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The Ministries of Caphiria (Latin: ''Ministeria''; also known as Imperial Ministries) are the administrative organ of the [[Government of Caphiria]]. They are a collection of trans-parliamentary bodies that administer the functions of the federal government on behalf of the [[Imperator of Caphiria]]. Almost every ministry is run by one Minister (praeministrro) who is appointed by the Imperator. Various numbers of minor officials and magistrates work for the prime ministers to perform their given administrative functions.
=Stone Age=
=Bronze Age=
=Iron Age=
15th century BC-9th century BC, it is generally attributed to the period wherein the [[Istroyan civilization]] came to power and influence. Alongside the rise of [[Adonerum]] in the north of [[Sarpedon]] and [[Levantia]], the [[Istroyan civilization]] rose in eastern Sarpedon. These civilizations, which spread hundreds or thousands of city states across Levantia and Sarpedon, are considered to have begun the true rise of a recognizable [[Occidental world|Occidental civilization]].
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|~[[1500BC]]-[[848]]|| ||The [[Istroyan civilization]] rises and reaches its golden age, spanning much of the basin of the [[Sea of Istroya]].
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|~[[1500BC]]-[[570]]|| ||The [[Adonerum|Adonerii civilization]] rises out of [[Urlazio]] and reaches its golden age, spanning much of the southern [[Odoneru Ocean]] which now bears this civilizaton's name.
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=Classical Antiquity=
Among the duties of a prime minister are advising the Senate on matters within his jurisdiction, allocating public funds toward his ministry's assigned and self-directed goals, and providing counsel to the Imperator as members of the Office of the Imperium. The job of a minister can be extremely tasking, with his combined advisory and administrative roles. Failure to fulfill certain essential functions of government open a minister to prosecution by the Senate and, at the very least, put their position at risk. While the empire could survive for some time without the functions of the Senate, it would entirely collapse if whole ministries became incapable of performing their designated functions.
9th century BC-5th century AD, it is generally attributed to the period wherein the [[Istroyan civilization]] entered into a general decline and, following a period of turmoil in the [[Adonerum|Adonerii civilization]], its Latinic successors began to rise. Chief among these successors was [[Great Levantia]], which came to span a vast majority of the [[Levantia|Levantine]] continent.


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=General structure=
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The minister (praeministrro) is the head of the ministry and is a member of the political class. The minister proposes the appointment of directors with general functions to the Office of the Imperium, directs administrative action, and takes decisions on important matters. There are also ministers without portfolio for competencies that do not come with budgetary autonomy (e.g. the Minister for relations with the Senate).
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|887 BC||January 1st (traditional)||Latin settlers establish [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] in Levantia, one of the furthest flung cities along the Urce river of the [[Adonerum|Adonerii civilization]]. The Latin city of Urceopolis almost immediately entered into conflict with the local Celtic tribes, though in time there would be a mutual understanding and coexistence established.
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|600 BC||  ||The Cognatish are settled in what is modern Pelaxia. This pre-Caphiravian cultural group spoke the Cognatish language from the 7th to the 1st century BCE. Due to their military qualities, as of the 5th century BCE Cognatish soldiers were frequently deployed in battles in Caphiria. Around 4th Century BCE, Caphiria sent Caphirian General Ottiano to conquer Cognatia. General Rusciprio subsequently defeated the Cognatish Ilergetes tribes and conquered Montia. After the Cognaitsh defeat, the valleys were divided into two major provinces, Pelagia Orientis and Pelagia Occidentis.
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|572 BC|| ||Urceopolis completes its conquest of the Latin cities in [[Levantia]], stretching from up the Urce River to the coast through modern day [[Faneria]], roughly approximating the entire eastern portion of the Adonerii league. Following the destruction of the league two years later, the now-unified cities form the civilization of [[Great Levantia]], which roughly translates to the Great Eastern State. The name had been used - and is used to this day - to refer to the continent known as [[Levantia]].
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|570 BC|| ||King Marius Tempestas Natus conquers the whole of [[Urlazio]], destroying the Adonerii league.
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|500-300 BC|| ||[[Great Levantia]] begins its advance into the Levantine interior, conquering large swaths of modern day [[Urcea]] and making client kings out of many to most of the interior Celtic tribes.
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|197 BC||  ||Cognatish tribes revolted once again in the P. Orientis province of modern Pelaxia. After securing these regions, Caphiria invaded and conquered Albalitoria and Cognatilitoria. The Caphirians fought a long and drawn out campaign for the conquest of Albalitoria. Wars and campaigns in the northwest coast of the Cognatish valleys would continue until 16 BCE, when the final rebellions of the Litorian Wars were defeated.
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|142 BC|| ||Great Levantia rules over much of modern day [[Urcea]] and [[Dericania]], as well as part of the southern [[United Kingdom]]. Religious authorities proclaim that Great Levantia now rules over a majority share of the entire world, and conquest ceases for a time. The centuries of conquest had covered over serious issues with the republican constitution and representation of the constituent parts of the Levantine state, and following the cessation of expansion, several decades of instability and unrest begin.
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|74 BC|| ||The [[Levantine Social War]] breaks out, pitting Latinic cities, Celtic tribes, and the central authorities of [[Great Levantia]] in [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] in a three way civil war.
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|56 BC|| ||The Social War ends as the newly elected Pontifex Maximus [[Gaius Stephanus Pictor]] leads the central Legions to victory. Pictor began reforms of the state, beginning the so-called Potentate Period of Great Levantia. Pictor's position as Pontifex Maximus began to supersede the consuls in most state authority, and the title of {{wp|Princeps}} was soon held by the Pontifex Maximus as well. Following successful implementations of his reforms, Pictor marched north and conquered most of modern day [[Fiannria]].
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|35 AD|| ||The first Christian missionaries arrive in [[Levantia]].
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|64 AD|| ||The first Christian {{wp|Pope}} and Bishop of Urceopolis, {{wp|St. Peter}}, is crucified upside down in [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]]. Within a few years (or perhaps the same year), the Apostle {{wp|St. Paul}} is beheaded in Urceopolis.
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|242 AD|| ||Following more than two hundred years, the Pictorian Dynasty dies out, throwing [[Great Levantia]] into chaos. By the end of the year, the {{wp|Magister militum}} seized power, ending the Potentate Period and beginning the Dominate, so called due to the title of address of the Magister militum - ''Lord''. While the nominal framework of the state remained the same, the Pontifex Maximus was now appointed directly by the Magister militum. The Dominate would remain until the end of the Levantine state. With the end of hereditary rule, the Dominate ushered in a period of civil wars for control over the state.
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|269-279 AD|| ||Most historians estimate the population of [[Great Levantia]] became majority [[Levantine Catholic Church|Christian]] during this time.
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|280 AD|| ||Scholarly consensus has indicated the migrations of [[Gothic people]] out of [[Gothica]] into [[Great Levantia]] began around this time.
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|307 AD|| ||The Christian Levantine General [[Amadeus Agrippa]] becomes Magister militum by appointment of his predecessor. Following a short civil war disputing his accession, Agrippa announces the legalization of Christianity in [[Great Levantia]].
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|310 AD|| ||In exchange for their help during the civil war, Amadeus Agrippa grants formal {{wp|foederati}} status to the [[Caenish people]], giving them legal authority over what would become [[Canaery]].
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|314 AD|| ||Magister militum [[Amadeus Agrippa]] deposes the last pagan Pontifex Maximus in [[Great Levantia]], transferring the title and religious authority to the {{wp|Pope|Bishop of Urceopolis}} while taking the nominal legal authority of Princeps for himself. From this point forward, as a consequence of the separation of the religious authority from political power, the head of [[Great Levantia]] is referred to as Emperor, as it was said from that point that he had ''imperium'', or, command, over the State.
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|354 AD|| ||The Kingdom of the Odonerones, a distant descendant of King Marius's [[Urlazio]] Kingdom, invades [[Tromarine]] and [[Crotona]], and [[Great Levantia]]'s military response is slow and ultimately unable to repulse the invasion, ultimately settling the Odonerones into a nominal client status. This conquest revealed the the long term decline of the Levantine Legions and established the precedent of petty Kings carving out Levantine territory and being able to secure Levantine protecton afterwards. Most historians point to this as the beginning of the end of [[Great Levantia]].
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|407 AD||  ||Sarpedonian tribes cross the Cazuano River into modern Pelaxia, undoing the caphirian control over the region.
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|409 AD||  ||After three years of depredation and wandering about southern Pelaxia the Losa, Ladri and Klis moved into Pelaxia in September or October 409. Thus began the history of the end of Caphiravian Pelaxia which came in 472. The Losa established a kingdom in Monti in what is today modern Montia and northern East Pelaxia. The Ladri also established a kingdom in the southern part of the region. The Klis established a kingdom in Albalitore – modern northwest coast. The Caphirian attempt under General Petia to dislodge the Septri from Jojoba failed in 422. Caphiria made attempts to restore control in 446 and 458 with partial success.
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|434 AD|| ||[[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] is sacked by a coalition of marauding Caens and Picts. The sack revealed the true extent of the decline of [[Great Levantia]], and Emperors for the next two decades spend considerable resources attempting to rebuild and fortify the city.
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|484 AD||  ||The Kosal established Agrila as the capital of their kingdom. Successive Kosal kings ruled Agrila as patricians who held imperial commissions to govern in the name of the Caphirian Consul. In 585 the Kosal conquered the Losa Kingdom of Montia, and thus controlled a third of Pelaxia.
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=Medieval history=
The Under-secretary (sottosegretario) is also appointed from the political class. The title derives from the fact that the minister is a Secretary of State. However, the Under-secretary is only an assistant to the minister - they aid the minister but cannot act in their stead. A ministry may have multiple Under-secretaries. Under-secretaries do not have any powers of their own, but only those delegated to them by the minister. If the powers conferred on an Under-secretary comprise a whole department of the ministry, they may be given the title of Deputy Minister.
==6th century==
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|502 AD|| ||With most of the peripheral areas of [[Great Levantia]] under "barbarian control", and the remaining Latino-Gaelic areas quasi-independent provinces, the nobility and people of [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] depose the last Emperor, signalling the traditionally understood end of [[Great Levantia]].
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|c. [[570]]|| ||{{wpl|Muhammad}}, founder of {{wpl|Islam}}, is born in [[Muqadas]], [[Audonia]]
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==7th century==
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|[[624]]|| ||{{wpl|Muhammad}} conquers the cities of [[Muqadas]] and [[Al-Aqdis]], founding the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]]
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|[[676]]-[[759]]|| ||The [[Corumm|Heavenly Shang Empire]] sends a number of treasure fleets to explore the western oceans. During this period the [[Corumm|Shang]] established trading posts and colonies in modern day [[Mutsutori]], [[Shanjin]] and [[Xingkai'pei]]. These are considered the first external colonies in [[Punth]] and were the harbinger of a frenzy for [[Punth]]ite colonies that continues today.
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|[[680]]-[[1071]]|| ||{{wp|Nestorian}} exiles from [[Audonia]] during the rise of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]], arrive in [[Levantia]] establishing the [[Hištanšahr|Principality of Hištanšahr]]
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==8th century==
The Board of the Minister (conglomeratio ministro) consists of the Head of the cabinet, the legislative office, and the specific secretariat, each with its own head. When the government changes, the members of the cabinet also change. The cabinet is empowered to assist the minister and co-ordinate activities of the ministry.
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|Mid 8th century|| ||The {{wpl|Great Stirrup Controversy|stirrup}}, brought by the Nestorians from [[Audonia]] and introduced by the warriors of [[Hištanšahr]] catches on in [[Levantia]], potentially kick starting {{wpl|feudalism}} on that continent. Cavalry, though it had been in use in antiquity, becomes a critical factor of warfare in [[Levantia]] for the next millennia.
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|761/765
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|Levantine Empire established by Conchobar I
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==9th century==
The board of administration (conglomeratio administratum) is chaired by the minister and composed of general directors and elected representatives of the personnel. It has an established structure and powers related to the organisation of labour in the ministry.
==10th century==
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|[[917]]|| ||Emperor Brian III of the [[Holy Levantine Empire|Levantine Empire]] dies and divides his realms into three upon his death; the [[Southern Kingdom of the Levantines]] to his eldest son, King Charles II, the [[Eastern Kingdom of the Levantines]] to his second son, King Culmann I, and the [[Western Kingdom of the Levantines]] to his youngest son, King Aemon I. No [[Emperor of the Levantines]] is crowned, functionally bringing the Empire to an end.
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|[[922]]|| ||The last male-line heir of [[St. Julius I]] dies in the [[Urceopolis (Archduchy)|Archduchy of Urceopolis]], leaving the [[Grand Duchy of Yustona|Grand Duke of Yustona]], Seán, in line for the throne. King Charles II, [[Southern Kingdom of the Levantines|King of Southern Levantines]], prohibits the Yustonan succession on grounds that it would make the combined realms too powerful. Seán refuses to be denied the so-called "Julian patrimony", beginning the War of the Urceopolitan Succession.
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|[[924]]|| ||The War of the Urceopolitan Succession ends, leaving Grand Duke Seán victorious. With the [[Urceopolis (Archduchy)|Archduchy of Urceopolis]] and [[Grand Duchy of Yustona]] under one ruler, the House of Julio-Yustona becomes the most powerful in the [[Southern Kingdom of the Levantines]]. A majority consensus of historians points to the unification of these two realms as the birth of a distinctly [[Urcean people|Urcean]] nation.
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|[[931]]|| ||The [[Conine dynasty]] dies out in the [[Eastern Kingdom of the Levantines]] with the childless death of King Culmann. The Dukes of the Kingdom elect one of their own, [[Emperor Leo I of the Holy Levantine Empire|Leo]], to serve as King.
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|[[965]]|| ||[[Emperor Leo I of the Holy Levantine Empire|King Leo I]] of the [[Eastern Kingdom of the Levantines]] begins an invasion of the [[Southern Kingdom of the Levantines]]. [[Urcea|Urceopolis-Yustona]] joins the war on Leo's side.
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|[[972]]|| ||After his conquest of the [[Southern Kingdom of the Levantines]], [[Emperor Leo I of the Holy Levantine Empire|King Leo I]] deposed the last [[Conine dynasty|Conine]] King in Levantia and was crowned [[Emperor of the Levantines]], reforging the Empire. The Eastern and Southern Kingdoms formed the nucleus of what would become recognizable as the [[Holy Levantine Empire]].
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|[[996]]|| ||The Lenonine Dynasty of [[Emperor of the Levantines|Emperors of the Levantines]] dies out in the male line, leading to a succession crisis and puts the [[Holy Levantine Empire|Levantine Empire]] on the verge of civil war.
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|[[997]]|| ||Civil war in the [[Holy Levantine Empire|Levantine Empire]] is avoided as the [[Collegial Electorate]] is formed, beginning {{wp|elective monarchy}} in the Empire. In the first election, the Collegial Electorate elected Duke Louis of Allaria to serve as Emperor. With an interruption between 1749 and 1799, every [[Emperor of the Levantines]] for the next millennia would be selected by the Collegial Electorate.
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==11th century==
The General Secretary (secretarius generalis) is only present in some ministries (e.g. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and has powers relating to co-ordination.
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|[[1031]]|| ||Due to political and religious factionalism within the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] between {{wpl|Sunni_Islam|Sunnis}} and {{wpl|Shia_Islam|Shias}}, the Punthite territories secede and form a [[Khandharan Empire|rival empire]].
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|[[1067]]|| ||Cambyses IV Ashrafioun, ruler of [[Hištanšahr]], dies without a clear heir, beginning the [[War of the Three Princes]]. Artaxerxes IX nominally becomes Prince, but the country is divided into a three-way civil war.
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|[[1071]]|| ||The [[War of the Three Princes]] ends with the [[Levantine Catholic Church|Catholic]] Seoirge Ashrafioun, backed by the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], emerges victorious. The [[Pope]] crowns him [[Kingdom of Gassavelia|King of Gassavelia]], bringing former [[Hištanšahr]] into the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] and into the [[Levantia|Levantine]] orbit.
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|[[1095]]|| ||[[Crusades]] begin in [[Sarpedon]]. Formal introduction of the {{wpl|stirrup}} to [[Sarpedon]]ian militaries, and the rise of cavalry warfare on that continent.
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|[[1097]]|| ||[[St. Julius I]] is canonized.
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|[[1098]]|| ||Emperor Leo II Luciusan of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] issues the [[Golden Bull of 1098]], elevating the union of [[Archduchy of Urceopolis|Urceopolis]]-[[Grand Duchy of Yustona|Yustona]] to the [[Urcea|Kingdom of Urcea]]. Archduke Riordan is crowned the first [[Apostolic King of Urcea|King of Urcea]].
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==12th century==
Subdivisions of the ministry include departments, general directorates, divisions, etc. They are different in every ministry. Usually, the department is the highest level sub-division of the ministry, and the general directorate (direzione generale) is a second-order sub-division. In some ministries, however, there are no departments and the general directorates are the highest level sub-division. The basic units of the ministry are the divisions (divisioni), which may be divided into sections (sezioni).
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|[[1144]]|| ||The [[Urcea|Urcean Crown]] acquires the [[Canaery|Electorate of Canaery]], solidifying its influence in the [[Collegial Electorate]] and [[Holy Levantine Empire]].
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|[[1153]]|| ||The Interregnum of 1153 in [[Urcea]] results in the ascension of the Julio-Aleckán dynasty in Urcea.
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|[[1167]]|| ||[[Crusades]] begin in [[Audonia]].
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==13th century==
=Ministries of the Imperium=  
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There are currently 15 distinct Ministries tasked with administering the Imperium of Caphiria. The magnitude of their responsibilities and corresponding size vary wildly from only a prime minister, with a single duty to fulfill, to thousands of minor officials who must micromanage resources for the empire.
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|[[1206]]-[[1668]]|| ||[[Kharan-dun#Myanga Ayil Khanate|Myanga Ayil Khanate]] sweeps through northern [[Punth]]
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|[[1210]]-[[1214]]|| ||[[Cromwelute Wars]] in the [[Kilikas Sea|Kilikas]] and [[Coscivian Sea]] basins.
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|[[1214]]|| ||Cónn of Holmfilth seizes the [[Apostolic King of Urcea|Urcean Crown]] with the help of powerful vassals is crowned King Constantine I of [[Urcea]], bypassing the previous King's - Emperor Niall I - son Donnchad. This event marks the beginning of the [[Saint's War]].
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|1234
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|Gallowglass Wars in Fiannria end.
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|[[1291]]|| ||[[Crusades]] in [[Sarpedon]] end.
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=Occidental renaissance history=
==Ministry of the Treasury==
==14th century==
Minister: Supreme Financier (Mensarius Superbus)
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|[[1206]]-[[1668]]|| ||[[Kharan-dun#Myanga Ayil Khanate|Myanga Ayil Khanate]] sweeps through northern [[South Punth]]
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|1320s-[[1555]]|| ||[[Levantine Renaissance]].
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|[[1339]]|| ||Beginning of the [[Great Interregnum]] in Urcea. For more than six decades, the [[Apostolic King of Urcea|Crown of Urcea]] remains vacant, the [[Pope]] takes control of [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]], and the [[Grand Duchy of Yustona]] and [[Urceopolis (Archduchy)|Archduchy of Urceopolis]] are divided between the two warring houses.
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|1347-1351
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|Great Plague hits Levantia and Sarpedon.
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|1350s|| ||Earliest record of cannons being used effectively in [[Occidental world|Occidental]] warfare.
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|[[1392]]|| ||Kingdom of the Fhainn is founded by Rethys I Màrtainn.
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Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria


Cardinal Cyfoeth
Annual budget: $308,626,500,000


==15th century==
Administered by the Supreme Financier (Mensarius Superbus), the Treasury controls distribution of aediles and quaestores throughout the Imperium. An aedile is a magistrate with access to the treasury itself in Venceia - no one other than the 120 aediles can withdraw public funds. Their job usually consists of approving funds to various institutions, such as other ministries, in the central government. There are two Censores who audit their activity throughout any given year. Withdrawals made without the necessary approval, either from the Senate or another Ministry, are grounds for dismissal and prosecution.
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|[[1402]]|| ||Louis, head of [[House de Weluta]], definitively defeats the Cónn faction and becomes [[Apostolic King of Urcea]], ending the [[Saint's War]] and [[Great Interregnum]]. [[House de Weluta]], with some exception in the 16th century, has ruled [[Urcea]] ever since.
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|[[1409]]|| ||[[Cardinal Cyfoeth]], a Fhainic clergyman in [[Kisr Bryn]], takes up arms against the 'regency council' of Emperor Hendric and leads an impromptu campaign to restore monarchic authority in Fhainnin. This sparks a major noble revolt, which the now-adult Emperor and the Cardinal-Militant brutally put down. Hundreds of rebellious or insufficiently loyal nobles are put to the sword, cementing power in the hands of the Imperial Throne.
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|[[1428]]|| ||[[Crusades]] end in [[Audonia]].
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|1320s-[[1555]]|| ||[[Levantine Renaissance]].
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|1450s|| ||Earliest [[Occidental world|Occidental]] record of firearms being used effectively in warfare.
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|1458-1494|| ||[[Conquest of East Gothica]] by crusaders chielfy from the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], establishing [[Yonderre]] as an autonomous marcher realm under [[Joanus de Martigueux]].
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|[[1206]]-[[1668]]|| ||[[Kharan-dun#Myanga Ayil Khanate|Myanga Ayil Khanate]] sweeps through northern [[South Punth]]
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==Early 16th century==
A Quaestor is a magistrate employed to collect taxes from the Praetors across the provinces. No money can enter the treasury without documentation from one these ten scrupulous bureaucratic accountants. Their other tasks include tertiary auditing for the withdrawals from the Aerarium (federal treasury), representation of the Treasury in the Senate or other assemblies, and other kinds of financial auditing to identify corrupt or erroneous transactions.
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|[[1517]]|| ||The [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] collapses after centuries of infighting culminate in a civil war which fractures the state.
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|1519-1545
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|First Princes' War in Fhainnaeran.
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|1544-1548
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|Kurikilan Crusade in Fhainnaeran.
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|[[1535]]-[[1538]]|| ||The [[Republican Revolution]] in [[Kiravia]] results in the formation of the Confederate Republics of Kiravia.
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|1320s-[[1555]]|| ||[[Levantine Renaissance]].
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|[[1206]]-[[1668]]|| ||[[Kharan-dun#Myanga Ayil Khanate|Myanga Ayil Khanate]] sweeps through northern [[South Punth]]
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|[[1555]]||May 2||The [[Great Confessional War]] starts, signaling the end of the petty kingdoms of medieval [[Levantia]] and the start of the [[Timeline_of_major_events_in_Ixnay#Early_modern_history|Early Modern period]].
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|1556-1557|| || A large scale revolt known as the [[First Potato War]], an off-shoot of the [[Great Confessional War]], occurs in [[Yonderre]] and is ultimately put down a year later.
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=Early modern history=
Aside from its magistrates, the Treasury employs approximately 50,000 ratiocinatores (accountants) to keep the financial records and organize future spending according to legislative intentions. These people perform the groundwork of the Treasury, ensuring that no debts are forgotten, no money disappears, and no project is left to the wayside.
==Late 16th century==
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|[[1206]]-[[1668]]|| ||[[Kharan-dun#Myanga Ayil Khanate|Myanga Ayil Khanate]] sweeps through northern [[South Punth]]
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|[[1555]]-[[1575]]|| ||[[Great Confessional War]] in [[Levantia]] sparks an emigration of Levantine Protestants across the world, especially [[South Punth]] and southern [[Crona]].
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|1571-1583
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|Second Princes' War in Fhainnaeran.
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|[[1598]]-[[1854]]||February 9, [[1598]]||[[Burgundian West Punth Trading Company]], formed primarily of Levantine Protestants fleeing the [[Great Confessional War]] start the [[Kandara|Kandoora colony]], sparking a 250 year campaign of explosive colonization in [[South Punth]].
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==17th century==
As for the Mensarius Superbus himself, his duties include administering treasury workers in general, writing the national budget according necessities and plans recorded by his accountants, and speaking with the Imperator on financial matters as a primary member of the Officium Imperialis.
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|[[1206]]-[[1668]]||July 21, [[1668]]||[[Kharan-dun#Myanga Ayil Khanate|Myanga Ayil Khanate]] sweeps through northern [[South Punth]], ending in the Battle of Telmen-Uul when [[Burgundian West Punth Trading Company]] forces defeated the Army of the Khans.
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|[[1598]]-[[1854]]|| ||[[Burgundian West Punth Trading Company]], formed primarily of Levantine Protestants fleeing the [[Great Confessional War]] start the [[Kandara|Kandoora colony]], sparking a 250 year campaign of explosive colonization in [[South Punth]].
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|[[1625]]-[[1634]]|| ||The War of Urlazio, in which [[Urcea]] took the beachhead on [[Urlazio]] to prevent [[Caphiria]]n expansion into [[Levantia]].
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|1641-1643 || ||The [[Yonderian Peasants' War]] ravages the countryside of [[Yonderre]], ultimately leading to the failure of the rebellion and diminishing of the rights of the Yonderian peasantry.
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|1676-1712
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|Tundra Wars in Fhainnaeran and northern Levantia.
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==18th century==
==Ministry of Justice==
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Minister: High Judge (Magnus Judex)
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|[[1598]]-[[1854]]||February 9, [[1598]]||[[Burgundian West Punth Trading Company]], formed primarily of Levantine Protestants fleeing the [[Great Confessional War]] start the [[Kandara|Kandoora colony]], sparking a 250 year campaign of explosive colonization in [[South Punth]].
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|1712-1717
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|Sutharine Succession Crisis in Fhainnaeran.
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|1713-1717
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|First Kin War between Fhainnaeran and Fiannria (maybe others).
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|[[1722]]-[[1723]]
|December 12, [[1722]]
|The [[Burgundian South Levantine Trading Company|South Levantine Company]] takes control of the [[Çyr]], ruling it directly as a colony.
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|[[1728]]
|October 20-23, [[1728]]
|The [[Great Fire of Collinebourg]] leaves more than 20,000 homeless as [[Collinebourg]] burns for 60 hours.
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|[[1776]]||April 4, [[1776]]||[[Leonoix family#Notable_Members|Varisavius Leonoix]] completes the first shipment of coffee from Zirapsis, [[Melian Islands]] to [[Béyasar]], [[Great Kirav]].
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|1778-1802
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|Second Kin War between Fhainnaeran and Fiannria.
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|[[1782]]|| ||[[Veltorina]]n independence from [[Caphiria]]. [[Urcea]] supported the [[Veltorina]]n revolutionaries and recieved [[Talionia]] as a prize, and as a forward operating base to garuntee the independence of [[Veltorina]] against [[Caphiria]]n reconquest.
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|[[1787-1788]]
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|The [[Second Potato War]] rages in [[Yonderre]], ending in the suppression of the revolt and execution of its leaders but also lighter taxation of the peasantry.
|}


=Late modern history=
Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria
==19th century==
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|[[1811]]|| ||Bergendii dissidents launch an insurrection against the local Fiannrian occupation government. The Fanerian Empire moves quickly to back the rebels using a prototype railroad, mobilizing far more quickly than thought possible. The [[Northern Levantine Mediatization War]] begins. (check this)
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|[[1812]]-[[1816]]
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|The [[History of the Çyr#.C3.87yrine Revolution .281812-1815.29|Çyrine Revolution]] begins, culminating with the proclamation of the short-lived [[Çyr|Republic of Çyr]] in 1815 before the government is toppled and replaced by a local monarchy.
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|[[1822]]|| ||The Kingdom of Kuhlfros faces a serious government crisis due to a string of severe military defeats, known as the [[Kuhlfros#The_White_Revolution|White Revolution]]. The war in northern [[Levantia]] is left primarily between the Coalition and the Ultmarine duchies. Burgundie is recognized as a sovereign state by its ally, and begins to conduct autonomous government for the first time since [[1141]]. (check this)
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|1829-1831
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|Third Kin War between Fhainnaeran and Fiannria. Fhainnin power reaches its zenith.
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|[[1822]]
|June 20, [[1822]]
|The Empire of Çyr is toppled, replaced with the [[Çyr|Second Çyrine Republic]].
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|[[1837]]|| ||The [[Northern Levantine Mediatization War]] is won by the Christensen Coalition, officially freeing Burgundie from [[Kuhlfros|Fiannrian]] control. Southern Ultmar, spanning across the central stretch of the Great Northern Plain, is decisively conquered by the Fanerian Empire. (check this)
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|1843
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|Treaty of the Pass submits northern Finn/Aenglo nation as a vassal of Fhainnaeran.
|-
|[[1843]]-[[1846]]
|
|The [[History of the Çyr#.C3.87yrine-Emirati War .281843-1846.29|Çyrine-Emirati War]] is waged between the [[Çyr|Second Çyrine Republic]] and the [[United Audonian Emirates|emirates of Yas and Al Sa'id]] over naval boundaries. The war concludes with a Çyrine victory and an internationally recognized expansion of their maritime borders.
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|[[1848]]|| ||{{wpl|Revolutions_of_1848|People's Spring}} in [[Levantia]] and [[Crona]]. This event saw widespread, concurrent, not uncoordinated revolts. Since the revolutionary activity was ad hoc, no two had the same aims. However, in general they were in favor of more liberal forms of government, the abolishing of monarchies, the abolishing of empires and the creation of ethno-cultural nation states. It is considered the international expression of many aims of the [[1823]] [[Kuhlfros#The_White_Revolution|White Revolution]] in [[Fiannria]].
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|[[1854]]||July 2, [[1854]]||The last [[Burgundian West Punth Trading Company]] colony, [[Khathostan|Dwemer Colony]] falls and the [[Burgundie|Burgundians]] formally lose their hold in [[South Punth]].
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|1886-1887:
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|Fourth Kin War between Fhainnaeran and Fiannria. Fhainnaeran's monarchy cuts losses early at the cost of an entire province, enraging the Fhainnin populace.
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|[[1897]]-[[1902]]|| ||[[Red Interregnum]]
|}


==Early 20th century==
Annual budget: $881,790,000,000
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|[[1897]]-[[1902]]|| ||[[Red Interregnum]]
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|[[1911]]-[[1916]]|| ||[[Kiro-Burgundian_Wars#War_of_Faskano_Strait|War of Faskano Strait]]
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|[[1916]]||March 18||The [[Kiro-Burgundian_Wars#War_of_Faskano_Strait|Battle of Langenhanshagen]], [[Kiravia]]ian forces field {{wpl|Tankette|mobile pill boxes}} against [[Burgundie|Burgundian]] troops, the first recorded use of tanks in warfare.
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|[[1909]]-[[1932]]|| ||[[Great Depression|Great DIXpression]]
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|[[1927]]||April 4||The start of the [[Great War]] signaling the end of the late modern period.
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=Contemporary history=
Administered by the High Judge (Magnus Judex), the Ministry of Justice arranges the album judicum - a list of every licensed jurist eligible for judging cases in a lawful court - and decides on the time and place of sessions in every Caphirian court of law. The Supreme Court (Tribunalis Ultima) in the center of Venceia is presided over by the Magnus Judex and is the highest court of Caphirian law. Decisions ruled as part of a proceeding in the Supreme Court cannot be overruled elsewhere, unless the relevant law is changed by senatus consultum. Presiding over this court is one of the primary functions of the ministry.
==Late 20th century==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
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|1906-1916
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|Fhainnin Civil War. Fhainnaeran's monarchy is overthrown and replaced with a representative government.
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|[[1927]]-[[1953]]|| ||[[Great War]] in [[Crona]], [[Sarpedon]] and [[Levantia]]<br>*Levantine Civil War<br>*Insui-Caphirian conflict<br>*[[Great Cronan War]] ([[1948]]-[[1953]])
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|[[1942]]-[[1955]]|| ||[[Thirteen Year War]] between [[Fiannria]], Helvana and the [[Yytuskia-Helvana|Yytuskian Reich]]
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|[[1966]]-[[1983]]|| ||[[Operation Kipling]] in [[South Punth]]. [[Burgundie]] engages in a massive anti-communist counter-insurgency war.
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|[[1980]]||4 November||[[Aedan Escrow]] wins the [[1980 Urcean procuratorial election]] as his party wins the [[1980 Urcean Concilium Daoni election]], ending five years of [[National Democratic Party (Urcea)]] rule.
|-
|1992-1994
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|Vandarch Canal Crisis between Fhainnaeran, Nahe, Yonderre, and Covina.
|-
|[[1983]] - [[1989]]||August 13th, 1983 - March 1st, 1989||The [[The Years of Sorrow|six-year civil war]] that enveloped [[Yytuskia-Helvana|Yytuskia]] between the fascist Hertal government, and the civilian/military socialist ''coup d'etat''. Resulted in the desposition and hanging of topic government officials, and a return to democracy after almost 70-years of authoritarianism.
|}


==21st century==
==Ministry of Diplomacy==
Minister: Chancellor of Diplomacy (Proprinceps)


Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria
Annual budget: $1,068,645,500,000
Administered with little oversight by the Chancellor of Diplomacy (Proprinceps), the Ministry of Diplomacy is responsible for Caphiria's diplomatic, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs (as well as for providing support for its citizens who are abroad) and is responsible for public security, immigration affairs, prisons and road traffic safety.
The Ministry of Diplomacy is split into two principal offices: The External Office and Internal Office, responsible international and domestic relations respectively. The External Office has the ability to deploy diplomats to foreign governments or institutions and maintains foreign embassies in other countries. Within the External Office is the Department of Immigration, which manages issues of immigration and asylum for refugees. The Department of Immigration is also responsible for the regulation of immigration and preventing illegal immigration as well as the integration of legal immigrants (professionally, linguistically, housing).
The Internal Office is responsible for the general interior security of the country (with respect to criminal acts or natural catastrophes), including maintaining control over the, the granting of identity documents (passports, identity cards) and driving licenses through the Provinces, acts as liaison between the central government and local governments, and handles the logistics and organization of political elections, at the national and provincial levels.
As the most knowledgeable minister regarding foreign affairs, the Chancellor of Diplomacy is often the closest advisor of the Imperator - historically, it was his status as the emperor's second that required such knowledge of him. When the office was created in 1860 CE, it was also the second most powerful position in Caphiria, allowing its occupant to make decisions on behalf of the emperor. Today, it remains one of the highest offices in a nobleman's cursus honorum, often sought out instead of Princeps Senatus. The control and responsibility of a position tasked with managing the relations of Caphiria with foreign powers is hard to understate. In practice, a Proprinceps often makes the decision whether or not to pursue closer or more aloof relations with another country and, in the past, they have had far-reaching consequences for the first contact with other nations.
==Ministry of Culture==
Minister: Master of Culture (Maecenarius)
Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria
Annual budget: $923,780,000,000
Administered by the Master of Culture (Maecenarius), the Ministry of Culture has an essential role in fostering the national and international reputation of Caphiria. This ministry serves three goals: to promote and celebrate Caphirian culture, to foster scientific development, and to oversee the preservation and adaptation of Latin and protect other languages. Every national sporting event is planned and executed by this ministry, as are major appearances of an emperor to the public. National celebrations such as the anniversaries of the founding of Caphiria are also designed completely by members of the Ministry of Culture.
However, social planning is far from the ministry's only function. It is also tasked with guiding the development of Caphirian cultures, enforcing the Latinisation of smaller cultures into the "red cloth" of Caphiria. This is less important now than it was during the colonization of Ranaella or the annexation of Veltornia but it remains an ongoing task. Last but not least of its functions is the direct management of public media such as the national newspaper, public radio, nationwide television broadcasts, and international distribution of Caphiravian television, radio, movies, and other pieces of culture.
The Ministry of Culture also coordinates the scientific development underway in centers of research throughout the Imperium, deciding where to allocate research grants and what to prioritize for national research programs. A distinct position, Doctor Naturalis (Scientific Specialist) exists to directly update the Senate and Imperator on current and breakthrough science. With regards to the preservation of Latin, The Ministry of Culture employs the Praeministrum Linguarum (Minister of Languages), principle responsibilities including the translation of documents and laws into the regional legal languages, employing mediators in international events, and selling translating services to major guilds.
==Ministry of the Tribunate==
Minister: Plebeian Tribune (Tribunus Plebis)
Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria
Annual budget: N/A
Solely consisting of the Plebeian Tribune (Tribunus Plebis), this ministry exercises the jus intercessionis, i.e. the veto against harmful legislation. The sole purpose of the Tribune is to prevent legislation that disenfranchises the class of society which cannot hold other offices or that roots economic inequality in the law. A Tribune is elected every lustrum from well-educated members of the Plebeian Order by popular assembly of the citizens of Caphiria.
Because of this, the Ministry of the Tribunate is not considered a ministry in the formal sense and it is purely a ceremonial honor to empower the plebeian class; it does not show up on the governmental budget and the Plebeian Tribune is payed a salary from the government as a non-parliamentary magistrate.
==Ministry of Defense==
Minister: Prime Minister of Defense (Praeministrum Custodiem)
Headquarters: Arzercavalli, Magenevum
Annual budget: $6,739,395,000,000
Administered by the Prime Minister of Defense (Praeministrum Custodiem), the Ministry of Defense is responsible for coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the Imperial Armed Forces. The Ministry is the single largest employer in the world with over 9.5 million active-duty servicemen and women. Adding to its employees are 3,000,000 national guardsmen and 19 million reservists - the largest reserve force in the world. The Ministry also employees an additional quarter million civilians, bringing the total to over 30 million.
The Ministry of Defense is divided into the Department of Military Defense (DMD) and the Department of Civilian Defense (DCD); the former contains the three subordinate military departments: The Department of the Legion, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force. The DMD also contains the two sub-branches of the military: the Imperial Police Force, and the Praetorian Guard. The Department of Military Defense has statutory authority to conduct all the affairs of the uniformed services. It organizes the peacetime distribution of soldiers throughout the Imperium, sets military wages, communicates military policy to the public, and mediates requests for broad military policy from the Senate with the strategy of the Legion high command. This places the ministry at the forefront of the discrete machinations of the Imperial Armed Forces, being informed of every operation needing government clearance. There is no rank with greater military authority than the Legate of Military Defense - only the Imperator and General of the Imperial Armed Forces have equal command and imperium (executive power). The Legate of Military Defense has the unique access to the empire's satellite defense network and shares access codes for other weapons of mass destruction (e.g. Particle Bomb) with the General. As a way of coordinating national policy with military strategy, the Legate of Military Defense attends every meeting of the Caetus Legati (Gathering of Legates) where both global strategy and local tactics are designed.
On the other hand, the Department of Civilian Defense maintains the static defenses of the Imperium, initiates new defensive installations on land, and organizes the peacetime distribution of national guard units across all castra (miitary bases). The National Guard of the Imperium (Castellanae Imperiae) also falls under the jurisdiction the DCD, making up the only civilian force within the military. The Department of Civilian Defense is responsible for ordering, coordinating and carrying out the general guidelines of the Government about the defense policy. It determines and oversees: the policies of defense, military alliances, the conduct of war, and most importantly he expenses and budget of the military. The Department of Civilian Defense also contains the Office of Advanced Research and Development (O-ARD), which is responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.
The DMD is led by the Legate of Civilian Defense, who despite having civilian status, is the most influential civilian within the military of Caphiria. The Legate of Civilian Defense is a component of the Caetus Legati, representing athe dministrative and civilian backbone of the Caphirian military-industrial complex.
==Ministry of Intelligence==
Minister: Director of Intelligence (Rector Ingenio)
Headquarters: Pharos, Magenevum
Annual budget: $1,121,133,000,000
Administered by the Director of Intelligence (Rector Ingenio), the Ministry of Intelligence is tasked with conducting various intelligence activities to support the foreign policy and national security of Caphiria. It does this mainly though the use of its Auctores (Agents), who are highly skilled in espionage and other clandestine operations. The Ministry of Intelligence is divided into two departments, one for civilian intelligence and one for military intelligence.
The Department of Military Intelligence (DMI) contains agencies such as the Office of Naval Intelligence, Office of Reconnaissance, Office of Geospatial Intelligence, Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Office of Analysis, Resarch, and Intelligence, and the Intelligence and Security Command. The DMI also includes the Imperial Police Force, Praetorian Guard, and the Office of Security Affairs.
Running counter to the DMI is the Department of Civilian Intelligence (DCI), the collection of intelligence agencies that operate outside of the military of and report directly to the Imperator and the Caetus Legati. The two principal agencies of the DCI are the Advenarum Administratio (AA) and the Internum Notitia Securitatis (INS).
The AA, commonly known as the Advenarum, is tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world and is primarily focused on providing intelligence for the Imperator. The Advenarum has no law enforcement function and is mainly focused on overseas intelligence gathering. Unique to the Advenarum is that it is the only agency within the government authorized by law to carry out and oversee covert action at the behest of the Imperator with carte blanche discretionary power. It exerts foreign political influence through its tactical divisions, such as Task Force VII and Division DCCLXXVII. On the other side, the INS is responsible for domestic intelligence and security within the Imperium and serves as the principal federal law enforcement agency. The INS is the leading counter-terrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigative organization and has jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes. Unlike the AA, the INS operates exclusively within the borders of the Imperium and employs about 66,200 uniformed staff, including about 4,000 special forces troops.
==Censorial Assembly==
Minister: Censores
Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria
Annual budget: $314,925,000,000
The 18 Censores (Censors) of the Comitia Censoria (Censorial Assembly) are sacrosanct magistrates tasked with safeguarding the principles of the Constitution of Caphiria. Their task is to oversee the executive for constitutional violations, intercede against legislation which violates constitutional law, prosecute magistrates for poor moral and legal conduct, and uphold public morality by example and education.
==Ministry of the Church==
Minister: Chief Augur (Princeps Auspex)
Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria
Annual budget: $4,199,000,000
Administered by the Chief Augur (Princeps Auspex), this ministry coordinates the Ecclesia Catholica with both the government in general and the Pontifex Maximus. Most of its interactions with the government is to deliver administrative commands from the Imperator to the College of Pontiffs but it also provides theological counsel from the expert College of Augurs, official Catholic theologians and interpreters of the Bible.
==Ministry of Infrastructure==
Minister: Minister of Power (Praeministrum Navitas)
Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria
Annual budget: $1,816,067,500,000
Administered by the Minister of Power (Praeministrum Navitas), this ministry maintains the infrastructure for power generation in the Imperium, establishes safety and efficiency standards for the electrical power industry, and oversees the operations of nuclear reactors, hydroelectric dams and power lines.
The Ministry of Infrastructure also includes the Department of Transportation. Administered by the Magister Vehicularum (Master of Transportation), the Department of Transportation maintains infrastructure for public transportation within the Imperium including viae publicae, subterrae, caeliporta, navaliae, and railways, safeguards the blueprints for the imperial transportation network, sets speed limits when changes are necessary, and monitors the flow of traffic throughout the Imperium. Most autoki (cars) manufactured in the last decade have autonomous features that plan routes and directly control the vehicle. These systems interface with a network run by the Ministry of Infrastructure that tracks the movement of every vehicle on a public highway by a combination of satellites surveillance, global positioning systems, and automation software. Communication between millions of cars at once ensures incomparable efficiency on all public highways despite frequent interaction with human drivers.
==Ministry of Education==
Minister: Minister of Education (Praeministrum Ludones); Most Educated One (Eruditionis)
Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria
Annual budget: $1,601,918,500,000
Co-administered by the Eruditionis (Most Educated One) and the Praeministrum Ludones (Prime Minister of Education), this ministry establishes the national curricula for upper schools (universales et academiae) and lower schools (grammatici) , enforces absolute adherence to this school system, sets entrance standards for students and professors at the university and academy level, confers teaching licenses and sends delegates to directly hand out degrees to graduating doctores.
==Ministry of Health==
Minister: Minister of Health (Praeministrum Valetudo)
Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria
Annual budget: $1,049,750,000,000
Administered by the Minister of Health (Praeministrum Valetudo), the Ministry of Health is responsible for protecting the health of all citizens of the Imperium and providing essential human services. It is responsible for governing healthcare, the healthcare industry, public health and health-related NGOs. The Ministry governs and regulates the activity of medical professionals, hospitals and clinics in the country.
It also developed the Imperial Food Pyramid to guide food and meal planning. The divisions show healthy intake of water, fruits and vegetables, starches (bread, biscotti, pasta, etc.), protein (meat, cold cut meats, eggs, fish, etc.), milk and dairy, and occasional uses (oils, sweets, and alcohol). The pyramid is intended to represent the variety of foods eaten over an entire week, averaged into daily portions.
The responsibilities of the Ministry of Health also extend to the governance of federal medical facilities, medical education and manpower development, epidemiological and environmental health monitoring and health statistics, control of infectious diseases, development of health regulations, the development of federal standards and recommendations for quality assurance, and the control and licensing of drugs.
==Ministry of Environment and Horticulture==
Minister: Minister of the Environment (Praeministrum Truculenter)
Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria
Annual budget: $1,259,700,000,000
Administered by the Minister of the Environment (Praeministrum Truculenter), the Ministry of Environment and Horticulture is responsible for the development of the Imperium's policy on environment, sustainable development, fight against climate change and the direction of a more ecological and productive social model. It oversees, manages and regulates the farming, fishing, food, animal welfare, bio-security, and forestry sectors of the Imperium. It also supports the agricultural production, soil conservation, rural development, agricultural market regulation, and financial stabilization of the farming sector.
The Ministry is also responsible for developing the legislation in water, shores, environment, hills, meteorology and climatology affairs, though it does not deal with weather manipulation. It also is responsible for: suggesting and carrying out the general guidelines of the Government about the agricultural, fishing and food policy; managing the hydraulic, maritime and terrestrial public property; representing the State at the international organizations belonging to these affairs; coordinating the actions, cooperating and setting up the design and the implementation of all the policies which affect the Provinces and the remaining public administrations' competencies sphere, promoting their involvement through the organizations and the suitable resources.
Because of the scope of its responsibilities, the Ministry of Environment and Horticulture is structurally one of the densest ministries within the Imperium. It maintains over a dozen departments and it also has some autonomous bodies which belong to the Ministry but they have their own budget.
==Ministry of Meteorology==
Minister: Minister of the Climate (Praeministrum Caelum)
Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria
Annual budget: $1,154,725,000,000
Administered by the Minister of the Climate (Praeministrum Caelum), the Ministry of Meteorology is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information. It is also directly responsibility for the usage, maintenance, and upkeep of the weather manipulation systems and protocols that are used across the Imperium.
The Minister of the Climate is not able to alter any of the three principal weather manipulation tools at their own discretion; any modifications to the systems must be approved by the Senate as climate control is strictly regulated.
==Ministry of Commerce and Trade==
Minister: Minister of Commerce (Praeministrum Commercium)
Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria
Annual budget: $1,049,750,000,000
Administered by the Minister of Commerce (Praeministrum Commercium), the Ministry of Commerce is concerned with economic growth and commerce development and promotion in Caphiria. It is responsible for regulating foreign trade, civil industries, metrology, technical standardization, and has jurisdiction over a broad policy area, containing Caphiria's industrial/trade policies, energy security, control of arms exports.
Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic data for business and government decision-making, and helping to set industrial standards. This Ministry of Commerce and Trade's main purpose is to create jobs, promote economic growth, encourage sustainable development and improve standards of living for all citizens within the Imperium.
Within the Ministry of Commerce and Trade is the Department of Labor, which is responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, reemployment services, and some economic statistics. Its purpose is to foster, promote, and develop the well-being of the wage earners and job seekers, improve working conditions, advance opportunities for profitable employment, and assure work-related benefits and rights.
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The Ministries of Caphiria (Latin: Ministeria; also known as Imperial Ministries) are the administrative organ of the Government of Caphiria. They are a collection of trans-parliamentary bodies that administer the functions of the federal government on behalf of the Imperator of Caphiria. Almost every ministry is run by one Minister (praeministrro) who is appointed by the Imperator. Various numbers of minor officials and magistrates work for the prime ministers to perform their given administrative functions.

Among the duties of a prime minister are advising the Senate on matters within his jurisdiction, allocating public funds toward his ministry's assigned and self-directed goals, and providing counsel to the Imperator as members of the Office of the Imperium. The job of a minister can be extremely tasking, with his combined advisory and administrative roles. Failure to fulfill certain essential functions of government open a minister to prosecution by the Senate and, at the very least, put their position at risk. While the empire could survive for some time without the functions of the Senate, it would entirely collapse if whole ministries became incapable of performing their designated functions.

General structure

The minister (praeministrro) is the head of the ministry and is a member of the political class. The minister proposes the appointment of directors with general functions to the Office of the Imperium, directs administrative action, and takes decisions on important matters. There are also ministers without portfolio for competencies that do not come with budgetary autonomy (e.g. the Minister for relations with the Senate).

The Under-secretary (sottosegretario) is also appointed from the political class. The title derives from the fact that the minister is a Secretary of State. However, the Under-secretary is only an assistant to the minister - they aid the minister but cannot act in their stead. A ministry may have multiple Under-secretaries. Under-secretaries do not have any powers of their own, but only those delegated to them by the minister. If the powers conferred on an Under-secretary comprise a whole department of the ministry, they may be given the title of Deputy Minister.

The Board of the Minister (conglomeratio ministro) consists of the Head of the cabinet, the legislative office, and the specific secretariat, each with its own head. When the government changes, the members of the cabinet also change. The cabinet is empowered to assist the minister and co-ordinate activities of the ministry.

The board of administration (conglomeratio administratum) is chaired by the minister and composed of general directors and elected representatives of the personnel. It has an established structure and powers related to the organisation of labour in the ministry.

The General Secretary (secretarius generalis) is only present in some ministries (e.g. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and has powers relating to co-ordination.

Subdivisions of the ministry include departments, general directorates, divisions, etc. They are different in every ministry. Usually, the department is the highest level sub-division of the ministry, and the general directorate (direzione generale) is a second-order sub-division. In some ministries, however, there are no departments and the general directorates are the highest level sub-division. The basic units of the ministry are the divisions (divisioni), which may be divided into sections (sezioni).

Ministries of the Imperium

There are currently 15 distinct Ministries tasked with administering the Imperium of Caphiria. The magnitude of their responsibilities and corresponding size vary wildly from only a prime minister, with a single duty to fulfill, to thousands of minor officials who must micromanage resources for the empire.

Ministry of the Treasury

Minister: Supreme Financier (Mensarius Superbus)

Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria

Annual budget: $308,626,500,000

Administered by the Supreme Financier (Mensarius Superbus), the Treasury controls distribution of aediles and quaestores throughout the Imperium. An aedile is a magistrate with access to the treasury itself in Venceia - no one other than the 120 aediles can withdraw public funds. Their job usually consists of approving funds to various institutions, such as other ministries, in the central government. There are two Censores who audit their activity throughout any given year. Withdrawals made without the necessary approval, either from the Senate or another Ministry, are grounds for dismissal and prosecution.

A Quaestor is a magistrate employed to collect taxes from the Praetors across the provinces. No money can enter the treasury without documentation from one these ten scrupulous bureaucratic accountants. Their other tasks include tertiary auditing for the withdrawals from the Aerarium (federal treasury), representation of the Treasury in the Senate or other assemblies, and other kinds of financial auditing to identify corrupt or erroneous transactions.

Aside from its magistrates, the Treasury employs approximately 50,000 ratiocinatores (accountants) to keep the financial records and organize future spending according to legislative intentions. These people perform the groundwork of the Treasury, ensuring that no debts are forgotten, no money disappears, and no project is left to the wayside.

As for the Mensarius Superbus himself, his duties include administering treasury workers in general, writing the national budget according necessities and plans recorded by his accountants, and speaking with the Imperator on financial matters as a primary member of the Officium Imperialis.

Ministry of Justice

Minister: High Judge (Magnus Judex)

Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria

Annual budget: $881,790,000,000

Administered by the High Judge (Magnus Judex), the Ministry of Justice arranges the album judicum - a list of every licensed jurist eligible for judging cases in a lawful court - and decides on the time and place of sessions in every Caphirian court of law. The Supreme Court (Tribunalis Ultima) in the center of Venceia is presided over by the Magnus Judex and is the highest court of Caphirian law. Decisions ruled as part of a proceeding in the Supreme Court cannot be overruled elsewhere, unless the relevant law is changed by senatus consultum. Presiding over this court is one of the primary functions of the ministry.

Ministry of Diplomacy

Minister: Chancellor of Diplomacy (Proprinceps)

Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria

Annual budget: $1,068,645,500,000

Administered with little oversight by the Chancellor of Diplomacy (Proprinceps), the Ministry of Diplomacy is responsible for Caphiria's diplomatic, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs (as well as for providing support for its citizens who are abroad) and is responsible for public security, immigration affairs, prisons and road traffic safety.

The Ministry of Diplomacy is split into two principal offices: The External Office and Internal Office, responsible international and domestic relations respectively. The External Office has the ability to deploy diplomats to foreign governments or institutions and maintains foreign embassies in other countries. Within the External Office is the Department of Immigration, which manages issues of immigration and asylum for refugees. The Department of Immigration is also responsible for the regulation of immigration and preventing illegal immigration as well as the integration of legal immigrants (professionally, linguistically, housing).

The Internal Office is responsible for the general interior security of the country (with respect to criminal acts or natural catastrophes), including maintaining control over the, the granting of identity documents (passports, identity cards) and driving licenses through the Provinces, acts as liaison between the central government and local governments, and handles the logistics and organization of political elections, at the national and provincial levels.

As the most knowledgeable minister regarding foreign affairs, the Chancellor of Diplomacy is often the closest advisor of the Imperator - historically, it was his status as the emperor's second that required such knowledge of him. When the office was created in 1860 CE, it was also the second most powerful position in Caphiria, allowing its occupant to make decisions on behalf of the emperor. Today, it remains one of the highest offices in a nobleman's cursus honorum, often sought out instead of Princeps Senatus. The control and responsibility of a position tasked with managing the relations of Caphiria with foreign powers is hard to understate. In practice, a Proprinceps often makes the decision whether or not to pursue closer or more aloof relations with another country and, in the past, they have had far-reaching consequences for the first contact with other nations.

Ministry of Culture

Minister: Master of Culture (Maecenarius)

Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria

Annual budget: $923,780,000,000

Administered by the Master of Culture (Maecenarius), the Ministry of Culture has an essential role in fostering the national and international reputation of Caphiria. This ministry serves three goals: to promote and celebrate Caphirian culture, to foster scientific development, and to oversee the preservation and adaptation of Latin and protect other languages. Every national sporting event is planned and executed by this ministry, as are major appearances of an emperor to the public. National celebrations such as the anniversaries of the founding of Caphiria are also designed completely by members of the Ministry of Culture.

However, social planning is far from the ministry's only function. It is also tasked with guiding the development of Caphirian cultures, enforcing the Latinisation of smaller cultures into the "red cloth" of Caphiria. This is less important now than it was during the colonization of Ranaella or the annexation of Veltornia but it remains an ongoing task. Last but not least of its functions is the direct management of public media such as the national newspaper, public radio, nationwide television broadcasts, and international distribution of Caphiravian television, radio, movies, and other pieces of culture.

The Ministry of Culture also coordinates the scientific development underway in centers of research throughout the Imperium, deciding where to allocate research grants and what to prioritize for national research programs. A distinct position, Doctor Naturalis (Scientific Specialist) exists to directly update the Senate and Imperator on current and breakthrough science. With regards to the preservation of Latin, The Ministry of Culture employs the Praeministrum Linguarum (Minister of Languages), principle responsibilities including the translation of documents and laws into the regional legal languages, employing mediators in international events, and selling translating services to major guilds.

Ministry of the Tribunate

Minister: Plebeian Tribune (Tribunus Plebis)

Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria

Annual budget: N/A

Solely consisting of the Plebeian Tribune (Tribunus Plebis), this ministry exercises the jus intercessionis, i.e. the veto against harmful legislation. The sole purpose of the Tribune is to prevent legislation that disenfranchises the class of society which cannot hold other offices or that roots economic inequality in the law. A Tribune is elected every lustrum from well-educated members of the Plebeian Order by popular assembly of the citizens of Caphiria.

Because of this, the Ministry of the Tribunate is not considered a ministry in the formal sense and it is purely a ceremonial honor to empower the plebeian class; it does not show up on the governmental budget and the Plebeian Tribune is payed a salary from the government as a non-parliamentary magistrate.

Ministry of Defense

Minister: Prime Minister of Defense (Praeministrum Custodiem)

Headquarters: Arzercavalli, Magenevum

Annual budget: $6,739,395,000,000

Administered by the Prime Minister of Defense (Praeministrum Custodiem), the Ministry of Defense is responsible for coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the Imperial Armed Forces. The Ministry is the single largest employer in the world with over 9.5 million active-duty servicemen and women. Adding to its employees are 3,000,000 national guardsmen and 19 million reservists - the largest reserve force in the world. The Ministry also employees an additional quarter million civilians, bringing the total to over 30 million.

The Ministry of Defense is divided into the Department of Military Defense (DMD) and the Department of Civilian Defense (DCD); the former contains the three subordinate military departments: The Department of the Legion, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force. The DMD also contains the two sub-branches of the military: the Imperial Police Force, and the Praetorian Guard. The Department of Military Defense has statutory authority to conduct all the affairs of the uniformed services. It organizes the peacetime distribution of soldiers throughout the Imperium, sets military wages, communicates military policy to the public, and mediates requests for broad military policy from the Senate with the strategy of the Legion high command. This places the ministry at the forefront of the discrete machinations of the Imperial Armed Forces, being informed of every operation needing government clearance. There is no rank with greater military authority than the Legate of Military Defense - only the Imperator and General of the Imperial Armed Forces have equal command and imperium (executive power). The Legate of Military Defense has the unique access to the empire's satellite defense network and shares access codes for other weapons of mass destruction (e.g. Particle Bomb) with the General. As a way of coordinating national policy with military strategy, the Legate of Military Defense attends every meeting of the Caetus Legati (Gathering of Legates) where both global strategy and local tactics are designed.

On the other hand, the Department of Civilian Defense maintains the static defenses of the Imperium, initiates new defensive installations on land, and organizes the peacetime distribution of national guard units across all castra (miitary bases). The National Guard of the Imperium (Castellanae Imperiae) also falls under the jurisdiction the DCD, making up the only civilian force within the military. The Department of Civilian Defense is responsible for ordering, coordinating and carrying out the general guidelines of the Government about the defense policy. It determines and oversees: the policies of defense, military alliances, the conduct of war, and most importantly he expenses and budget of the military. The Department of Civilian Defense also contains the Office of Advanced Research and Development (O-ARD), which is responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.

The DMD is led by the Legate of Civilian Defense, who despite having civilian status, is the most influential civilian within the military of Caphiria. The Legate of Civilian Defense is a component of the Caetus Legati, representing athe dministrative and civilian backbone of the Caphirian military-industrial complex.

Ministry of Intelligence

Minister: Director of Intelligence (Rector Ingenio)

Headquarters: Pharos, Magenevum

Annual budget: $1,121,133,000,000

Administered by the Director of Intelligence (Rector Ingenio), the Ministry of Intelligence is tasked with conducting various intelligence activities to support the foreign policy and national security of Caphiria. It does this mainly though the use of its Auctores (Agents), who are highly skilled in espionage and other clandestine operations. The Ministry of Intelligence is divided into two departments, one for civilian intelligence and one for military intelligence.

The Department of Military Intelligence (DMI) contains agencies such as the Office of Naval Intelligence, Office of Reconnaissance, Office of Geospatial Intelligence, Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Office of Analysis, Resarch, and Intelligence, and the Intelligence and Security Command. The DMI also includes the Imperial Police Force, Praetorian Guard, and the Office of Security Affairs.

Running counter to the DMI is the Department of Civilian Intelligence (DCI), the collection of intelligence agencies that operate outside of the military of and report directly to the Imperator and the Caetus Legati. The two principal agencies of the DCI are the Advenarum Administratio (AA) and the Internum Notitia Securitatis (INS).

The AA, commonly known as the Advenarum, is tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world and is primarily focused on providing intelligence for the Imperator. The Advenarum has no law enforcement function and is mainly focused on overseas intelligence gathering. Unique to the Advenarum is that it is the only agency within the government authorized by law to carry out and oversee covert action at the behest of the Imperator with carte blanche discretionary power. It exerts foreign political influence through its tactical divisions, such as Task Force VII and Division DCCLXXVII. On the other side, the INS is responsible for domestic intelligence and security within the Imperium and serves as the principal federal law enforcement agency. The INS is the leading counter-terrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigative organization and has jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes. Unlike the AA, the INS operates exclusively within the borders of the Imperium and employs about 66,200 uniformed staff, including about 4,000 special forces troops.

Censorial Assembly

Minister: Censores

Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria

Annual budget: $314,925,000,000

The 18 Censores (Censors) of the Comitia Censoria (Censorial Assembly) are sacrosanct magistrates tasked with safeguarding the principles of the Constitution of Caphiria. Their task is to oversee the executive for constitutional violations, intercede against legislation which violates constitutional law, prosecute magistrates for poor moral and legal conduct, and uphold public morality by example and education.

Ministry of the Church

Minister: Chief Augur (Princeps Auspex)

Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria

Annual budget: $4,199,000,000

Administered by the Chief Augur (Princeps Auspex), this ministry coordinates the Ecclesia Catholica with both the government in general and the Pontifex Maximus. Most of its interactions with the government is to deliver administrative commands from the Imperator to the College of Pontiffs but it also provides theological counsel from the expert College of Augurs, official Catholic theologians and interpreters of the Bible.

Ministry of Infrastructure

Minister: Minister of Power (Praeministrum Navitas)

Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria

Annual budget: $1,816,067,500,000

Administered by the Minister of Power (Praeministrum Navitas), this ministry maintains the infrastructure for power generation in the Imperium, establishes safety and efficiency standards for the electrical power industry, and oversees the operations of nuclear reactors, hydroelectric dams and power lines.

The Ministry of Infrastructure also includes the Department of Transportation. Administered by the Magister Vehicularum (Master of Transportation), the Department of Transportation maintains infrastructure for public transportation within the Imperium including viae publicae, subterrae, caeliporta, navaliae, and railways, safeguards the blueprints for the imperial transportation network, sets speed limits when changes are necessary, and monitors the flow of traffic throughout the Imperium. Most autoki (cars) manufactured in the last decade have autonomous features that plan routes and directly control the vehicle. These systems interface with a network run by the Ministry of Infrastructure that tracks the movement of every vehicle on a public highway by a combination of satellites surveillance, global positioning systems, and automation software. Communication between millions of cars at once ensures incomparable efficiency on all public highways despite frequent interaction with human drivers.

Ministry of Education

Minister: Minister of Education (Praeministrum Ludones); Most Educated One (Eruditionis)

Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria

Annual budget: $1,601,918,500,000

Co-administered by the Eruditionis (Most Educated One) and the Praeministrum Ludones (Prime Minister of Education), this ministry establishes the national curricula for upper schools (universales et academiae) and lower schools (grammatici) , enforces absolute adherence to this school system, sets entrance standards for students and professors at the university and academy level, confers teaching licenses and sends delegates to directly hand out degrees to graduating doctores.

Ministry of Health

Minister: Minister of Health (Praeministrum Valetudo)

Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria

Annual budget: $1,049,750,000,000

Administered by the Minister of Health (Praeministrum Valetudo), the Ministry of Health is responsible for protecting the health of all citizens of the Imperium and providing essential human services. It is responsible for governing healthcare, the healthcare industry, public health and health-related NGOs. The Ministry governs and regulates the activity of medical professionals, hospitals and clinics in the country.

It also developed the Imperial Food Pyramid to guide food and meal planning. The divisions show healthy intake of water, fruits and vegetables, starches (bread, biscotti, pasta, etc.), protein (meat, cold cut meats, eggs, fish, etc.), milk and dairy, and occasional uses (oils, sweets, and alcohol). The pyramid is intended to represent the variety of foods eaten over an entire week, averaged into daily portions.

The responsibilities of the Ministry of Health also extend to the governance of federal medical facilities, medical education and manpower development, epidemiological and environmental health monitoring and health statistics, control of infectious diseases, development of health regulations, the development of federal standards and recommendations for quality assurance, and the control and licensing of drugs.

Ministry of Environment and Horticulture

Minister: Minister of the Environment (Praeministrum Truculenter)

Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria

Annual budget: $1,259,700,000,000

Administered by the Minister of the Environment (Praeministrum Truculenter), the Ministry of Environment and Horticulture is responsible for the development of the Imperium's policy on environment, sustainable development, fight against climate change and the direction of a more ecological and productive social model. It oversees, manages and regulates the farming, fishing, food, animal welfare, bio-security, and forestry sectors of the Imperium. It also supports the agricultural production, soil conservation, rural development, agricultural market regulation, and financial stabilization of the farming sector.

The Ministry is also responsible for developing the legislation in water, shores, environment, hills, meteorology and climatology affairs, though it does not deal with weather manipulation. It also is responsible for: suggesting and carrying out the general guidelines of the Government about the agricultural, fishing and food policy; managing the hydraulic, maritime and terrestrial public property; representing the State at the international organizations belonging to these affairs; coordinating the actions, cooperating and setting up the design and the implementation of all the policies which affect the Provinces and the remaining public administrations' competencies sphere, promoting their involvement through the organizations and the suitable resources.

Because of the scope of its responsibilities, the Ministry of Environment and Horticulture is structurally one of the densest ministries within the Imperium. It maintains over a dozen departments and it also has some autonomous bodies which belong to the Ministry but they have their own budget.

Ministry of Meteorology

Minister: Minister of the Climate (Praeministrum Caelum)

Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria

Annual budget: $1,154,725,000,000

Administered by the Minister of the Climate (Praeministrum Caelum), the Ministry of Meteorology is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information. It is also directly responsibility for the usage, maintenance, and upkeep of the weather manipulation systems and protocols that are used across the Imperium.

The Minister of the Climate is not able to alter any of the three principal weather manipulation tools at their own discretion; any modifications to the systems must be approved by the Senate as climate control is strictly regulated.

Ministry of Commerce and Trade

Minister: Minister of Commerce (Praeministrum Commercium)

Headquarters: Venceia, Caphiria

Annual budget: $1,049,750,000,000

Administered by the Minister of Commerce (Praeministrum Commercium), the Ministry of Commerce is concerned with economic growth and commerce development and promotion in Caphiria. It is responsible for regulating foreign trade, civil industries, metrology, technical standardization, and has jurisdiction over a broad policy area, containing Caphiria's industrial/trade policies, energy security, control of arms exports.

Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic data for business and government decision-making, and helping to set industrial standards. This Ministry of Commerce and Trade's main purpose is to create jobs, promote economic growth, encourage sustainable development and improve standards of living for all citizens within the Imperium.

Within the Ministry of Commerce and Trade is the Department of Labor, which is responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, reemployment services, and some economic statistics. Its purpose is to foster, promote, and develop the well-being of the wage earners and job seekers, improve working conditions, advance opportunities for profitable employment, and assure work-related benefits and rights.