Reply #41: By the definition I gave, it certainly is.

[Warren Stupidity]

All power is vested in the King and his counci of advisors. A rubber stamp legislature can theoretically veto his actions, but this never happens as there are nothing like free elections for legislative seats. Recent plans to democratize the system are in the process of being abandoned over fears that the currently disenfranchised palestinian majority will elect an islamist legislature and take control of the country from the monarchists.

Great Britain is an example of a democratic constitutional monarchy, Jordan is not.

We like to pretend that abusive heriditary autocracies like Saudi Arabia and Jordan are not dictatorships, as being honest about who our allies are lays bare the hypocrisy of our foreign policy, but they fit the definition.

My list was not meant to be comprehensive. Lots of other nations belong on the list.