Hereditary Monarchies
I won’t be considering republics since I’ve written about them at length elsewhere. Instead, I’ll concentrate on monarchies, taking the situations mentioned above and discussing how each kind of state can be governed and held.
So I’ll begin by noting that hereditary monarchies where people have long been used to the ruler’s family are far easier to hold …
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