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  • #136
    Originally posted by regexcellent View Post
    Uh...isn't the Governor General of Australia the one who exercises the Queen's powers in her place?

    And the Governor General is appointed by the Queen solely on advice of the government. So you're not getting any mileage out of having a queen.

    The GGs refer to the Palace from time to time, and the PMs can also go over their heads to the Palace if there is an impasse.
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    • #137
      Also from time to time some group of special interest wing nuts will write the Queen appealing for her to do something or other. Her staff write polite replies referring complaints to the domestic governments.

      It's sort of the BBB of government.
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      • #138
        Originally posted by BlackCat View Post
        Honestly, in the Belgian case a monarc is problably the best solution - that is if the person can be neutral. Electing a president would be quite interesting
        No monarchy, no Belgium.
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        • #139
          Originally posted by Colon™ View Post
          No monarchy, no Belgium.
          Yeah, that's what I thought - just curious - if belgium was to break up, would it be three new coutries or would the parts join their specific countries ?
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          • #140
            Nuts. If Belgium were to fall apart, there'd still be Belgium.
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            • #141
              How is it that Belgium's unification is actually dependent on the monarchy?
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              • #142
                Belgium has two main population groups: walloons and flemings, and they don't get along. Flanders and Wallonia are both semi-autonomous from each other, so I think what he's saying is that if there were no king they would separate and become independent countries because essentially the king's personal union of the two holds them together.

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                • #143
                  Isn't Belgium pretty much conglomerated with Luxembourg and the Netherlands though?
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                  • #144
                    Originally posted by regexcellent View Post
                    Thomas Jefferson was in the Virginia Militia.
                    I don't think so.

                    Reagan's service in the military might not have been particularly heroic but the same is true for almost anyone in something like quartermaster or other rear area stuff, which comprised half the army then and more now.
                    Yeah, but making movies?

                    The people breaking the Japanese naval codes were in relatively cushy jobs not getting shot at but what they did was still military service.
                    Hey! You leave naval intelligence out of this! My great aunt won the second world war working in naval intelligence!
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                    • #145
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                      • #146
                        some people who support monarchies argue they are more stable than republics, less prone to civil war or revolution
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                        • #147
                          Originally posted by Dr Strangelove View Post
                          Hey! You leave naval intelligence out of this! My great aunt won the second world war working in naval intelligence!
                          Did she storm U-571 with the other Americans to bravely capture the Enigma codes?

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                          • #148
                            Originally posted by regexcellent View Post
                            Belgium has two main population groups: walloons and flemings, and they don't get along. Flanders and Wallonia are both semi-autonomous from each other, so I think what he's saying is that if there were no king they would separate and become independent countries because essentially the king's personal union of the two holds them together.
                            It's not quite that stark. The practical side of a complete dissolution would be an nightmare, which is why you guys shouldn't expect it any time soon. But as a matter of principle, there's ultimately no good reason for Belgium to exist other than the monarchy. It's the same way with the UK.
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                            • #149
                              So countries that don't have monarchies, there's no reason for them to exist?
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                              • #150
                                I love Poly leaps of logic!
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