Re: Republic or Monarchy?
Arjuna, right. Only a bit more elitist as you get to the higher layers of the pyramid.
One thing to take much into account at all levels is that of Quis custodiet ipsos custodies, i.e. who will watch the watchers. Thus absolutism in the top of the pyramid has to be limited and easily and quickly dealt with if necessary.
For it, I would say that some sort of a Supreme Council of people elected through and by institutions of prestige like are the royal academies and institutes.
Perun, it would be interesting to see how they implemented that system in Kieven Rus and Muscovy, and how it worked.
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