Charles V was known for being a ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. He wanted to unify and create a huge empire but was thwarted because of the Protestant reformation. So he abdicated and gave them throne to his son Phillip.
The country with true theocracy is Israel. Israel is gradually however unyieldingly transforming into a moderate religious government while the Diaspora is to a great extent devoted to liberal vote based system. Israel is no vote based system, and it never has been concerning the 4 million Arabs in the West Bank and Gaza. It has dependably been a strongly defective vote based system concerning its own particular Arab residents.
<span>That's an interesting question. Feudal Japan had a more formalized and ritualized kind of culture than feudal Europe did; elaborate rules of courtesy applied at all levels of society, whereas European peasants were pretty crude for the most part. In both societies there was a unifying religious principle, which in Europe was Christianity and the authority of the Church, and in Japan was shintoism and the authority of the Emperor. In both cases, a social hierarchy attempted, with considerable success, to control everyone's lives; everyone owed their fealty to someone, except for the kings in Europe or the Emperor in Japan, who didn't owe loyalty to anyone, since there was no higher authority (at least, not counting deities). Both societies had similar types of weaponry (European armor was considerably tougher) and skilled swordsmen were much to be feared and respected. In the lower classes, life was cheap. Neither society had any concept of human rights; only the nobility had rights.</span>
These are concurrent powers
