re: #372 EPR-radar

Japanese emperors have often been figureheads, with real power being held by warlords supposedly serving the Emperor’s will.

I don’t know whether or not this applies in the case of Hirohito, but it is a possibility to consider. In any case, that regime was a nasty example of ultra-nationalist fascism in action.

So it’s not really an absolute monarchy? I’m thinking more along the lines of the Caesars, the British royalty at one time, the French, etc.