<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliIt was an early experimenter in democracy, electing its first mayor in 1199, and was long a Protestant bastion in a Catholic country.  <response>: Mji huo ulikuwa na demokrasia ya mapema, na ulichagua meya wake wa kwanza mwaka wa 1199, na kwa muda mrefu ulikuwa ngome ya Waprotestanti katika nchi ya Kikatoliki. 