I guess that's joke - indeed, in the EU - Northern counties + flat lands + Spain[x] are monarchies where the monarchs have all but representation powers. You c

I guess that's joke - indeed, in the EU - Northern counties + flat lands + Spain[x] are monarchies where the monarchs have all but representation powers. You can add Monaco (which is not an independent State), if you really wish. Then there is France and the revolution in 1789 which (outside the US) is considered a big thing. [x]: Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands; Norway's also a monarchy but not an EU member state.