pc catchall | turboheaven | firefly

[historicals]

baby. baby girl. baby

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[superbroke]

[She's never encountered this book before, but theres plenty of information she just hasn't come across.

Firefly watches the bookshelf just to make sure it doesn't topple over while somebody is on top of it. When it stays up, she sighs a little in relief.]

That book is new to me too.

But... Standard monarchy? Most of the planets I've seen aren't rules by just one family.

[historicals]

[ HE KNOWS WHAT A PLANET IS NOW he has learned things ]

Ah! Less of a planet and more of a nation-state. The continent that I live in, Rodinia, is comprised of several nation-states, and each of those has their own unique system of government. In Iria, the standard has been a monarchy for some time now - hundreds of years - but it wasn't always that way. By contrast, their neighbor, the Papal States, is ruled by the Hierophant, the head of the Light of Sanctuary, making the nation a theocracy.

[ cheerfully telling this from several feet in the air. ]

Really, I suppose autocracy is the better word... solitary rulers are mostly the norm, but Iria is the last state remaining with a true "monarchy". However, the majority of the nation-states, from the Hashah of Elaman to the Knight Kings of the Union, feature succession by bloodline. Does that make sense?

[superbroke]

[ There are so many different ways of ruling a nation or an empire. She's so glad she's not in politics herself, she doesn't think she could do any of this sort of thing. ]

It does.

Most places I know about are ruled by counsels comprising of several members. I'm not sure most people would trust in just one ruler.