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===Organisation & Activities=== | ===Organisation & Activities=== | ||
The government-in-exile is based at Wintergen House, a four-story stone row building at 12 Wintergen Lane on Tandhurin Island in [[Valēka]], [[ | The government-in-exile is based at Wintergen House, a four-story stone row building at 12 Wintergen Lane on Tandhurin Island in [[Valēka]], [[Kaviska]]. Wintergen House is technically {{wp|extraterritorial}} to Kaviska and subject to the laws of Wintergen, and although it does not pay Kaviskan payroll or property taxes, it does pay Valēka municipal service fees and accepts the jurisdiction of the local police and courts for all practical purposes. The Stewardship also owns the Wintergen Memorial Cemetery in Bérasar, which contains the graves of 12 of the 1822 expellees from the island and a small monument to its capture. Wintergen owns the land in {{wp|fee simple}} and does not claim jurisdiction over it. | ||
In addition to the Steward, Lieutenant Steward, Board of Estimate, and other constitutional officers, Wintergen employs a permanent civil service of three part-time employees, as well as a larger staff of interns and volunteers under the ægis of the non-governmental Wintergen Benevolent Society. | In addition to the Steward, Lieutenant Steward, Board of Estimate, and other constitutional officers, Wintergen employs a permanent civil service of three part-time employees, as well as a larger staff of interns and volunteers under the ægis of the non-governmental Wintergen Benevolent Society. | ||