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Ubukhosi luhlobo oluthile lukarhulumente imvelaphi yayo isusela kumawaka eminyaka eyadlulayo. Ngaphandle kobudala bayo, ngoku kukho amazwe angama-27 ayigcinayo, kubandakanya i-United Kingdom, iJapan neMorocco.
Xa ilizwe lisekwe kubukumkani, ubukhosi buhlala nomntu ongatshatanga isikhundla sakhe sobomi (sobomi) kunye nelifa ngokubanzi. Nangona kunjalo, ayizizo zonke i-monarchies ezinamandla alinganayo kubantu bazo. Ukusikelwa umda kuyahluka ngokuxhomekeka ekubeni ngaba zizezona zipheleleyo, zomgaqo-siseko, zepalamente okanye ze-hybrid monarchies.
Ekuqaleni, Ookumkani babebanga ukuba banemvelaphi yobuthixo (njengoko kunjalo nge-Egypt yamandulo) okanye etyunjwe ngokuthanda kukaThixo (izikumkani zase-Yurophu mandulo), bambalwa ababenobuganga bokubuza ukuba isiphelo selizwe lonke sisezandleni zomntu omnye, kodwa ukusukela ngomhla weshumi elinesixhenxe inkulungwane eguqukileyo. Amandla ayo ancitshiswa ngakumbi nangakumbi ngenxa yomgaqo-siseko kunye nokungena kwepalamente.
Kwinkulungwane yama-XNUMX neyama-XNUMX, ubukhosi baba ngaphezulu kwe uphawu lobumbano lwesizwe Igunya lokwenene, eliye lagqithiselwa kwiimeko ezininzi zomgaqo-siseko. Kwaye kusekho amazwe ane-monarchies epheleleyo, njengeBrunei, Oman, Saudi Arabia kunye neSwaziland, apho ookumkani basebenzisa amandla ngaphandle kwemiqobo.