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A debate over the Monarchial form of government has risen between myself and another member on a different thread, but I thought this topic deserves its own thread. These are arguments for Monarchism. The vast majority of countries these days identify as some form of democracy or republic. There are however still some relics of the past left called monarchies. Even in Europe, 12 of the 51 states have some form of Monarchy. Current popular forms of government: Democracy: Representative, Direct, Deliberative, Socialism Republic: Crowned, Single Party, Capitalist, Federal, Parliamentary Monarchy: Absolute, Elective, Constitutional, Non-sovereign Communism: Authoritarian Dictatorship: Military, Authoritarian Further reading: http://www.politicalsciencedegree.com/the-five-most-common-political-systems-around-the-world/ It is granted that nations such as the USA (most successful republic in history), Greece (first democracy), Switzerland (best kind of republic), San Marino (doing rebublic since before it was cool), Poland (first constitutional republic) and India (biggest republic ever) are all very proud of their Systems. There are however countries whose glory days ended along with their monarchs such as France, Russia, Austria, Germany, Turkey, Iran... And there are those that stripped their monarchs of power, and are now in this weird state balancing between monarchy and democracy: UK, Thailand, Japan, Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden... Further reading: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2128.html The only way to judge which system is best is, of course, to compare them. You can use this site to compare countries by economy, human development, health, wealth... EVEN IN THE PAST: http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Government/Government-type ​According to the UN Human Development Index (note that I don't find them trustworthy), 11 of the top 20 countries are officially Monarchies. http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-index-hdi There are also arguments for monarchy based on less measurable factors. Empires that had their basis in the Monarch have split into several weak ethnostates, making everyone unhappy. Example: Habsburg Empire. Support for the reinstation of the Emperor is strictly surpressed in all former Imperial domains, and yet 22% of Austrians proudly claim to be royalists. The Sovereign is often mistaken for being a dictator, but in truth the Christian Monarch is only the equivalent to the US Constitution, being the safeguard of the moral code of a nation, a symbol of the people, and the representative of the authority of God on earth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchism ​​Extra fact: All Western, except for the Napoleonic and the Orthodox crowns have their origins either in the Crown of the Holy Roman Empire, or the Roman Pontiff himself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_royal_crowns