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[Star Wars: The Force Awakens] (Spoilers) So, about the Republic...

When Hux is giving his big Hitler speech, he mentions something about that very day going down in history as the day the Republic died (paraphrased). Then, Starkiller Base proceeds to nuke the Hosnian system, where the current capital of the Republic was located. But simply destroying the capital wouldn't wipe out an entire nation, would it? The Republic probably had thousands, possibly millions of systems, but Hux was talking like they were about to completely obliterate the Republic, but there's no way that's possible.

If Washington, D.C. and its surrounding areas were completely nuked, the United States would go into chaos for a time, but there's no way the entire country would just collapse, right? 

What do you guys think is the current state of the Republic?
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While they did not completely destroy the Republic, they wiped out the senate, and much of the government administration. Luckily the leadership of the Republic regularly moves between Hosnian Prime, Chandrila, and a few other places. So there would no doubt be some levels of the government intact. 

Most likely it is a situation much like Battlestar Galactica, where a low level government figure is now the acting Chancellor. 

The First Order's attack on the Republic was a serious declaration of war, which the Republic would simply be unable to answer militarily. The Republic de-militarized after the fall of the Empire.