I mean, democracy was conceptualized and began in what is now present day Greece back in Ancient times (when most nations were still ruled by monarchies) and the fact that the original nations who had democratic values are the UK or France (as they were real countries whom existed before the USA even became a country of its own).
The italian sineoria republics, merchant republics, free citys in HRE, netherlands, the peasent republic of ditmarschen, roman senat after the fall of rome, the republic of venice: “are we a joke to you?”