Thomas Hobbes proposed a social contract based around it in Leviathan.
James I wrote about this system in Basilikon Doron, and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong exemplifies  the limited elective type in modern Malaysia. Thomas Hobbes proposed a social contract based around it in Leviathan. Justified by the Mandate of Heaven in China and by divine right in Europe, Sweden and Britain employ the constitutional type, and its absolute form was practiced by Louis XIV. For 10 points, name this governmental system often ruled by an emperor or king.
James I wrote about this system in Basilikon Doron, and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong exemplifies  the limited elective type in modern Malaysia.
{monarchy} [accept word forms; prompt “{emperorship},” “{kingship},” “{sovereignty}”, or {different} forms of those {words}; do not prompt “{absolute monarchy}” or “{constitutional monarchy}” at any point]