Hobbes gives six reasons why Absolute Monarchy is superior to other forms of government. The first reason is that, of all forms of government, the public and private interest are closest to being absolutely unified, and all the more absolutely, the more absolute the monarchy. A division of the sovereign power into an assembly constituted either by all or by part of the people actually multiples the number of individuals who are vulnerable to personal corruption and the abuse of power on account of nepotism, in other words to enrich their family and friends. The more the representatives, the less any one of them is held accountable for harm done to the society on account of political corruption. A single sovereign, who is recognized as absolutely responsible for matters of state, is more likely to see his own interest as identical to the interests of his people, since, as Hobbes puts it: "The riches, power and honor of a monarch arise only from the riches, strength and reputation of his Subjects." There is no honor in being king of a poor, downtrodden and backward nation.
Jason Reza Jorjani, “Iranian Leviathan” (2019).