Concilium Purpaidá

The Concilium Purpaidá (lit. Purple Council, commonly simply called "the Purpaidá") is the collective organizing body of His Majesty's Government of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea, composed of the Procurator and nine Ministers, the senior most officials within the Urcean national bureaucracy. The Purpaidá is considered the de jure of the Government of Urcea and is responsible for executing the Kingdom's laws and managing the public projects of the Kingdom. While most executive authority is exercised by the Procurator, the Purpaidá is still largely responsible for the day-to-day administration of the affairs of state. The Procurator serves as the official head of the Purpaidá and is responsible for issuing "Treasury Orders" to its members, which are official directives related to the execution of the laws and administration of affairs of state.

The Purpaidá serves as the Royal of the Apostolic King and his household, informing the King of the affairs of state. It is within this capacity that the Purpaidá originated and received its name; members of the Privy Council often wore purple (as a color of royalty) cockades to distinguish themselves at court and around Urceopolis as well as while executing authority on behalf of the King or making public appearances; the distinguishing cockade became well known and eventually the body became known by its present name, literally meaning the "Purple Council".

The members of the Concilium Purpaidá are nominated by the Chancellor and Temporary President of the Concilium Daoni and are almost always also members of the Daoni. Although they are appointed by the Daoni, they are nominally responsible to the Procurator as head of the Privy Council and Royal Treasury. Consequently, members of the Daoni require the imprimatur of the Procurator in order to issue a binding decree or regulations considered to be major in scope. If the Procurator refuses to issue one and issues a Treasury Order contrary to the Purpaidá minister's direction, the ministers can appeal to the Apostolic King of Urcea, who has three options on how to respond: he can issue a "Writ of Compliance", ordering the Purpaidá member to follow the Procurator's direction; he can issue a "Writ of Correction", in which the Procurator must withdraw his Treasury Order, allowing the Purpaidá member to proceed on their own proposed course of action submitted to the King; or, the King can issue a "Writ of Dismissal", in which neither the Purpaidá member's proposal nor the policy designed by the Procurator may be followed and that an entirely new policy must be jointly devised by both the Minister and Procurator.

This article will cover the members of the Purpaidá and the subordinate organizations which they manage.

His Most Christian Majesty's Procurator
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The Procurator (Steward) is the head of the Purpaidá and the "right hand" of the Apostolic King. He oversees all ministries and reports directly to the King. The Procurator holds all meetings of the Purpaidá. Upon the election of a minor, or during an interregnum, the incumbent Procurator is to serve as Lord of the Realm. The Procurator is also the First Lord of the Treasury and is directly responsible for the realm's finances, and in this capacity is ex officio presiding officer of the Concilium Daoni, though in practice the Chancellor and Temporary President serves as the head of the Daoni.

His Most Christian Majesty's Ministry of the Armed Services
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His Most Christian Majesty's Ministry of State
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The Ministry of State, known more commonly as the Foreign Ministry, handles Urcea's foreign relations and employs all of its ambassadors and diplomats. Additionally, the Ministry of State maintains all of Urcea's diplomatic buildings and properties, both domestically and abroad.

His Most Christian Majesty's Ministry of Administration of the Realm
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The Ministry of Administration of the Realm, known more commonly as the Royal Administration, handles a broad array of Royal domestic programs, primarily execution of all Royal entitlement and Royal Aid programs, but also including the direct governance of the three royal holdings as well as legal and judicial cooperation, including the provincial Solicitor Generals, who are also organized under the ministry. The Royal Administration is also responsible for the upkeep of the Royal Treasury as well as general services to the rest of His Majesty's Government, including personnel and facilities concerns. It is, by far, most well-funded Ministry, receiving over 42% of the budget for 2028-2029.

His Most Christian Majesty's Collegium Scientificum
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The Collegium Scientificum, aside from being a network of universities in and around the city of Urceopolis (most famously the Imperial War Academy, which it was granted by the Emperor of the Levantines), is the body that handles both the Kingdom's overall education efforts (as the governing body of all educational facilities in the country) as well as efforts for technological developments, often using its funds to help bolster development projects at the nation's other universities.

His Most Christian Majesty's Ministry of the Environment and Energy
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The Ministry of the Environment oversees the nation's agricultural policy and environmental status, collaborating with industries and other businesses to comprehensively work towards a cleaner and more efficient Urcea, in so doing forming national energy policy. It also administrates the nation's national parks, a responsibility delegated to it by the King himself as they are legally his properties.

His Most Christian Majesty's Ministry of Commerce
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The Ministry of Commerce handles the nation's foreign trade policy and labor policy, often working with private firms in Urcea and abroad to help bring about greater economic connectivity between Urcea and its regional neighbors, as well as ensuring equitable conditions for workers within the Kingdom. It is also responsible for the government's coordination with the Gildertach and enforcement of guild law.

His Most Christian Majesty's Ministry for the Church in Urcea
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The Royal has a dual role, on one hand handling the nation's faith policy, ensuring the official policies of the state fall within the guidelines of the  and other Church teaching, while on the other hand being responsible for propagating the faith in the Kingdom and its territories. The Royal Legate also works closely with the Procurator to ensure various diocese and parishes have the required funding for operation, and additionally is the direct liaison between the King and the, and as such ensures that the temporal concerns of Status Pontificius in Urceopolis are accounted for. The Legate is nominated by the King and officially appointed by the Papacy.

His Most Christian Majesty's Royal Courts and Ministry of Justice
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The "Royal Courts and Ministry of Justice", known more commonly as the "Ministry of Justice", is the ministry under which the organized court system throughout the Kingdom exists under the Chief Justice of the Archducal Court of Urceopolis, also known as the Royal Archjustice. Urcea has no statutory "" though the Archducal Court, which is technically equal to the highest courts of the other provinces and Royal holds, has universal jurisdiction and universal right of appeal by special writ of the King, who of the Archjustice. This is because, in theory, the King may rule on cases in his own right, but retains the right to delegate his judicial decisions to whomever he pleases. The King, constitutional precedent, no longer directly rules on cases, and has not done so since the 17th century.

His Most Christian Majesty's Ministry of National Security
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