Monarchies of Asia

There's almost enough time to list each country in Asia.. :D

thats what I did

Please tell us more about this heptarchy thing!

Pretty sure it refers to UAE which has an emir in each of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah and Umm al-Quwain. There is also a single elected monarch in Malaysia out of a group of 10 regional monarchs (a decarchy?).

Got Bhutan with one second

But it's not officially hereditary. Then you could add Syria as well.

Maybe a bit less time, I finished with 0:26 left by naming all the Asian countries

I'm impressed that so many people didn't know japan was a monarchy

I cant believe I got all the Arabian Peninsula countries with no wrong guesses and completely forgot about Saudi Arabia. . . doh.

Is Cambodia the only country to reinstate a monarchy post-Communist revolution? Really shows how traditionalist and religious their people have been for a long time.

It surely has more to do with how brutal, cruel and sadistic the "revolutionaries" of the Khmer Rouge were, to the point that they killed more than on fifth of their country's population.

Whereas the reigns of Stalin, Mao, and the Kims were just walks in the park?

@rocamorar Take the Cambodia Country Quiz. I think that a few things there support my case, such as the 97% religious rate and Angkor Wat being on the flag.

That are *still* monarchies? Why that extra word? Is there some sort of "progress" that should lead monarchies to something more "evolved"? Afghanistan's last queen didn't wear a hijab, talk about progress, both socially and politically, since that period in time. Plus, countries can still become monarchies, as Cambodia did (nominally) after the end of Pol Pot's regime.

Yes, monarchies are by definition more archaic than democracies. This person getting to lead us because of their bloodline is a more archaic reasoning than this person gets to lead us because they received the largest share of votes.

But not a lot more archaic than because God told them that they were allowed to, or because they are the supreme leader who is the centre of a cult of personality and who will shoot you or put you in a forced labour camp if you don't do what they say.

I agree that theocracies also are archaic, and thus QM would be justified in saying that they are “still” theocracies. Dictatorships definitely aren’t progress, but it wasn’t a predominant form of government until the modern era, so it could be considered “newer” than monarchies.

“Includes Constitutional Monarchies.” Do you plan on telling the Queen of England and the Emperor of Japan to their faces that they aren’t real monarchs?

The caveat in the headnotes makes it pretty clear that Japan counts.

they wont because they are a (fake) democratic republic. They have elections but they are rigged and there is only 1 candidate to vote for.