No wait! :-) For all that kingship is talked about so much, and the Return of the King is so important that it's the title of the last volume - the main protagonists of the story all come from a republic. The Shire is ruled by an elected Mayor, although just like Britain it also has a constitutional monarch (the Thane) who no longer has any real power. The hobbits go out, mingle with royalty, and then go home to their peaceful, orderly republican lives. Sam Gamgee even ends up as an elected politician himself in the appendices.
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Date: 2010-04-12 10:28 am (UTC)No wait! :-) For all that kingship is talked about so much, and the Return of the King is so important that it's the title of the last volume - the main protagonists of the story all come from a republic. The Shire is ruled by an elected Mayor, although just like Britain it also has a constitutional monarch (the Thane) who no longer has any real power. The hobbits go out, mingle with royalty, and then go home to their peaceful, orderly republican lives. Sam Gamgee even ends up as an elected politician himself in the appendices.