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The Royal Treasury is chartered by the King and functionally serves as the central organ within the national bureaucracy, coordinating with the various Ministries and other Royal organizations to implement programs and policies via budget lines and supplemental appropriations. The Royal Treasury is funded through various mechanisms which the Kingdom uses to tax. As noted above, the Procurator is First Lord of the Treasury and controls broad policy directives for the Treasury, but the day to day operations of the Treasury are under the purview of the [[Chancellor and Temporary President|Chancellor of the Treasury]], although nothing precludes the Procurator and Chancellor from being the same individual.

The [[Concilium Purpaidá]], known as the "Purpaidá", serves as a practical executive branch and Cabinet, though its original function was that of privy council. The members of the Purpaidá are members of the [[Concilium Daoni]] (known as the “Common Council”) nominated by the [[Chancellor and Temporary President]] through his or position as head of the Concilium Daoni with the exception of the [[Ministry of the Armed Services (Urcea)|Ministry for the Armed Services]] and [[Ministry for the Church in Urcea]], who have special appointment rules. The various Ministers of the Concilium serve as the head of various Ministries that are akin to executive agencies, and the national bureaucracy is organized through them. Much of the nation's national policymaking comes through the regulatory rule-making power statutorily authorized to the various Ministries of the Purpaidá; these regulations, rules, and pseudo-laws do not require Royal or Daoni assent if they have statutory basis but rather require the ''imprimatur'' of the [[Procurator]]. If a member does not follow official directives of the Procurator, called "''Treasury Orders''", the Procurator may issue a formal request to the King for an order of compliance. Members of the Purpaidá can also ask the King for arbitration in the event that the Procurator refuses to issue an imprimatur for their proposed course of action. The King may take three options: 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 devised. [[Constitution of Urcea|Constitutionally]] speaking, the King may issue a narrowly tailored suggestion following a Writ of Dismissal, but neither the Purpaidá member nor the Procurator are under any legal obligation to follow or implement the King's suggestion, though the King's word is normally considered to be very influential and, politically speaking, the King's suggestions are rarely refused in these circumstances.

The [[Concilium Purpaidá]], known as the "Purpaidá", serves as a practical executive branch and Cabinet, though its original function was that of privy council. The members of the Purpaidá are members of the [[Concilium Daoni]] (known as the “Common Council”) nominated by the [[Chancellor and Temporary President]] through his or position as head of the Concilium Daoni with the exception of the [[Ministry of the Armed Services (Urcea)|Ministry for the Armed Services]] and [[Ministry for the Church in Urcea]], who have special appointment rules. The various Ministers of the Concilium serve as the head of various Ministries that are akin to executive agencies, and the national bureaucracy is organized through them. Much of the nation's national policymaking comes through the regulatory rule-making power statutorily authorized to the various Ministries of the Purpaidá; these regulations, rules, and pseudo-laws do not require Royal or Daoni assent if they have statutory basis but rather require the ''imprimatur'' of the [[Procurator]]. If a member does not follow official directives of the Procurator, called "''Treasury Orders''", the Procurator may issue a formal request to the King for an order of compliance. Members of the Purpaidá can also ask the King for arbitration in the event that the Procurator refuses to issue an imprimatur for their proposed course of action. The King may take three options: 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 devised. [[Constitution of Urcea|Constitutionally]] speaking, the King may issue a narrowly tailored suggestion following a Writ of Dismissal, but neither the Purpaidá member nor the Procurator are under any legal obligation to follow or implement the King's suggestion, though the King's word is normally considered to be very influential and, politically speaking, the King's suggestions are rarely refused in these circumstances. Due to the sensitive nature of foreign policy, the Procurator retains a small corps of ambassadors known as the [[Treasury Ambassador Service]] which can conduct foreign policy on the Procurator's behalf in the event of an impasse between the [[Ministry of State (Urcea)|Ministry of State]] and Procurator.

Sitting on the Purpaidá are the two [[Censor (Urcea)|Censors]], who are responsible for maintaining the census and supervising public morality. Besides the administrative necessities of the decennial census, the Censors issue regulations for content censorship in the media, and additionally must issue a report on impacts on morality and public virtue of a proposed piece of legislation before the [[Concilium Daoni]]. The Censors do not have full veto power, but rather lodge formal ''"Objections"'', which by themselves are influential enough to halt a bill or bring about an amendment. Both Censors, in concurrence, can issue a suspensive veto for a bill, forbidding the legislation from being voted on for the remainder of the year unless more than eighty percent of the members of the Daoni vote to override. When both Censors issue an objection, the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] can also legally veto a bill, though in those circumstances the [[Procurator]] typically vetoes the legislation rather than the King in order to preserve perceived democratic legitimacy. The [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] selects a list of potential candidates from among a list of self-declared candidates for the office, and from this list the [[Urcean Conference of Catholic Bishops]] selects four candidates who are elected by the nation as a whole. Censors can run for reelection provided the Conference of Catholic Bishops include the incumbent on their list of candidates, and it is highly unusual for the Bishops to refuse ballot access to an incumbent.

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 The Royal Treasury is chartered by the King and functionally serves as the central organ within the national bureaucracy, coordinating with the various Ministries and other Royal organizations to implement programs and policies via budget lines and supplemental appropriations. The Royal Treasury is funded through various mechanisms which the Kingdom uses to tax. As noted above, the Procurator is First Lord of the Treasury and controls broad policy directives for the Treasury, but the day to day operations of the Treasury are under the purview of the [[Chancellor and Temporary President|Chancellor of the Treasury]], although nothing precludes the Procurator and Chancellor from being the same individual.
-The [[Concilium Purpaidá]], known as the "Purpaidá", serves as a practical executive branch and Cabinet, though its original function was that of privy council. The members of the Purpaidá are members of the [[Concilium Daoni]] (known as the “Common Council”) nominated by the [[Chancellor and Temporary President]] through his or position as head of the Concilium Daoni with the exception of the [[Ministry of the Armed Services (Urcea)|Ministry for the Armed Services]] and [[Ministry for the Church in Urcea]], who have special appointment rules. The various Ministers of the Concilium serve as the head of various Ministries that are akin to executive agencies, and the national bureaucracy is organized through them. Much of the nation's national policymaking comes through the regulatory rule-making power statutorily authorized to the various Ministries of the Purpaidá; these regulations, rules, and pseudo-laws do not require Royal or Daoni assent if they have statutory basis but rather require the ''imprimatur'' of the [[Procurator]]. If a member does not follow official directives of the Procurator, called "''Treasury Orders''", the Procurator may issue a formal request to the King for an order of compliance. Members of the Purpaidá can also ask the King for arbitration in the event that the Procurator refuses to issue an imprimatur for their proposed course of action. The King may take three options: 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 devised. [[Constitution of Urcea|Constitutionally]] speaking, the King may issue a narrowly tailored suggestion following a Writ of Dismissal, but neither the Purpaidá member nor the Procurator are under any legal obligation to follow or implement the King's suggestion, though the King's word is normally considered to be very influential and, politically speaking, the King's suggestions are rarely refused in these circumstances.
+The [[Concilium Purpaidá]], known as the "Purpaidá", serves as a practical executive branch and Cabinet, though its original function was that of privy council. The members of the Purpaidá are members of the [[Concilium Daoni]] (known as the “Common Council”) nominated by the [[Chancellor and Temporary President]] through his or position as head of the Concilium Daoni with the exception of the [[Ministry of the Armed Services (Urcea)|Ministry for the Armed Services]] and [[Ministry for the Church in Urcea]], who have special appointment rules. The various Ministers of the Concilium serve as the head of various Ministries that are akin to executive agencies, and the national bureaucracy is organized through them. Much of the nation's national policymaking comes through the regulatory rule-making power statutorily authorized to the various Ministries of the Purpaidá; these regulations, rules, and pseudo-laws do not require Royal or Daoni assent if they have statutory basis but rather require the ''imprimatur'' of the [[Procurator]]. If a member does not follow official directives of the Procurator, called "''Treasury Orders''", the Procurator may issue a formal request to the King for an order of compliance. Members of the Purpaidá can also ask the King for arbitration in the event that the Procurator refuses to issue an imprimatur for their proposed course of action. The King may take three options: 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 devised. [[Constitution of Urcea|Constitutionally]] speaking, the King may issue a narrowly tailored suggestion following a Writ of Dismissal, but neither the Purpaidá member nor the Procurator are under any legal obligation to follow or implement the King's suggestion, though the King's word is normally considered to be very influential and, politically speaking, the King's suggestions are rarely refused in these circumstances. Due to the sensitive nature of foreign policy, the Procurator retains a small corps of ambassadors known as the [[Treasury Ambassador Service]] which can conduct foreign policy on the Procurator's behalf in the event of an impasse between the [[Ministry of State (Urcea)|Ministry of State]] and Procurator.
 Sitting on the Purpaidá are the two [[Censor (Urcea)|Censors]], who are responsible for maintaining the census and supervising public morality. Besides the administrative necessities of the decennial census, the Censors issue regulations for content censorship in the media, and additionally must issue a report on impacts on morality and public virtue of a proposed piece of legislation before the [[Concilium Daoni]]. The Censors do not have full veto power, but rather lodge formal ''"Objections"'', which by themselves are influential enough to halt a bill or bring about an amendment. Both Censors, in concurrence, can issue a suspensive veto for a bill, forbidding the legislation from being voted on for the remainder of the year unless more than eighty percent of the members of the Daoni vote to override. When both Censors issue an objection, the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] can also legally veto a bill, though in those circumstances the [[Procurator]] typically vetoes the legislation rather than the King in order to preserve perceived democratic legitimacy. The [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] selects a list of potential candidates from among a list of self-declared candidates for the office, and from this list the [[Urcean Conference of Catholic Bishops]] selects four candidates who are elected by the nation as a whole. Censors can run for reelection provided the Conference of Catholic Bishops include the incumbent on their list of candidates, and it is highly unusual for the Bishops to refuse ballot access to an incumbent.

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