Their leader is the reigning monarch [ King or Queen ]. However, in a nominal monarchy, tradition allows for a monarch to remain as a figurehead, but the people are ruled by their own elected representatives.
For example, the Queen of England is the nominal ruler of Canada, but the effective power is held by the Canadian Parliamentary system [ a democratic institution which respects the tradition of royalty but without the monarchy having any real and effective power to rule the people of Canada ].
The monarch does
In a country with an absolute monarchy, the monarch makes all of the decisions. Therefore, citizens in a country ruled by absolute monarchy has no decision making power.
All countries ruled by monarchs have slightly different systems, however MOST of them are parliamentary democracies, with decisions taken by elected representatives.
Italy used to be a monarchy which is a country ruled by kings and queens
An absolute monarchy is ruled by a single individual; a republic elects representatives to make decisions.
No, it is a monarchy ruled by the Bishop of Rome, namely the Pope.
A country run by a royal family would be described as a monarchy.
The country is ruled by an absolute monarchy. The King selects
Yes a country can be a monarchy and a democracy because a country can be ruled by a king or a queen and still be a democracy. Like thailand it is ruled by a king or a queen but they are elected by the ppl. So the power still lies in thehands of the ppl :-)
A monarchy. The word "monarchy" comes from the Greek "mono" meaning one and "archy" meaning ruler.
The monarchy system is an "organization" if you will that is run by the monarchs (kings and queens) of the country. The monarchy system is basicly just where the people are ruled over by a king, queen, or both.
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A Kingdom A monarchy. A type of government where a king or queen rules.