These words are generally used to describe a democracy. A democracy is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. In a democracy, the elected leaders are citizens of the country...
All members of American government are Also citizens of the country and are run by citizens, not Royals (of the people, by the people), they work for you to keep the country running (for the people).
When people are mean to you it could be mean they are jealous or want to feel better about themselves. If your wondering why making people feel bad would help themselves its because when they do that...