The king's barbaric treatment of his subjects when they question or rebel against his judgment makes it difficult to respect him as an administrator and ruler. He is unable to hear dissent or opposing ideas, and he uses his elitist floating island to punish his subjects on the mainland by pelting them with great stones from above (destroying their homes), or slowly killing them by blocking out the sun (destroying their crops), or quickly killing them by ordering that the island be brought down quickly on top of them. This isn't really a monarchy, then, it is tyranny. He is willing to destroy the homes, the crops, the livelihoods, and the lives of his subjects when they behave in some way that he dislikes. He does not attempt to discuss or reason or compromise; he wields an almost absolute power and has little regard for the lives of his people. This does not make a good ruler.
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