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=== Imperial Governance & Long-term Stability === | === Imperial Governance & Long-term Stability === | ||
− | One of the far-reaching goals of several of the [[Emperor]]s of the [[Third Imperium]] has been to explore and achieve ''aeonic stabilty'', or the establishment of a perpetual system of stability and prosperity, a system that promotes | + | One of the far-reaching goals of several of the [[Emperor]]s of the [[Third Imperium]] has been to explore and achieve ''aeonic stabilty'', or the establishment of a perpetual system of stability and prosperity, a system that preserves and promotes a peaceful and vigorous civilization without inhibiting it. After studying the eventual failures and falls of the First and [[Second Imperium]]s, it has become apparent that [[civilization]] has its limits and the social constructs of sophontdom rise and fall with frightening regularity. The very existence of the Imperial Bureaucracy is rumored to be part of this program to achieve ''aeonic stability''. |
A number of programs have been launched in the over a millennium of the Third Imperium's existence including the following: | A number of programs have been launched in the over a millennium of the Third Imperium's existence including the following: |
Revision as of 12:52, 30 November 2016
The Imperial Bureaucracy of the Third Imperium is the group of governing bodies that administers to the needs of the Imperium and is divided into three parts:
- Civil Ministries of the Imperium
- Defense Ministry of the Imperium
- Offices of the Emperor
Description (Specifications)
The largest part are the civil ministries which support the inner workings of the Imperium and are overseen by High nobles. The second part is the Ministry of Defense which oversees, and is run by, the Imperial armed forces. The third and smallest part are the various Imperial offices, which report directly to the Emperor.
Bureaucracy Organization
The three primary groupings of the Imperial Bureaucracy each perform specialized tasks:
- Civil Ministries of the Imperium: (Ministry of Administration: Administrative needs such as justice, commerce, communication, science, etc.)
- Defense Ministry of the Imperium: (Ministry of Defense: Military needs such as defense of the realm and maintenance of the starways)
- Offices of the Emperor: (Ministry of the Emperor: Needs of the Emperor such as security, ceremonial functions, lodgings, travel, etc.)
Civil Ministries of the Imperium
The ministries are overseen by the Imperial Nobility, it is the duty of the high nobility to serve as the minister and director of each of the ministries within their demense.
The ministries within the Imperium are:
A. State & Justice Ministries:
- Ministry of Colonization: Selects worlds for colonization and expansion of the Imperium.
- Imperial Colonial Office (ICA)
- Imperial Ministry of Assimilation
- Imperial Terraforming Bureau AKA Imperial Terraformation Bureau
- Ministry of Justice (MOJ): Exercises authority over violations of Imperial law.
- Inquisitorial Branch
- Penal System
- Sector Court Branches
- Supreme Court of the Third Imperium
- Ministry of Legislation: Imperial Moot.
- Capital Branch Authority
- Core Sectors Branch Authority
- Frontier Sectors Branch Authority
- Ministry of State: Maintains diplomatic relations and executive functions.
- Imperial Board of Policy
- Imperial Diplomatic Corps (Foreign Branch)
- Imperial Border Office
- Imperial Diplomatic Corps (Domestic Branch)
- Imperial Intersectorial Diplomatic Office
- Intelligence Division
- Imperial Bureau of Investigations
B. Commerce & Communications Ministries:
- Ministry of Commerce: Responsible for maintaining trade and commerce.
- Imperial Customs Authority
- Imperial Shipping Commission (ISC)
- Imperial Travel Assistance Bureau
- Imperial Starport Authority (SPA)
- Trading Standards Bureau (TSB)
- Trade Station Commission
- Imperial Treasury (ITY)
- Office of the Mint (Imperial Currency)
- Monetary Board
- Ministry of Information and Communication: Responsible for communications, exploration, records, and education.
- Imperial Archives: (Records & History)
- Imperial Border Patrol
- Imperial Interstellar Scout Service (IISS): (Exploration, Astrography, Intelligence, Express Boat Network, etc.)
- Imperial Courier Service
- Strategic Planning Office
- Imperial Xenosociology Department
- Imperial Office of Education & Inculcation: Maintains Educational Institutes, the Imperial Interstellar Library ("The Encyclopedia"), and (Regulation & Prevention of Psionics).
- Imperial Ministry of Information
C. Science & Technologies Ministries:
- Ministry of Conservation: Oversight and preservation of non-renewable resources.
- Department of Endangered Creatures
- Department of Proto-sophont Preservation
- Department of Reserve Worlds
- Department of Resource Management
- Imperial Office of Interstellar Ecology
- Imperial Ministry of Science: Oversight of scientific research and the establishment of measurement standards within the Third Imperium.
- Department of Metempsychosis
- Ministry of Cloning
- Ministry of Genetics
- Imperial Weights & Measures Bureau
- Ministry of Technology: Oversight of technological advancement and research stations.
- Imperial Commission on Technological Level Standardization
- Ministry of Cybernetics
- Ministry of Robotics
Defense Ministry of the Imperium
The Minister is in charge of advising the Emperor on military affairs, evaluaing the general state of the Imperial military, and supervising long-term military planning, research and development. The Minister of Defense is appointed by the Emperor and reports directly to him.
- Imperial Ministry of Defense
- A. Imperial High Command (Office of the Unified Forces of the Imperium): The Imperial High Command, consisting of the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Lord Marshal of the Unified Armies, also report directly to the Emperor. The role of the High Command is to set military policy and perform strategic planning.
- Office of the Administration
- Admiralty Command
- Generalship Command
- High Imperial Marshal
- Office of the Commando (Special Forces)
- Protected Forces (ProFors)
- Rapid Interface Forces (RIF)
- Sylean Rangers
- Office of Communications (News & Public Relations)
- Imperial Pax Department
- Imperial War Department
- Office of Logistics
- Imperial Ready Reserve Fleet
- Imperial Surplus Service
- Office of the Administration
- B. Admiralty (Office of the Navy): The Naval office of the Ministry of Defense, also know as the Admiralty, is in charge of the Imperial Navy. The Naval office is run by the First Lord of the Admiralty, who heads the Board of the Admiralty.
- Imperial Navy
- Imperial Marines: The Commandant of the Marines, who commands the Imperial Marines, is part of the Admiralty. The Commandant advises the Imperial High Command.
- Sector Navies
- Forces of the Imperial Nobility under feudal obligation.
- Imperial Navy
- C. Unified Armies Command (Office of the Army): The Lord Marshal of the Unified Armies along with the General Staff of the Unified Armies manages the Imperial Army.
- Imperial Army
- Ground Force Command (GFC)
- Close Orbit and Airspace Control Command (COACC)
- Nautical Force Command (NFC)
- Sector Armies
- Forces of the Imperial Nobility under feudal obligation.
- Imperial Army
- A. Imperial High Command (Office of the Unified Forces of the Imperium): The Imperial High Command, consisting of the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Lord Marshal of the Unified Armies, also report directly to the Emperor. The role of the High Command is to set military policy and perform strategic planning.
Offices of the Emperor
These offices are part of the Emperors staff and oversee various aspects of the Imperium that do not belong to the other ministries.
Primary Service Offices
- Office of the Emperor: The personal staff to the Emperor and members of the Imperial family.
- Office of News & Public Relations: The propaganda arm of the Imperial government.
- Reservations Office: Manages the Emperor's holdings outside of the Imperial palace.
- Office of Security: Provides the security to the Emperor, the Imperial family, and the Palace.
- Imperial Guard: An elite military force assigned directly to service of the Emperor.
- Office of the Palace: The staff who runs the Imperial Palace.
- Office of Transportation: Manages the spacecraft and other transport systems available to the Emperor and Nobility.
Secondary Service Offices
- Office of Imperial Concerns
- Ancients Foundation: Concerned with the Imperial knowledge of the Ancients.
- Imperial Division of Heraldry: Concerned with the propriety of the Imperial Nobility, Orders, Awards, and all matters related.
- Office of Calendar Compliance: Maintains the uniform use and standards for time and other measurements.
History & Background (Dossier)
When Cleon founded the Imperium, there were five primary bureaucratic agencies. Over the years these agencies have grown, split, intermingled, and rejoined. The bureaucracy at any one point in time can be wildly disparate.
Bureaucratic Origin
The original bureaucracy of the Third Imperium was based upon the governmental institutions of the Sylean Federation and the corporate structure of Zhunastu Industries. Cleon I cleverly blended the two into a unified institution designed to handle rulership of a people and the direction of a mercantile empire.
Later Emperors adapted these bureaucratic structures to the needs of their times. After the First Civil War, Empress Arbellatra decreed that the institutions be given further authority to continue running even when an Emperor might be inept or infirm... Or the Moot might be locked into indecision.
In a very real way, the Imperial Bureaucracy is the Third Imperium.
Imperial Governance & Long-term Stability
One of the far-reaching goals of several of the Emperors of the Third Imperium has been to explore and achieve aeonic stabilty, or the establishment of a perpetual system of stability and prosperity, a system that preserves and promotes a peaceful and vigorous civilization without inhibiting it. After studying the eventual failures and falls of the First and Second Imperiums, it has become apparent that civilization has its limits and the social constructs of sophontdom rise and fall with frightening regularity. The very existence of the Imperial Bureaucracy is rumored to be part of this program to achieve aeonic stability.
A number of programs have been launched in the over a millennium of the Third Imperium's existence including the following:
- Exploration of Psychohistory
- Deliberate programs of sophont species inclusion and diversity
- A program to establish cultural regions and establish diversity and tolerance of thought
- A program to establish autonomous regions and greater self rule
- Gradual improvements to the Imperial Bureaucracy to create continuity, flexibility, and stability of governance
- The rumored existence of a special agent program to expand the reach of the Emperor
- A failsafe program to safeguard civilization in the case of an apocalyptic event or a second Long Night
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