Japan's new era name was announced: Reiwa

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WolfpackN64 said:

Ka-pi96 said:

IIRC Belgium set a record for longest period of time without a government or something so yeah...

Edit: Yep, https://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/06/world/europe/belgium-government/index.html

Pretty shitty indeed. Although it would still be shitty even without the unwanted record due to the monarchy. Nice to see their pro-"glorious leader" propaganda is working though, I guess Belgium has more in common with north Korea than I thought. My condolences.

The parliament and government in Belgium caused the problem, the monarchy was instrumental in actually fixing the deadlock.

Yeah, for those that think that the monarchy is just a symbol, well not really, at least not on the Westminster system. The Crown had to step up and fix stuff many times on Commonwelth kingdoms like Canada, UK and Australia.

Of course some agree that it wasn't exactly the Queen acting, but some people on her behalf. However these people is still the Crown, they're not elected and act on behalf of the Queen.

So, while in republics deadlocks and stuff have to be fixed by a war between parties and complicated agreements, in a monarchy, the Crown can act and fix it.

The Crown can also guarantee that the gov will not stop by reasons like budget disagreement and the Crown can also protect the people against a tyrannical head of gov.

So, to sum up, the monarch don't act everyday, but he and his/her institution can act when it's necessary.