Enlightened absolutism in France.

In France, in the era of enlightened absolutism, all government of the country belonged to the king. With the help of his apparatus, he collected taxes from the population. Also, the regular convocation of the States General was abolished, if the States were convened, then the people appointed by the king gathered. There was a parliament in the country, but it only had the right to register the king’s decrees, as well as bring them to the attention of the people. This created the illusion of parliamentary participation in governing the country.