Talk:Earth monarch/@comment-120.151.159.83-20120425082559/@comment-5.206.218.11-20121220190043

Chose a King? That only happens in elective monarchies (monarchies in which the monarch is elected from one or several Royal House(s), like in Malaysia) and even then they wouldn't let a four-year-old run, indeed.

It's happened before, you know; a minor monarch. It is, however obvious that a regent is chosen (well, not really elected, most of the time it's rather obvious most of the time) to reign in the monarchs name. Mary Queen of Scots was 6 days old when she ascended. Her mother Mary of Guise was a regent for her initially, but she was replaced when she died.

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands was 10 years old when she became Queen and her mother acted as a regent for her as well.

During the British monarchy's huge impopularity in the '90's there were rumours about plans for the Prince of Wales to give up his place in the line of succession an Prince William of Wales (now Duke of Cambridge) to succeed to his grandmother, the Queen if she were to die. Prince William was then still a minor, and his aunt, the Princess Royal's name was mentioned to act as a regent during his minority should he ascend before his 18th birthday.

When George III had gone deaf, blind and mad his son George, Prince Regent (later George IV) reigned in his name.

You see, these things have really been thought through. The monarchies in the World of Avatar are based on the real-world concept of hereditary monarchy. The problems of the monachies in the World of Avatar face, have been solved by real-world monarchies with similar problems. The lack of suitable heirs to Queen Anne, for example was solved by the accession of King George I (who was number 52 (!) in the line of succession). So what Chief Arnook's only daughter died? That doesn't mean you even have to consider desperate measures like electing a Head of State (I mean, seriously?!).