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1. British Empire

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   The Pax Britannica and Imperial Zenith (1815–1914)
   Following the Napoleonic Wars, the United Kingdom achieved near-total naval supremacy, leading to the period often termed the Pax Britannica. This naval dominance ensured the security of global trade routes upon which the Empire depended.
   Territorial Acquisition and Administration

2. Constitutional Monarchy

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   The Parliamentary System
   In the dominant form, the parliamentary constitutional monarchy (exemplified by the United Kingdom, Canada, and Sweden), the monarch reigns but does not rule. The government exercises executive power based on the confidence of the elected lower house of the legislature. The monarch remains politically impartial, acting solely on the "advice" of the government, a convention often summarized by the phrase: "The King reigns, but does not rule."
   The Semi-Constitutional Monarchy

3. Constitutional Monarchy

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   Agnatic Primogeniture: Succession follows the male line exclusively (historically common).
   Absolute Primogeniture: Succession passes to the eldest child regardless of gender (increasingly adopted, e.g., Norway).
   Male-Preference Primogeniture: Males take precedence over female siblings, but female descendants of males are excluded (e.g., the historical rule in the United Kingdom prior to 2013).
   The transition of power is almost always immediate upon the death of the predecessor, even if the successor is underage or absent, …

4. England

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   England is a constituent country of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, occupying roughly two-thirds of the southern part of the island. It is the political and demographic centre of the UK, characterized by a history of monarchical continuity, significant industrial development, and a pervasive cultural influence across the globe. Its capital and largest city is London.
   Geography and Demographics

5. George Iii

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   Legacy and Succession
   George III died in 1820 at the age of 81. His reign profoundly shaped the constitutional structure of the United Kingdom. His later years of total incapacitation, while tragic, inadvertently accelerated the shift of effective political power entirely to Parliament and the Prime Minister, cementing the modern role of the monarch as a symbolic, rather than executive, head of state.
   His successor, George IV, assumed the throne after a long period of acting as Prince Regent. The sheer length of George III’s rule meant tha…