MONARCHY This is when one person is ruler. An example of a monarch is a king or a queen. 44 nations are using the act of a monarch and 16 of these nation are part of the commonwealth, ruled by the queen. Some monarchs let other citizens have says in state desicions- this is called absolute monarchy. Some monarchs' decisions are limited- this is called constitutional monarchy and this happens in Euroupe. Monarchs in Cambodia, Japan and Malaysia have royal status but do not rule the country.
HISTORY The sacral function of Kings were called the 'Divine right of Kings', while the Chinese, Japanese and Nepalese stayed as living gods. Papua New Guinea was part of the commonwealth until they became an individual country. James cook claimes the east borders of Australia in 1770. He was ordered by one of the monarchs King George III. New South wales was founded in 1778, then Tasmania in 1825, western australia in 1829, south australia in1836, victoriA in 1851 and lastly queensland in 1859. Lots of countries in the early 1900's were getting rid of their monarchs and becoming republics especially during war so they could think about one thing at a time. Lots of countries becoming republics at the same time is called republicism, while it is called monarchism for monarchy. Pros and cons For positive the monarch can have great ideas and will have no distractions The country will be well run because there is only on person to make decisions It will be easy to make a law because you come up with something and it's passed Sometimes citizens get to have says in political things
For negatives only one person can make the laws Sometimes times the monarch doesn't even get any power It's only going to be the royal family becoming the monarch so it's a low chance Everyone will be angry and the country will be bad with citizens doing bad stuff
Countries that use this government Andorra canada Monaco Saudi arabia Antigua & Barbunda Denmark Morocco solomon islands Australia Grenada Netherlands spain Bahamas Jamaica new zealand swaziland Bahrain Japan Norway sweden barbados Jordan Oman thailand Belgium kuwait Papua new guinea jonga Belize Lesotho qatar tuvala Bhutan leichtenstien saint kitts & nevis untited arab emirates Brunei Luxembourg saint lucia untited kingdom Cambodia Malaysia saint vincet & the grenadives vatican city
top 10 Past leaders 10. sulieman, I of the ottoman empire 9.james, I of england 8. john, III of poland-lithuania 7. meiji, of japan 6. gustav, II adolf of sweden 5. augustus, of rome 4. cyrus, II of persia 3. fredrick, II of prussia 2. Victoria, of the united kingdom 1. louis, xiv of france