Why did French artist, Frederic Sorrieu prepare a series of print based on democratic and socialist republics in 1848?

Frederic Sorrieu, a French artist prepared a series of four prints in 1848 visualizing his dream of a world made up of ‘Democratic and social republics’, as he called them.

NOTE - The word social denotes a political theory which supports a state-regulated organization wherein the means of production, distribution, and exchange are under state’s control.