Yes, I meant current governments not culture itself.
No king wants to rule over a failed state.
Seriously, read about the Roman emperors, or the Crusades, or, for a more modern example, how's Putin doing on setting up his country for long-term success? How's Trump doing with America?
My mistake was talking about authoritarians (i.e. tyrants) rather than monarchs (i.e. dynastic rule)
Eh. China is really the exception there, not the norm, and it's a particularly _weird_ authoritarian state. Your average authoritarian regime is pretty short-termist, and indeed they tend to self-destruct fairly quickly.