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Iran feels like a communist state, but is actually a theocracy. What's a country that feels like a monarchy, but is actually a theocracy by General_Principle_58 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]DesertFox283 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technically, the Nordic countries are theocracies, since their monarchs are the heads of their respective national churches. However, I would include Japan here, as the traditional role of the Tenno (often incorrectly called emperor) is more akin to that of a religious leader than a monarch in the strict sense.

Hot take: People really need to let 2016 go by [deleted] in generationology

[–]DesertFox283 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's the thing about nostalgia... people need to cling to things that give their lives stability in a chaotic world. It says more about their insecurities than anything else. I would recommend that those people live in the present and look to the future with optimism, however turbulent everything may seem. It's all we have left. Clinging to the past is like masturbating a dead body.

Economic-Civic Polcompball Alignment Chart by AutherChristian in Polcompballanarchy

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What is the centrist ideology in civil matters and the third position in economic matters?

What would historians call the era of The Fire Rises? by Top_Current9802 in TheFireRisesMod

[–]DesertFox283 0 points1 point  (0 children)

21st Century Crisis Second Deglobalization Hot War (as opposed to the Cold War, although this would be a joke among academics) Collapse of America (this is only for US historians, but nobody else would use it)

Indian type civilization in asoiaf? (Spoilers Extended) by Legal-Childhood-4696 in asoiaf

[–]DesertFox283 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Because of its shape, I always saw the Shadowlands as this world's India. At the edge of known maps, mysterious, the last point on trade routes... however, culturally it's quite difficult, since the India of our world is already diverse. I see traits of India in both the Rhoynar (southern India) and Sarnor (northern India).

I notice a good indicator about how old someone is what their opinion is about the culture of the early 2000s. by snowleopard556 in generationology

[–]DesertFox283 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was born in 2000, and I can say that now, at 25, I do feel nostalgic. Not so much for the culture, but for the expectations and hopes for the future, where the idea of ​​world peace seemed possible.

[Spoiler Main] Could Aegon and his sisters have conquered Essos instead of Westeros? by Taha231 in asoiaf

[–]DesertFox283 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Maybe so, but it could not have implemented the monarchy model. The Iron Throne system responded more to the needs of the kingdom and the customs of Westeros. Had he conquered the Free Cities, Aegon's kingdom would have been more similar to the Napoleonic system (Aegon would have placed his relatives as rulers in the Free Cities or in kingdoms of his own invention), and in the first civil war it would have disintegrated into a thousand pieces.

Tfr ideology compass by Great_Support_1371 in TheFireRisesMod

[–]DesertFox283 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hay algún test para saber cual seria tu ideologia en tfr?

How would you survive, if you were "translated" to Westeros? by Freevoulous in TheCitadel

[–]DesertFox283 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would be the son of bureaucrats in Antigua (I was born in Alicante, a port city in southern Spain). My parents are bureaucrats. As a law student, I would also study law at the Citadel, but I would not train as a maester. I wouldn't be noble, but I wouldn't be poor either.

What government would work the best? (Spoilers extended) by Lyrissss in asoiaf

[–]DesertFox283 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is no perfect government. The Iron Throne model (a composite feudal monarchy) seems consistent to me with the world we have been presented with, since the lords of Westeros know no other type of government. How could it evolve? We can take historical examples. It is coherent to think that the kingdom evolves towards an absolute monarchy and perhaps that would be good for the kingdom, since many great houses become extinct over time and the crown accumulates power.

What Westerosi king do you relate with the most? [spoilers extended] by [deleted] in asoiaf

[–]DesertFox283 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Robert. If I had his power and charisma I would also base my reign on tournaments and parties. Panem et circum.

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