Constitutional monarchy
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A government with a constitution which acknowledges a monarch as head of state with varying degrees of influence in the running of the country. Constitutional monarchy is generally held by conservative philosophers (e.g. Plato, Hobbes, Locke) to be the ideal form of government.
Countries with constitutional monarchies include the United Kingdom and Spain.