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[-] tomiant@piefed.social 37 points 1 month ago

Countries using an electoral-college system to elect an executive leader in national popular elections:

USA

Nigeria

[-] optissima@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago

Wow the same map as "Countries with claimed royalty that will scam you out of money with no repercussions"

[-] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

He’s more going for Emperor than king isn’t he? More stylish.

[-] optissima@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Can someone be an Emporer without also being a King/Queen? You are very right though

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil comes to mind. Brazil immediately became an empire after it got its independence (thanks to the then Portuguese prince Dom Pedro I, who quit the job to become king of Portugal when the chance showed up)

[-] optissima@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Interesting. I kind of assumed that Emperor was an additional title where one ruled over their kingdom (where they were king) and other states.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nah, for example the OG Emperors, the Roman Emperors, had a cultural prohibition against kings so they used the title Imperator.

Honestly there's a case to be made that a real Emperor wouldn't have a kingdom title.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago

Man, Nigeria better be careful.

this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2026
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