What Point of View Did Niccolo Machiavelli Take Toward European

What point of view did Niccolo Machiavelli take toward European governments in The Prince ?

A) He wrote about governments in an idealized way.
B) He expressed his views on government in terms of the Bible.
C) He wrote from the perspective of the monarch.
D) He wrote about the governments as they were in reality.
E) He wrote about the secular view of an oligarchy.