But unlike their absolutist counterparts in the Gulf and Asia, most royal families have survived because they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respected public figure.
As a result, his dictatorship survived the war and Spain continued to effectively function as an authoritarian right-wing police state for decades until his death 30 years later in 1975.
He said that South Africa was in danger of becoming a kleptocratic state while his deputy, who was also sacked, claimed that state funds were being stolen to benefit a small elite.
Human civilization has shown that, you know, when the people in a democracy in particular are happy at home, and certainly autocracies are quite different.