In Belarus, the government is a kind of presidential monarchy with no checks, no balances, and no rule of law.
In Belarus, the government is a kind of presidential monarchy with no checks, no balances, and no rule of law.
The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy.
A constitutional monarchy requires the monarch to be above politics but to be fully informed about politics.
Saudi Arabia is a frightened monarchy. It's beset by Sunni extremists from the Islamic State and Shiite extremists backed by Iran.