° to socialism if CSP played its cards right.

What about the uprising of 1926? I think that it wouldn't be looking as good, had Lucas won. He would turn Rizia into Arcasia's satellite state, likely not a healthy democracy even and Rizia would have still been recovering from the civil war in the 50s. So that's all