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Queen of Denmark unexpectedly abdicates

The Crown Prince of Montenegro has had a couple of palaces returned to him, which he lives and receives the same salary as the president in return for being a symbol of national unity cultural identity, and, presumably, for keeping his nose out of politics.
 
littlebabyjesus said:
It's an oddity of history that the North Sea is surrounded by monarchies. UK, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium. (Also landlocked Luxembourg.) Not enough revolutions.
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There are still loads of monarchies everywhere from Japan, Thailand, and North Korea in the East; to Canada in the West; and with all those Gulf princelings in the Middle.
 
Bhutan's lot buck the trend by being fairly good-looking and not total arseholes though the treatment of Hindu settlers on the plains poor IIRC.
 
The Pope is appointed, though. VC is an autocracy but monarchies are inherited (or, at least, the incumbent gets to choose the heir).
 
littlebabyjesus said:
It's an oddity of history that the North Sea is surrounded by monarchies. UK, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium. (Also landlocked Luxembourg.) Not enough revolutions.
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Sweden - and as you admit, Luxembourg - has no contact with the North Sea. You've missed out Germany and France, neither famous monarchies.
 
littlebabyjesus said:
I knew someone would be along to point that out. And I had money on it being you. :)

I'm counting the Skagerrak as North Sea. Controversial, I know.
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But you're still ignoring the fact that there are more people in republics than monarchies in countries that abut the North Sea even with your peculiar and arbitrary expansion of that body of water
 
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Silas Loom said:
The Pope is appointed, though. VC is an autocracy but monarchies are inherited (or, at least, the incumbent gets to choose the heir).
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He's elected rather than appointed by the other Cardinals, who, if course, are appointed by previous popes. Monarch is a Greek word that means single ruler in Greek, and that is what the Pope is albeit over over a country that consists of: church; a palace which has a museum inside it; a piazza; a youth hostel where the current incumbent lives; a garden; and a railway station.

There are two other elected monarchies namely the UAE where the Emirs of the other Emirates always elect the Emir of Abu Dhabi as President for Life and Malaysia where the King is elected by the princes ruling over the various states. North Korea and Syria are technically republics but in reality are absolute hereditary monarchies.

There are also places including Uganda, Montenegro and the French territory of New Caledonia where traditional rulers still have a special constitutional and political status

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The heir to the throne of Montenegro rambling most impressively

 
Pickman's model said:
But you're still ignoring the fact that there are more people in republics than monarchies in countries that abut the North Sea even with your peculiar and arbitrary expansion of that body of water
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But they say ‘surrounded’ not ‘totally surrounded’ . I’m surprised you missed that.
 
moochedit said:
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Why aren't the Malvinas Islands purple?

JimW said:
Bhutan's lot buck the trend by being fairly good-looking and not total arseholes though the treatment of Hindu settlers on the plains poor IIRC.
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Poor!

In the 1990's one sixth of the population were stripped of their nationality and ethically cleansed, making it the country with the most refugees per capita in the World, according to the article below.

Bhutan: Persecution in Paradise – UAB Institute for Human Rights Blog

The country also has political prisoners held long-term under appalling conditions.

Bhutan: Freed Political Prisoner Describes Dire Conditions

What the Bhutanese regime is very good at is treating journalists to luxury holidays in the country and bamboozling them with woo-driven nonsense about valuing Gross National Happiness over Gross National Product. They are aresholes.
 
tim said:
Why aren't the Malvinas Islands purple?



Poor!

In the 1990's one sixth of the population were stripped of their nationality and ethically cleansed, making it the country with the most refugees per capita in the World, according to the article below.

Bhutan: Persecution in Paradise – UAB Institute for Human Rights Blog

The country also has political prisoners held long-term under appalling conditions.

Bhutan: Freed Political Prisoner Describes Dire Conditions

What the Bhutanese regime is very good at is treating journalists to luxury holidays in the country and bamboozling them with woo-driven nonsense about valuing Gross National Happiness over Gross National Product. They are aresholes.
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Never trust a royal.
 
Story I read mentioned an eleventh century predecessor abdicating to become a monk, as per some earlier discussion on the thread. An Erik IIRC.
 
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