Nenonen posted:

Then let me tell you of Mswati III the king of Swaziland who currently has 15 wives and 30 children between them. Which isn't that many if you think that his father had 70 wives and 210 children during his time, but hey, Mswati is only 48 so give the man some time. Getting new wives is easy, he has previously had an 18 year old high school student kidnapped from school to be made his wife. So yes, he's a bona fide rapist which of course is a nice feature for an absolute monarch. At least two girls are known to have escaped from his clutches.

In 2001, in an attempt to curb the raging HIV epidemic, the king and one of his wives invoked an old chastity ritual which banned sex with girls under 18 years old, for a five year period. Mswati however broke his own ban only two months later when he knocked up his 13th wife, and had to pay one cow as a fine.

Helpful for his quest to find nubile girls is the annual reed dance festival in which 40,000 topless girls dance in front of his majesty so he can pick whoever pleases him. Two first wives were chosen for him though. But not even the king's life is perfect. In 2010 his friend and finance minister Ndumiso Mamba was caught literally pants down in bed with Mswati's 12th wife. A list of his wives can be seen here: http://thisisafrica.me/queens-swaziland/

Most of his one million subjects sustain on $1.25/day while his majesty and his entourage get by with an annual household budget of $61m, also the latest state budget had $12m reserved for palace upkeep. The rest of his kingdom would live for two months with that.