On the topic of European nations I have been wondering how long many of the 'royal' dictatorships will survive . To clarify when I say royal dictatorship I mean dictatorship where the King is the dictator so Fascist Italy doesn't apply.
1. I have mentioned thread numerous times the fact the King of Romania, Carol II, is not exactly the brightest yet performed a self coup to destroy what democracy Romania had. I do expect him to make a mistake that results in him being replaced with his son again and democracy returning.
2. While granted Horthy was not recognised as a king Hungary was calling itself the Kingdom of Hungary at this point. I don't think I need to go into why Hungary was a dictatorship at this point (most noticeable was only one party ruling from 1922 - 1944). I think what happens here is largely dependant who replaces Horthy when he dies and if they will be inclined towards democracy. There has been speculation over if a Hapsburg will be granted the Hungary throne (though Austria-Hungary not coming back) and if that is the case I would think Hungary might actually transition to democracy.
3. Bulgaria at this point has been going through a cycle of; the peasants party gets elected, the king performant a coup then brings back democracy and I think the cycle will have to break at some point. Though how remains to be seen.
4. Greece. I classy this as a royal dictatorship namely because Metaxas did have to rely on the King to get power and ITTL George 2 is reeling with the system Metaxas set up. Though I do wonder how sustainable this system is in the long term.
5. Yugoslavia seems to be stuck between rock and a hard place on questions relating to how to balance out the different ethnicities. I don't think this was helped by Alexander 1 centralising everything under the monarchy. Now while it is still in regency, considering how Peter 2 was as a war time King I'm not sure how effective he is going to be in trying to keep Yugoslavia together.
1. I have mentioned thread numerous times the fact the King of Romania, Carol II, is not exactly the brightest yet performed a self coup to destroy what democracy Romania had. I do expect him to make a mistake that results in him being replaced with his son again and democracy returning.
2. While granted Horthy was not recognised as a king Hungary was calling itself the Kingdom of Hungary at this point. I don't think I need to go into why Hungary was a dictatorship at this point (most noticeable was only one party ruling from 1922 - 1944). I think what happens here is largely dependant who replaces Horthy when he dies and if they will be inclined towards democracy. There has been speculation over if a Hapsburg will be granted the Hungary throne (though Austria-Hungary not coming back) and if that is the case I would think Hungary might actually transition to democracy.
3. Bulgaria at this point has been going through a cycle of; the peasants party gets elected, the king performant a coup then brings back democracy and I think the cycle will have to break at some point. Though how remains to be seen.
4. Greece. I classy this as a royal dictatorship namely because Metaxas did have to rely on the King to get power and ITTL George 2 is reeling with the system Metaxas set up. Though I do wonder how sustainable this system is in the long term.
5. Yugoslavia seems to be stuck between rock and a hard place on questions relating to how to balance out the different ethnicities. I don't think this was helped by Alexander 1 centralising everything under the monarchy. Now while it is still in regency, considering how Peter 2 was as a war time King I'm not sure how effective he is going to be in trying to keep Yugoslavia together.