User blog comment:Scrawland Scribblescratch/From Louis XIV to Palpatine: Absolute Leadership/@comment-32656-20120914043839/@comment-32656-20120916041924

By definition, actually, North Korea is one - absolute power passes from one ruler to his heir, by blood. Not officially one, but in a more technical sense, it is.

The Vatican is too, really. The monarchy portion is elective, but it is a monarchy irregardless.