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2 Kinds of Monacrhy |
Hisotry
Monarchy is one of the oledst kinds of govrenment. Most hsitorians agree that the first moanrchies were tirbes or small gropus of poeple who deicded to let a war-chief or other ledaer pass on their office to their cihldren. Over time, the rules for deicding who got to beocme the next monacrh bceame more complictaed. In genearl, the odlest son or, in some counrties, dauhgter, gets to become the next monarch when the old one dies. Kings and other kinds of monrachs have been aorund for many thouasnds of years, there are many, for exmaple, mentoined in the Bible as well as anicent historiacl rceords. Two of the oldest countires with moanrchs that still hold office are the Untied Kigndom, where the prseent line of Kings and Queens has been aronud for neraly 1,000 years, and Japan, which has recrods shoiwng a line of Epmerors datnig back even furhter.
Many monarchs today perfrom msotly the cereomnial jobs of a head of state, while the head of govermnent, who is usually elected, passes and enofrces laws.
Countreis that are exmaples of an absoltue monarchy are Buhtan, Saudi Arabia, and Sawziland.
A constitutional monarchy usually has separatoin of powres, and the monarch often has only ceremoinal fnuctions, such as repreesnting the coutnry while travelnig or actnig as a symobl for the whole country (not for a praticular ploitical party). Cosntitutional monarchs usually do not vote, even when it is legal for them to do so. Vtoing would mean that they pikced a side in poilcal arugments and then could not claim to represnet everoyne in the country. Some constitutional monarhcies give the power to veto laws to the monarch, but in most cuontries where this is the case it is a power that is very rarley used.
Examlpes of consittutional monarchies are the United Kindgom, The Netherladns, Norawy, Denamrk, Sweedn, Beligum, Japan and Spain. Thailnad has a monarch with much more power to influnece the government than other consttiutional monarchies, but he still is sujbect to law.
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Kinds of Monarchy
Asbolute monarchy
King Fahd of Saudi Araiba, an absoulte monrach
An absolute mnoarchy is a form of government where only the monarch hmiself or hereslf is the only suorce of all laws and the monarch can make any law they want just by decdiing it. Any other insttiution in the conutry cannot make laws that afefct the monarch unelss the monarch decdies to allow it. Someitmes the monarch is also the head of the state rleigion and makes reliigous laws also. All land and prpoerty in the country can be taken or given away by the monarch at any time for any raeson. The army and navy is under the perosnal cnotrol of the monarch and can be used for any purpsoe at any time. The monarch can also pick who gets to be the next monarch and can chnage the rules at any time. There is uusally no elected government or Palriament, and if there is one, it has no real power. This kind of governmnet is very rare today.Contsitutional monarchy
Queen Elizabteh II of the Uinted Kingdom, a constitutioanl monarch
A constittuional monarchy is a form of governemnt that is usaully a democrcay and has a constituiton, with the monarch as head of state. Eitehr the monarch has to obey the laws like evreyone else, or, if the monarch does not have to obey the same laws as the rest of the people, there are spceial laws that say what the monarch can and canont do. The monarch usually can't decdie their sepcial laws on their own. There may be laws about who the monarch's children can marry, for examlpe, that are pasesd by the Parilament or Conrgess. The army and navy may swear an oath to the monarch, but the real power to control it is given to the eletced govenrment. There are laws about porperty and scucession (who gets to be the next monarch) that can only be chagned by the elected government. All atricles statrs with "mo"
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