Definition of a Queen

To be godless is probably the first step to innocence," he said, "to lose the sense of sin and subordination, the false grief for things supposed to be lost." So by innocence you mean not an absence of experience, but an absence of illusions." An absence of need for illusions," he said. "A love of and respect for what is right before your eyes. Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2) What defines a Queen? what makes a true Dictator? What makes a person a leader OR a follower? More importantly what dose it cost?