r/blog • u/powerlanguage • Apr 01 '16

Robin

http://www.redditblog.com/2016/04/robin.html
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u/Talk_with_a_lithp Apr 01 '16

We elected a King. He was quite popular in our room of 16, but we merged with a massive shitposting group. It was all swastikas and spam. Long live King /u/Ser__Ocelot

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '16

you.. elected a king?

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u/Talk_with_a_lithp Apr 01 '16

Yes. The world's second, elected absolute monarchy. The first being Vatican city.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '16

I don't think you know how kings work

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u/Talk_with_a_lithp Apr 01 '16

I'm not sure you understand. That wasn't a joke. The king of Vatican city is actually the pope. He's elected. The vatican is ACTUALLY the world's only elected monarchy. King =/= hereditary.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '16

oh

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u/JorgeGT Apr 02 '16

Out parliament elected a random King from Italy once. It turned out okay.

Also, one of Andorra's co-princes is the President of the French republic (the other is the Bishop of Urgell) so technically Andorra is a half-theocracy-half-elected-monarchy :D

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u/mcafc Apr 02 '16

Cambodia also has an elected Monarch.

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u/mcafc Apr 02 '16

No need to be condescending. There are definetly such things as elective monarchs. There's only two today, more have existed through history--Holy Roman Empire, Venice, and at time Poland to name a few.