Magical Community

The **Magical Community**, was the soceity which beings capable of performing magic lived and interacted, existing separately from the non-magical world. The two communities were kept separate from one another through the Mist, a mystical veil that helps rationalize supernatural events and other supernatural occurrences by replacing them with things the mortal mind knows about and can comprehend. *Homo Magi* and other magical creatures were forbidden to reveal anything about magic and the supernatural to mortal soceity due to their minds incapable of comprehending the truth after Sphere of the Gods became closed off, with the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy enforcing this.

Each community has a form of government within their country to oversee magical affairs in their territory, such as the Ministry of Magic, their rules enforced by those wearing the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme. The International Confederation of Wizards serves as the international governmental organization. Old Gods such as Hecate and Thoth are members of the Magic Council and were responsible for creating various magical races, with the Council itself being the ultimate authority behind any magical race and whom both governs and enforces the Rules of Magic.

Because of the dangers regarding magicla usage, the Mystic Arts were honed through study, training, and formal schooling but couldn't simply be learned by non-magical beings. Magic was used for mostly everything, including cooking, cleaning, travelling, communicating, child rearing and medical treatment. Non-magic skills, such as picking a lock with a hairpin rather than an Unlocking Charm, were uncommon to the point of novel rarity.

## Government

### Ministries of Magic

*Main article: Ministry of Magic*
A Ministry of Magic was the primary governing body of the magical community in many countries. These ministries were led by a Minister for Magic, or the local equivalent. In Britain, there was no political separation between executive, legislative and judicial branches of power. The Minister was elected, but it was unknown who has the power to elect him, although there does seem to be some degree of input from the general wizarding population.

Also in Britain, the Wizengamot and the Council of Magical Law judged those guilty of breaking wizarding law and determined the fate of criminals. Trials consisted of a short hearing with no lawyer or arbitrator and without any possibility to appeal. Wizarding criminals might have been sent to horrible places such as Azkaban for punishment. In cases where individuals had been wrongfully imprisoned via with precaution (case in point: Rubeus Hagrid), without trial under false witness (case in point: Sirius Black), without self-defence under a false memory spell (cases in point: Morfin Gaunt and Hokey) or while under the Imperius Curse (case in point: Sturgis Podmore), the Wizengamot barely issued an apology but merely continued with its work.

The Ministry of Magic controlled a great deal of wizarding life, including methods of communication, transportation, internal affairs between wizards and other magical beings, internal security of the wizarding world, Non-Tradeable Material and even sports.

This would later change upon Perseus Lykaios regaining godhood, with the God of Law and Justice altering many laws within the magical and mortal worlds. Amongst these was the level of interference the Ministry had in certain affairs, especially since there are various magical species and the Ministry itself was being run by those of the community known as the Wizarding World Community. Moreover, everyone under trial was allowed to have a lawyer and there must be formal evidence presented with every case, including magical oaths being sworn prior to the trails preceedings. Any injustices committed were met with grave consequences including either dismisal from job or the loss of magic.

### Magical Congress of the United States of America

*Main article: Magical Congress of the United States of America*
The Magical Congress of the United States of America (shortened MACUSA) was the body in charge of governing the magical population of the United States of America. It was led by the President of the Magical Congress of the United States of America. Unlike No-Maj United States Congress, which was divided into a House of Representatives and a Senate, the MACUSA was unicameral. Unlike many of the Ministries of Magic, MACUSA employed various other magical races into their services including Zatanna Zatara and even Wonder Woman, the latter of whom is an Amazon and a *Homo Magi*. This was because MACUSA worked directly with Hecate to ensure the magical world is hidden from mortals unless they are capable of understanding magic's existence, thus MACUSA is aware of Olympus and Camp Olympia's locations and existence but were forbidden from interferring.

### Ministère des Affaires Magiques de la France

*Main article: French Ministry of Magic*
The Ministère des Affaires Magiques de la France was the Government of the magical population of France. The French Ministry of Magic had several *bureaux* in all, each dealing with different aspects of the magical world. They were equivalent to the departments of the British Ministry of Magic and MACUSA. Some of these bureauxes include: Bureau de la Justice Magique, Bureau des Magicommunications, and Bureau des Aurors.

### German Ministry of Magic

*Main article: German Ministry of Magic*
The German Ministry of Magic governed the wizarding community of Germany, that was headquartered in Berlin.

### Chinese Ministry of Magic

*Main article: Chinese Ministry of Magic*
The Chinese Ministry of Magic governed the wizarding community of China.

### International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy

*Main article: International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy*
Enormous effort was expended to keep magical society from mortal knowledge. Enchantment of non-magical property was forbidden, underage magicals are somewhat restricted from using magic without a licence, and any deliberate revelation of magic was punishable. These laws were created by the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy and enforced by the International Confederation of Wizards and the Ministry of Magic.

It's confirmed that all magical governments answer to their non-magical counterparts for various reasons, including escaped criminals or importation of highly dangerous magical creatures. Furthermore, the Magic Council, who are responsible for creating the various magical communities, is the highest authority regarding anything magical and can overrule mortals jurisdiction due to being deities.

## Education

Magicals were educated in their own schools based upon their respective community. This was to assist in guiding newer magicals in learning and mastering their abilities and become fully accomplished within the magical and non-magical world.

### Magic Dimension

* Alfea
* Cloud Tower
* Eraklyon Institute
* Golden Auditorium
* Linphea College
* Magic School for Forgers
* Malacoy Paladion Academy
* Red Fountain
* Tir Na Nog College
* Zaltora

### Atlantis

* College of the Silent School
* Conservatory of Sorcery

#### Wixen Schools

* Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry
* Beauxbatons Academy of Magic
* Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
* Durmstrang Institute
* Castelobruxo
* Mahoutokoro
* Uagadou
* Koldovstoretz

### Other

* House of Life
	+ Nome

## See Also

* Magical Schools
* Magic