> The UK-style constitutional monarchy can be argued as being in reality (rather than on paper) more democratic than the US-style republic: I always find it am

> The UK-style constitutional monarchy can be argued as being in reality (rather than on paper) more democratic than the US-style republic: I always find it amusing that 7 of the top 10 democratic countries are constitutional monarchies: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index#By_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index#By_country More generally, it seems that countries with ceremonial heads of state seem to score better.