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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 16 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Explanation: France is on its fifth republic at this point, labeling each new republic as a new constitution comes into force.

Poland is on its third republic/commonwealth... each one counted as starting with independence and ending with partition by foreign powers.

For obvious reasons, the name of the Third Polish Republic has a bit more emotional pull to Poles than the Fifth French Republic does to France.