It is a monarchy, and its present king, the 44-year-old Mohammed VI, has liberalized many of his long-ruling father's more repressive policies.
If they put the power "into the hands of a few select Men, and their Heirs or Successors, … then it is an Oligarchy: Or else into the hands of one Man, and then it is a Monarchy".
Last year he reminded the country that it was a monarchy.
"She runs it like a monarchy," he fumed, describing Mrs. Wachner's performance at Warnaco.
"She runs it like a monarchy," Mr. Klein said of Ms. Wachner's performance at Warnaco.
It is a monarchy, and thus far the legitimacy of Hashemite family rule here remains largely unchallenged.
"It's a monarchy, not an autocracy," says Mr Sexton, describing the crown prince, Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan, as a "philosopher-king .Mr Al Mubarak has described Abu Dhabi's commitment to NYU as "a Catholic marriage.
But things turn out all right; he is retained in the Republican army; it is a monarchy until his son is born, and he replaces the buttons with a safety pin.
The situation in Jordan more closely mirrors Morocco's: it is a monarchy with close ties to the United States, and King Abdullah II has recently reshuffled his cabinet to try to appease protesters.
Italy had been united by fusion, as he had always advocated against strong opposition, rather than by federation, but it was a monarchy and not the republic he had wanted.
