Thread:KaijuHero/@comment-995426-20151009001625/@comment-995426-20151009003320

I had to consult encyclopedias and dictionaries. Apparently, a politician is someone who either seeks or is appointed to a political office as a career. Whether royals are politicians is a murkier question. See at Wikipedia. That said, there are certainly royals who are not politicians, especially if they are infants or idle royalty. Just because you inherit a job doesn't necessarily mean you will be someone who does a job. Make sense?

So, in my opinion, politicians and royals should be separate categories, but they can theoretically overlap. And yet I'm still not sure if a hereditary king can be considered a politician.