[CliffFletcher]

Many of the most stable countries in the world are constitutional monarchies. There’s something to be said for a head of state that’s outside of partisan electoral politics.

Of the top 20 countries in the Economist's annual measure of democratic health, 10 are constitutional monarchies: Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, Luxembourg, Japan and the United Kingdom. Those ten countries, plus Belgium, also placed among the top 21 countries in the last edition of the UN human development index.

Correlation is not causation. But if you were looking for a group of ten countries to align yourself with, you could do much worse than those ten. And it's possible that constitutional monarchy has attributes that contribute meaningfully to a country's success.

An apolitical head of state with no electoral mandate can act as a broadly unifying figure and a voice for shared principles while being counted on to stay out of the political fray. While deferring to the democratically elected legislature — maintaining clear lines of political accountability and avoiding gridlock — they can still act as a neutral safeguard for democracy, ensuring the continuance and orderly transition of government.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cha...rchy-1.6458218