We have never been a Democracy. Nor should we. Democracy has always sucked. Go look throughout all human history, you'll see that Democracies have always been violent and tyrannical, and rarely last that long.
If we were to move to Democracy completely, the country would implode.
As a noun, you are a democracy. Suck it up princess. And a Republic, too.
"a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives."