Celestial Confederate Council

The was the ruling body of the Grand Celestial Confederacy.
== Description ==
The Confederate Council acted on the advice and recognizance of the Diet of Notables, a large and self-defining body of hereditary princes, powerful merchants, and others whose assent to the laws and acts of the Confederate government were deemed important to the good order of the Confederation. The Confederate Council had certain fixed seats, such as the Admiralty, but could otherwise fluctuate substantially in size and composition to reflect the varying factions of the Diet. Executive power resided in the Council, which typically elected from among its members a designated chair for specific missions or mandate areas, who would have broad autonomy to act but must then have reported to the Council for review and petition for specific resources. As of the early 6th century A.U., this rule by consensus had succeeded and proven a flexible method for expanding the political establishment to accommodate new territorial additions. However, the Confederation had not yet faced any substantial domestic test of its institutions, or indeed any foreign crisis about which the Council was irreconcilably divided.
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