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There were places that were run democratic/in a republican fashion. Venice, to a great degree the various Hanseatic free cities, Switzerland. Similarly, the Turks didn't have an aristocracy, since both the janissaries, the vezirs and all other functionaries were basically non-hereditary civil...

Since nobility= military caste, a lot of places fall into chaos as the non-noble soldiers and bureaucrats start fighting for control. This might be a major boon for all the condottieri and non-noble but still oligarchical families like the Medici. It might also let the Papal states expand their...