Originally posted by: auraloffalwaffle
Now really, is a 14 year old really someone you want to have in charge of a whole planet?

No wonder the galaxy descended into anarchy...

Queens aren't always absolutists, or even in charge of their governments. I haven't seen TPM in years, but I got the impression the office was basically an elected sinecure, with her only responsibilities being to act as a public face for the government and to sign what she was told to sign. Her refusal to assent to a treaty with the Trade Federation and her ability to stir nationalist sentiment were her only real powers. The TradeFed could've killed her and installed another queen, but they would've lost all popular support with the Nabooian people. They wanted the queen alive and cooperative, like MacArthur wanted the Japanese Tenno (Emperor) alive and cooperative after WWII.