Monarchism

Monarchism is an ideology that believes in a government with a monarch at the head. Monarchs are rulers who govern a country until they die or are abdicated and hold titles like king or queen. Monarchism can be in any quadrant as most ideologies authoritarian or libertarian, conservative or progressive, economically left or right, can have a monarch if they want to.

The child of Tribalism, he is one of the oldest ideologies in the Polcompball canon, being born at the cradle of civilization itself (possibly born even 12,000 years ago).

History
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Beliefs
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Personality

 * Monarchism will take on characteristics of a stereotypical king or queen (which depending on your view might be anything from a warrior hero to lazy, inbred, sexually deviant, pious, entitled proto-bourgeoisie).
 * He uses divine right to rule and believes that God has ordained them their reign. Even though some monarchs are secular, they often believe that religion is necessary to unify the people.
 * He has hundreds of mistresses which usually hang out in his castle (or bedroom).
 * He fights a lot with [[File: Feud.png]] Feudalism, which sometimes gets violent.

How to Draw
And you're done!
 * 1) Draw a ball with eyes
 * 2) Fill it with purple
 * 3) Put a crown on the ball

Friends

 * [[File: Feud.png]] Feudalism - My best son, I call him Richard the Lionhearted.
 * [[File: Conmon.png]] Constitutional Monarchism - A weak son with recent success, I call him John.
 * [[File: Abmon.png]] Absolute Monarchism - A strong son who's been failing recently, I call him Jeffrey.
 * [[File: Moncap.png]] Monarcho-Capitalism - My business minded son, I call him Chandler.
 * [[File: Moncom.png]] Monarcho-Socialism - My son who cares for the peasants, I call him Jack.
 * [[File:Conservative.png]] Conservatism - Depending on context, he defends me.

Frenemies

 * [[File:Imp.png]] Imperialism - I like it when he helps me & hate it when he invades me.
 * [[File:Emon.png]] Elective Monarchism - God, are the nobility annoying!
 * [[File:Merc.png]] Mercantilism - Exports good imports bad.
 * [[File:Anmona.png]] Anarcho-Monarchism - My weird son.

Enemies

 * [[File:Monkeyzz-Enlightenment.png]] Enlightenment [[File:Enlightnenment.png]] - Dirty peasant kicked me off my own estate!
 * [[File:Res Publica.png]] Roman Republicanism - Backstabbing senators killed my Caesar!
 * [[File: Jack.png]] Jacobinism - Get that guillotine away from me!
 * [[File: ML.png]] Marxism–Leninism - You destroyed the Romanov dynasty! Filthy red bastards!
 * [[File: Illum.png]] Illuminatism - HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY I AM NOT YOUR PUPPET, JUST A LITTLE WORD TO YOU YOU BETTER KEEP YOUR DUMB MOUTH SHUT!

Literature

 * Monarchist Reading List 5.0


 * Herodotus Debate by Herodotus


 * De Monarchia by Dante Alighieri


 * Politics by Aristotle


 * A worthy panegyrick upon monarchy written anonymously


 * The six bookes of a commonweale by Jean Bodin


 * Patriarcha: or the Natural Power of Kings by Sir Robert Filmer

Wikipedia

 * Monarchy
 * Monarchism
 * King
 * Queen
 * Royalist
 * Monarch
 * Constitutional Monarchy
 * Absolute Monarchy
 * International Monarchists League

[[File:Abmon.png]] Absolute Monarchies

 * [[File:Cball-Saudi.png]] Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
 * [[File:Catheo.png]] Vatican City State

[[File:Conmon.png]] Constitutional Monarchies

 * [[File:PLB-Liechtenstein.png]] Principality of Liechtenstein

Videos

 * Why I'm a Monarchist - Fritz Imperial
 * Monarchism 101

Online Communities

 * r/monarchism

Gallery
Monarchizm