#monarchy

• Absolutism — 1. A political regime characterized by the total and unrestricted concentration of power in the hands of a single sovereign (monarch); autocracy. 2. In moral philosophy and ethics (ethical absolutism), a doctrine or stance holding that moral standards, values, and norms are objective, universal, eternal, and immutable, being applicable to all people across all cultures and historical eras, in direct opposition to relativism.
• Highness — A title of honor granted to members of a ruling or princely family (princes, princesses, grand duchesses), ranked hierarchically immediately below the title of majesty; by extension, the person who officially holds this title.
• Apanagist — A person (usually a high-ranking member of a royal or princely family, such as a younger son of the monarch) who holds, benefits from, or administers an apanage (a landed estate or a financial allowance provided as a means of autonomous subsistence). In an extended sense, the term describes a system or property governed according to the rules of dynastic apanage allocation.
• Saudi Arabia — A sovereign state located in the Middle East, occupying the majority of the Arabian Peninsula; it is an absolute monarchy governed by Islamic legilsation, officially recognized as the custodian of Islam's holiest sites, Mecca and Medina. It represents a major global economic power due to its massive oil reserves and a pivotal geopolitical actor in the Arab world and international strategic decisions.
• Austro-Hungarian — Pertaining to Austria-Hungary, the former dual monarchy created by the political constitutional compromise between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary, existing from 1867 to 1918. It describes the administrative institutions, military, and territories of this empire.
• Austria-Hungary — A multinational imperial state and dual monarchy in Central Europe that existed from 1867 to 1918, established following the constitutional compromise between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary under the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. Characterized by a unique administrative structure with two capitals (Vienna and Budapesta), vast ethnic diversity, and major geopolitical influence, it dissolved at the end of World War I.
• Autocrat — An official title borne by Byzantine emperors and later adopted by certain medieval rulers in the Romanian Principalities (in charters written in Slavonic or Greek), meaning 'autocrat', 'absolute ruler', or 'sole sovereign'. The term reflects the political concept of full sovereignty, where the monarch's power was considered unlimited by any other earthly authority and legitimized directly through divine right.