The Kingdom of Messages- an animated account

There was a Kingdom of Messages and it was ruled by the system of Oligarchy- a process in which power resides amongst a small group of people. In the kingdom, the power of governance or transferring messages from one place to another thus, was placed amongst Humans and Horses on an equivalent basis. Whenever, a message needed to be delivered a rider would ride the horse-back and deliver and receive messages. Messages were delivered without any hindrance and people prospered. Things were going on in a calm manner.

Things began to change when one son of a noble showed signs of rebellion. His name was Telegram. He wanted to overtake the kingdom and rule it like a dictator. He was successful in transferring power under his name and became an autocrat. Under his regime, he modified the kingdom and was successful in sending symbolic codes rather than the actual message which could be read by any person to whom it was not intended and thus the whole purpose of communication would be compromised. The common people were elated with his new ways of governance and supported the benevolent monarch. Although, he was an autocrat, he renounced his throne to his younger brother.

He was thus, succeeded by his younger brother, Telephone. As, Telephone was a minor a regency was set up to help him rule the kingdom. The chief adviser position was given to Alexander Gram Bell who regarded Telephone as his own son. Telephone made prominent improvements in the ruling of the kingdom. His chief contribution being the removal of middlemen from the messaging track. Now, people could send and receive messages without giving commission to middlemen. 

When Telephone became old, a plot was hatched to snatch the throne from him. Radio was the chief conspirator. While Radio had a huge mass following he was not able to dethrone Telephone, as the methods employed by Radio were one sided and people though fascinated by its charm could not deny the importance of the rule of Telephone.

Several years later, a discontent cousin of Radio, Television, tried to renew the rebellion but he too failed to dethrone Telephone, as, the masses supported Telephone wholeheartedly. Although, a disgruntled Television was able to build his own empire elsewhere, where he ruled and was very popular among the common people of his kingdom. 

As old age began to show its effects on Telephone, the question of who was to succeed him came to the forefront. Since, Telephone did not have an issue, he asked all the people of the kingdom to enter into a competition to choose his successor. Cell Phone, a promising though naive boy emerged victorious and Telephone gave away his throne to him. Cell phone brought about several cord breaking improvements in the governance of the kingdom. 

Cell phone was succeeded by his children who ruled after him like Fold-able Phone, Multimedia Phone and Touch Screen, but the rule of Smart phone needs to be mentioned in detail. It was Smartphone, who with his prime minister Internet, brought about a revolutionary change in the mindset of people. He was able to remove illiteracy and was the chief force in connecting people who had lost touch with one another.

Now, Smart Phone decided that it was the opportune time to reconsider the mode of government in The Kingdom of Messages and thus he declared the kingdom to be a Constitutional Monarchy. Where, he was to act as the figurative head of the State, however, the actual functioning of the State was looked after by several provincial state heads. Thus, emerged local yet, popular leaders like Whats-app, Gmail, Skype, Face-time, Tik-Tok, Instagram and Twitter among others. 

Now, with the help of these generals Smart Phone is able to rule The Kingdom of Messages very efficiently and the masses too, are very content with the government.  

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Pankhuri