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Message: <blockquote data-quote="arntof" data-source="post: 1540265" data-attributes="member: 11083">Guess I can share my view...Norway, my country, is a monarchy...has been since 1814, when we imported a Dane with blue blood. Like in Denmark, and most places, our Royal Family is without power these days, though the King has alot of theoretical power, all of which he never use, like delaying laws, presenting the Prime Minister and his Cabinet(which he can, in theory, deny to do, supposedly throwing our country into chaos), after the politicians agree on that, as well as different prestigious affairs like opening museums and the like.I cant say I, and many with me, respect the King much, though we call him King or His Majesty more often than not.We have polls, but not weekly, and not about the King per se, more about "do you support the monarchy?" or the like. Presently, about 60% wants to stay a monarchy, I think.When I think about today`s monarchs, I get sad and depressed. We are wasting alot of money on nothing, in my opinion, since not only him, but his entire family(far out) gets some kind of assistance and preferential treatment from the Government.When the Crown Prince marries a poor single-mom from the far south of the country, there isnt much prestige left. When his sister marries an asian immigrant, the suggestion that these people should forward old norwegian values is lost to me. The monarchs of old, on the other hand, are far better. I read my history about both norwegian, english, and other monarchs of medieval times, and understand that these had absolute power, and people feared them. These are the ones I go to for inspiration to portray properly monarchs in my game, not the current ones.So, I guess I am saying that living in a monarchy doesnt exactly help in itself, no. I am sure many Americans(or others) have far more respect for current monarchs than many living with them here. Study your history, and you`ll find people to admire. Look in the papers or magazines, and you find the current ones...powerless, ridiculous, and without even their own opinions(since they arent "allowed" to ever speak up against political parties, especially the ones in Government).</blockquote>

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