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I'm sure this has been done to death, but your challenge is to have the USA establish a purely ceremonial American monarchy following independence from Britain. The only rule is that the monarchy cannot be established by someone of non-American background, meaning no European (or otherwise) dukes or princes or whatever invited to become King. My preference would be to see George Washington as the inaugural King, but I'm interested in whatever you guys have to offer. What would be necessary to accomplish this? How would the presence of a monarch, who held no real legal power and was purely a cultural fixture, impact the development of the US?
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