Pattern comments on A Reason to Expect Republics to Perform Better than Absolute Monarchies in the Long-Term

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two different classes of government- a republic’s leader is elected by a group that is a large portion of the populace of the nation for relatively short terms with limited powers, while the leaders of an elective monarchy are elected (usually) for life with far-reaching powers by an aristocratic electorate that is a small portion of the population.

I haven’t heard much about elective monarchies, that cleared things up.