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by benj111 2619 days ago
We look at the elected heads of state that some nations have and think "no thanks".

You know that the Queen is still the head of state for most of the commonwealth countries? And half of Europe still have Kings and Queens, and quite a few countries in Asia. I wouldn't be surprised if over half the nations of the world still had a monarch.

Plus it didn't happen in 2019, it evolved over more than a 1000 years. Things get a little warty over that period of time.
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dghf 2619 days ago
> You know that the Queen is still the head of state for most of the commonwealth countries?

The Commonwealth has 53 member states, only 16 of which have the Queen as the head of state. And those 16 contain only 6% of the Commonwealth's population (144 million out of 2.4 billion).

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benj111 2619 days ago
You're right, I'm rustier than I thought, the only exception that sprang to mind was India. I thought plenty of African states had her as head, which is completely wrong!

List here for everyone else https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_realm

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