Which countries in Europe are monarchies?
Some of these monarchies are different: * In the Vatican, the Pope is elected by the College of Cardinals. He is thought of as an absolute ruler, but not really a king. * Andorra could be considered a semi-elective monarchy (or more accurately principality). Andorra’s two heads of state are Spain’s Bishop of La Seu d’Urgell and, since 1589, the king of France. As the French monarchy has long since been eliminated, the position of co-prince of Andorra falls to the democratically elected President of France. However, the Andorran authorities or people have no say in the election of the President of France, leaving Andorra in the unique position of having a monarch who is democratically elected by the citizenry of another state. ——————— The monarchs of Liechtenstein and Monaco are more powerful than a normal constitutional monarch. In the case of Liechtenstein, the monarch is the wealthiest man in the country, with a net worth higher than the Gross National Product of the co
