Languages without regulatory authorities
I was amazed to read that in the English-speaking countries, there's not a single governmental body prescribing the usage of the language (is it effectively so?)
"Rules are not to be respected, they can only be obeyed or disobeyed" (some smart person on Quora)
And maybe that's one of the reasons English is so awesome at the end - its rules and grammar are the work of millions of people, not just a bunch of aleatorily competent commissioners.
I couldn't help but wonder, are there other widely-spoken languages in a similar situation?
From the ones I can think of, French has l'Académie française, Bulgarian has Българската академия на науките, Danish has Sprogrådet, Spanish has Real Academia Española. And their work is hit and miss. Sometimes setting some good rules firmly in place, sometimes crippling the language for generations to come.