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?).
For quiz geeks: where there are nine different royal families (from nine states) who each take their turn to be the overall constitutional monarch at national level.
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.
@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.
Unbelievable... Japan a monarchy? Do you even know what a monarchy is? Monarchy is "a political system based upon the undivided sovereignty or rule of a single person". Having a ceremonial figure doesn't make a country like Japan a monarchy like, for example, Saudi Arabia
“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?