Aulic Council

The **Aulic Council** (Tenecousian: *Consistorium Aulicum Imperatoris*, literally the **Emperor’s Court Council**) is the supreme state advisory consisting of the administrative and governmental apparatus around the sovereign, designed to prepare their decisions and to advise them. It is organized into offices (Tenecousian: *officia*, singular *officium*) of ministers whose portfolios are similar in scope. Unlike the Magistracy and Senate, which are elected, the Council consists of masters appointed by the monarch, chosen from those that the sovereign can trust. The Imperial Council is considered part of the Imperial Court.

## Office of the Archchancellor

The Office of the Archchancellor (commonly called the Archchancellor's Office or AO; Tenecousian: Officium Archicancellari) is the political arm of the staff housed in the Archchancellory Wing that supports the role of the prime minister of the Imperium. Its staff provides provision of policy advice, information gathering, communications, planning, and strategizing.

* The **Master of the Offices** (Tenecousian: *Magister Officiorum*) serves both as the emperor's first master and as presiding officer of the Imperial Court. He is neither elected by nor responsible to the Senate. Instead, the chancellor was appointed by the emperor. They also hold the office of imperial **Archchancellor**, which is their common name in English.

* The **Master of Memory** (Tenecousian: *Magister Memoriae*) serves as the master in charge of maintaining the imperial archives and managing the emperor's personal papers and documents; ensuring that all important documents and correspondence are properly preserved and archived. This included official letters, decrees, laws, and other documents that were produced by the imperial administration, within a grand system of archives. In addition to managing the imperial archives, the Magister Memoriae is also responsible for managing the emperor's personal papers and documents. This includes letters and other correspondence that the emperor receives, as well as their personal notes and memos.

* The **Master of Epistles** (Tenecousian: Magister Epistularum) serves as the master in charge of ensuring that all official correspondence to and from the emperor is properly handled and responded to in a timely and appropriate manner. They are responsible for overseeing a large staff of scribes and messengers who are tasked with preparing and delivering official letters and documents. They are also responsible for ensuring that all official correspondence was properly recorded and archived, which allowed the emperor and other officials to make informed decisions based on accurate information. They also help to ensure that the emperor is aware of important events and developments throughout the empire, which allows them to respond quickly and effectively to any issues that arose.

* The **Master of Petitions** (Tenecousian: *Magister Libellorum*) serves as the master in charge of managing the imperial petitions and petitions for legal redress. They oversee a team of clerks and assistants who receive, record, and organize the petitions. The Magister Libellorum reviews the petitions and determines which ones are worthy of consideration by the emperor or other officials. They then present these petitions to the appropriate authorities for review and response.

* The *Master of Dispositions* (Tenecousian: *Magister Dispositionum*) is the master in charge of managing the imperial legislation and legal records. They are responsible for overseeing the complex and time-consuming process of creation and management of legal records and legislation, and ensuring that all legal records are properly maintained and up-to-date. They oversee a team of clerks and assistants who are responsible for creating and recording new legislation, as well as updating existing legal records as necessary. They review new legislation to ensure that it is consistent with existing laws and policies, and make recommendations for changes or revisions as needed. Furthermore, they are responsible for maintaining an organized system of legal records, including copies of all existing laws, legal opinions, and other legal documents. They ensure that these records were properly stored and easily accessible to those who need them.

## Aulic Interior Office

The **Aulic Interior Office** (Tenecousian: *Officium Interiorem Aulicum*) is the department responsible for immigration, security, justice, and law and order, as well as the administration of imperial lands.

* The **Master of the House** (Tenecousian: *Magister Domesticus*) serves as a master of the interior and is responsible for internal security and the protection of the constitutional order, for immigration, for law and order (including the police, civil protection against disasters and terrorism, for displaced persons, administrative questions), for security, and sports. The Master of the House is, by tradition, also the emperor’s second master, and thus the second most powerful master. As head of the Aulic Interior Office, they hold the title of ***Comes Interiorem***.

* The **Master of Liberties** (Tenecousian: *Magister Libertatum*) is the master responsible for immigration, refugee and citizenship issues in the Imperium.

* The **Master of Justice** (Tenecousian: *Magister Iustitiae*) is the master responsible for the administration of Justice, viz., oversee the building, maintenance and administration of courts; supervise public prosecutions; direct corrections and the prison system, propose legislation affecting civil or criminal law or procedure, and litigate on behalf of the government and serve as the chief legal advisor to the Government of the Imperium. They also hold the office of imperial **Archkeeper of the Seals**.

* The **Master of the Patrimony** (Tenecousian: *Magister Patrimonii*) is the master charged with administering the private estates of the emperor, known variously as the Patrimony, the crown lands, and the imperial domain. They do not administer public lands, although the distinction between the emperor's private property and state property is not always clear. The *master* collects rents, handles sales of movable and immovable property, protects the estates from usurpation and accepts lands that came to the emperor by way of grant, bequest, confiscation or forfeiture. Vacant lands (*bona vacantia*) and heirless property (*bona caduca*) both escheat to the emperor.

* The **Master of the Public Lands** (Tenecousian: *Magister Agrorum Publicus*) the master entrusted with administrative and financial duties of the Public Lands, also known the crown estate, a collection of lands and holdings in the Predaconian Empire belonging to the monarch as a corporation sole, making it "the sovereign's public estate", which is neither government property nor part of the monarch's private estate.

* The **Master of the Conquered Territories** (Tenecousian: *Magister Territoriorum Victus*) is the master in charge of creating and enforcing policy through a bureaucracy to control the vast areas captured by the Imperial Armed Forces. The goal of the Mastery is to facilitate the transition of the governance of areas from military occupation, to civil occupation, to responsible government, and eventually to either full integration status either as or part of a prefecture, or to create a vehemently pro-Predaconian state in the Catholic Commonwealth. During occupation, the Imperials portray the Predaconians as liberators of locals from their former imperial overlords: while others are brutal tyrants, the Predaconians are loving shepherds.

* The **Master of the Magics** (Tenecousian: *Magister Magicarum*) is the master and political leader of the magical community in the Empire and Universe, and the highest ranking member of the Mastery of Magic, which they control. The Mastery acts as an organization that legitimizes the long ostracized magical community, with all the various Magical Orders under it’s purview.

## Aulic Economic Office

The **Aulic Economic Office** (Tenecousian: *Officium Oeconomicus Aulicum*) is the department responsible for developing and executing the government's public finance policy and economic policy.

* The **Master of the Coin** (Tenecousian: *Magister Nummum*) is the master responsible for and leads all economic and financial matters, with the role being equivalent to that of a finance master. Personally, he is in charge of the public expenses, tax, and revenue. As head of the Aulic Economic Office, they hold the title of ***Comes Oeconomicus***.

* The **Master of the Fisc** (Tenecousian: *Magister Fisci*) is the master responsible for the financial management of all the expenses of the sovereign.

* The **Master of the Treasuries** (Tenecousian: *Magister Aerariorum*) is the master in charge of formulating policy and laws, and promoting commerce and industry, labour legislation, maintaining the public infrastructure, regulation of consumer prices; industrial, investment, and development of entrepreneurship.

## Aulic Foreign and Colonial Office

The **Aulic Foreign and Colonial Office** (Tenecousian: *Officium Externalis et Colonicus Aulicum*) is the department responsible for protecting and promoting Imperial interests universe-wide, as well as overseeing the colonies alongside the prefectures they are a part of.

* The **Master of Barbarians** (Tenecousian: *Magister Barbarorum*) is the master responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs with foreign barbarian states, as well as for providing support for Imperial citizens who are abroad. As head of the Aulic Foreign and Colonial Office, they hold the title ***Comes Pacis***.

* The **Master of the Prefectures and Colonies** (Tenecousian: *Magister Praefecturarum et Coloniae*) is the master responsible for coordinating relations with the Prefectures alongside the Master of the House and for managing the Predaconian Empire’s various colonial dependencies.

* The **Master of the Commonwealth** (Tenecousian: *Magister Reipublicae*) is the master responsible for dealing with the Imperium's relations with members of the Catholic Commonwealth, as well as representing the Imperium in the body.

* The **Master of the Federates** (Tenecousian: *Magister Foederatorum*) is the master responsible for administering the various treaties between the Empire and the various indigenous peoples and states bound them, and furthermore bring Imperial Government services to them.

## Aulic War Office

The **Aulic War Office** (Tenecousian: *Officium Bellicus Aulicum*) is the department responsible for the administration of the Imperial Armed Forces.

* The **Master of the Soldiers** (Tenecousian: *Magister Militum*) is the leader and most senior official of the Mastery of the Imperial Armed Forces, tasked with running the French Armed Forces. *Ex officio*, the master is also the six star Grand Marshal of the Universal Empire. They also hold the office of imperial **Archmarshall** and ***Comes Bellorum***.

* The **Master of the Cavalry and Foot** (Tenecousian: *Magister Peditum et Equitum*) is the title held by the commander and highest ranking officer of the Ground Army of the Imperial Armed Forces. The Master of the Cavalry and Foot is the most senior officer to serve in the Ground Army and is a military adviser to the Imperial Council as well as the Mastery of the Soldiers. They also hold the office of imperial **Archconstable**.

* The **Master of the Heavens** (Tenecousian: *Magister Caelorum*) is the title held by the commander and highest ranking officer of the Heaven Force of the Imperial Armed Forces. The Master of the Heavens is the most senior officer to serve in the Heaven Force and is a military adviser to the Imperial Council as well as the Mastery of the Soldiers.

* The **Master of the Armada** (Tenecousian: *Magister Armatorum*) is the title held by the commander and highest ranking officer of the War Navy of the Imperial Armed Forces. The Master of the Armada is the most senior officer to serve in the War Navy and is a military adviser to the Imperial Council as well as the Mastery of the Soldiers.

* The **Master of the Arsenal** (Tenecousian: *Magister Armamentarii*) is the master responsible for improving the supply of the Imperial Armed Forces with the necessary supplies of weapons and ammunition, and thus responsible for the military-industrial complex.

## Aulic Ecology Office

The **Aulic Ecology Office** (Tenecousian: *Officium Oecologicus Aulicum*) is the department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and resource production.

* The **Master of Nature** (Tenecousian: *Magister Naturae*) is the master charged with protecting the natural environment and promoting wildlife conservation, especially by protecting the Empire’s air, water, and land from pollution and contamination. As head of the Aulic Ecology Office, they hold the title of ***Comes Oecologicus***.

* The **Master of the Farm** (Tenecousian: *Magister Rusticus*) is the master charged with regulation and policy for agriculture, food, fisheries, and forestry.

* The **Master of Resources** (Tenecousian: *Magister Opum*) is the master charged with conserving natural resources, energy, minerals and metals, forests, earth sciences, mapping, and remote sensing, as well as nuclear/atomic energy.

## Aulic Welfare Office

The **Aulic Welfare Office** (Tenecousian: *Officium Salutis Aulicum*) is the department responsible for housing, communities, social services , pensions and child maintenance policy.

* The **Master of Equity** (Tenecousian: *Magister Aequitatum*) is the master responsible for employment rates and incentices, workforce production, workforce development, disability inclusion, employment insurance, the pension plan, and old age security. As head of the Aulic Development Office, they hold the title of ***Comes Salutis***.

* The **Master of Public Works** (Tenecousian: *Magister Operarum Publicae*) is the master responsible for the development of the Empire’s extensive infrastructure.

* The **Master of the Needs of Urban People** (Tenecousian: *Magister Necessitatum Populi Urbanus*) is the master responsible for urban housing, development, and building projects.

* The **Master of the Needs of Rural People** (Tenecousian: *Magister Necessitatum Populi Ruralis*) is the master responsible for rural housing, development, and building projects.

* The **Master of the Family** (Tenecousian: *Magister Familias*) is the master responsible for government policy on families and marriage, as well as well as for the elderly.

* The **Master of Diversity** (Tenecousian: *Magister Diversitatum*) is the master responsible for government policy on equitable representation of different ethnic groups when possible,

* The **Master of the Hospitals** (Tenecousian: *Magister Aesculapiorum*) is the master responsible for government policy on health and social care matters, including overseeing the administration of all public healthcare facilities.

* The **Master of Provisions** (Tenecousian: *Magister Annonae*) is the master responsible for ensuring adequate nutrition for all, and for overseeing the Provision Dole, the supply of free essential food to all citizens of the Empire.

* The **Master of the Public Way** (Tenecousian: *Magister Cursus Publicus*) is the master responsible for transport regulations and public transport, including but not limited to policies, laws, infrastructure, and funding.

## Aulic Public Information Office

The **Aulic Welfare Office** (Tenecousian: *Officium Notitiae Publicae Aulicum*) is the department responsible for for culture, media, knowledge, and self-image.

* The **Master of Enlightenment** (Tenecousian: *Magister Lucis*) is the master responsible for rules and regulations regarding the content of the press, literature, visual arts, film, theater, music and data networks. As head of the Aulic Public Information Office, they hold the title of ***Comes Notitiae Publicae***.

* The **Master of Predaconism** (Tenecousian: *Magister Predaconitatis*) is the master responsible for promoting and supporting Imperial identity and values, cultural development, and heritage.

* The **Master of Schools** (Tenecousian: *Magister Iudorum*) is the master responsible for minor protection, minor services, education (compulsory, further and higher education), apprenticeships and wider skills.

* The **Master of Knowledges** (Tenecousian: *Magister Scientiarum*) is the master responsible for overseeing the economic development and corporate affairs department of the Government of the Imperium, as well as university-level education and research.