The surface of the earth at 2/3 consists of water, and the remaining part is occupied by six continents. On the entire “dry” territory of the Earth there are a huge number of countries that differ from each other in many ways: the number of people living and their nationality, religion, traditions and much more. The very first sign that one country is different from another is the form of government. With a great deal of certainty, it can be argued that the very first of them is the monarchy. This is not the only form of government by a sovereign state.
In total, planet Earth has 193 countries. Moreover, of these, 145 states are republics that are divided into such subspecies as federal, unitary, and Islamic. 42 countries have such a
form of government as the monarchy. This is not just a certain type of leadership of the country - it also has various subspecies. Absolute theocratic, constitutional, absolute and parliamentary monarchies - it all depends on the presence of additional leverage on the governance mechanism. There are also federal, multinational, unitary, Islamic states - only 5 countries. And apart is the parliamentary principality of Andorra.
The monarchy is one of the many forms of government in which one person rules the country, passing power by inheritance. The very first example of such governance is the ancient tribes, where the leader was the leader, who replaced his father or brother at this post. And so from generation to generation. As a rule, a person was vested with power for life. This principle is valid in our time.
It should be noted that the only correct monarchy is the one in which the king, shah, sultan, emperor or king was elected according to tradition or custom. Almost all monarchies known to the world obeyed the law of inheritance. In this case, most often there was a question of legitimacy rather than suitability for government.
Monarchy is a form of government with different subspecies. So, if the power of the ruler is not limited to anything, and he is the only and undeniable arbiter of the fate of the country - this form of government refers to the absolute monarchy. Such countries are currently Brunei and Qatar. An absolute theocratic monarchy is a separate form of the form of government under consideration. At the head of such a country is religion. Of course, every person in the world knows a monarchy with this kind of government - this is the Vatican. The second such country is Saudi Arabia.
If the power of the ruler of the country is limited by the constitution, then the monarchy is called constitutional. The English monarchy is the most famous example of this type of government. In addition to her, the list of countries with this form of leadership includes Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Monaco, Thailand and 29 more countries.
Spain is one of the world’s most famous tourist granaries, the birthplace of amazing football. She is a country where the king’s power is limited to parliament. Those. Spain is a parliamentary kingdom. Many sources say that the monarchy in England is also parliamentary rule under the leadership of Queen Elizabeth II. In the process of its formation, England was only a constitutional monarchy, but at this stage the leadership of the country is carried out by parliament, and the royal family is only a symbol of the mighty greatness of this united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.