Weird ministries in YN's government

[Kravanica]

Post here any weird, funny, and/or unnecessary ministries in your government.

Kravanica: Ministry of Memetic Warfare

[The Land of the Ephyral]

Pyramid of Arcane Knowledge

The Agency of Occult Research

This branch of the government deals with ancient artefacts and unknown ancient technologies, as well as looking into rites, rituals, invocations and mythology, delving into pseudoscience and the occult searching for any and all answers to the unknown.

[Longweather]

The Imperial Dominion maintains several unusual and barely useful agencies within the government. The Directorate of Cloning Control ensures that cloning technology is solely used to make new organs and limbs for those that desire them, that people are not cloned as a whole, and that nobles and important officials are not cloned facsimiles. The Directorate of Aristocratic Succession makes sure that the noble Houses don't abuse the overall succession law within the empire (absolute cognatic primogeniture for inheritable titles). The Mage Guild is one of the few government departments/ministries that isn't a directorate. It oversees magical education among the substantial mage population and advises the Imperial Senate on laws regarding the use of magic. The Mage Guild is also given the leeway to have unofficial chivalric orders.

[The Gamindustrian Stellar Federation]

In Helvaga, under the Ministry of Culture, there is the Department of Sex. This caters to incubi/succubi and medusae. Under this department, there is the S&M and BDSM Bureau. It sees to it that S&M stuff are available to Helvagans, and ensures the quality of S&M stuff, like how revealing some clothing is, and how high and thin heels are.

There is also a Department of Fashion in Arneus, its moon Aluna, Galgan and Helvaga, which also operates under the Ministry of Culture. This caters to elves, harpies, angels, waspians, incubi/succubi and medusae. This checks fashion quality of items, ranging from how intricate a dress' details are, or how high heels are. This also gives people fashion tips, although Helvagans take it a step farther, by adding a "Fashion Police" branch, which penalises fashion mistakes.

[Devernia]

In Helvaga, under the Ministry of Culture, there is the Department of Sex. This caters to incubi/succubi and medusae. Under this department, there is the S&M and BDSM Bureau. It sees to it that S&M stuff are available to Helvagans, and ensures the quality of S&M stuff, like how revealing some clothing is, and how high and thin heels are.

There is also a Department of Fashion in Arneus, its moon Aluna, Galgan and Helvaga, which also operates under the Ministry of Culture. This caters to elves, harpies, angels, waspians, incubi/succubi and medusae. This checks fashion quality of items, ranging from how intricate a dress' details are, or how high heels are. This also gives people fashion tips, although Helvagans take it a step farther, by adding a "Fashion Police" branch, which penalises fashion mistakes.

REPORTING NEWS: Human From The IFRT (FT Devernia) Accidentally Arrested By Fashion Police For Wearing Shorts On A Sunday

[Finlarvat]

The Department for Surveys encompasses online polls, opinion polls, petitions (especially to the government) and - of course - surveys, but did you also know that it covers crocodile hunting permits? This was a compromise between the big-government and small-government wings of the MLP, with Parliament set to open in just two days. Not a single crocodile hunting permit has been issued so far, mainly because of the pseudo-sacredness of the animal to Finlarvat's residents and the fact that permits are under the wing of a polls-related department. There isn't even a Minister for Surveys!

[The Gamindustrian Stellar Federation]

In Helvaga, under the Ministry of Culture, there is the Department of Sex. This caters to incubi/succubi and medusae. Under this department, there is the S&M and BDSM Bureau. It sees to it that S&M stuff are available to Helvagans, and ensures the quality of S&M stuff, like how revealing some clothing is, and how high and thin heels are.

There is also a Department of Fashion in Arneus, its moon Aluna, Galgan and Helvaga, which also operates under the Ministry of Culture. This caters to elves, harpies, angels, waspians, incubi/succubi and medusae. This checks fashion quality of items, ranging from how intricate a dress' details are, or how high heels are. This also gives people fashion tips, although Helvagans take it a step farther, by adding a "Fashion Police" branch, which penalises fashion mistakes.

REPORTING NEWS: Human From The IFRT (FT Devernia) Accidentally Arrested By Fashion Police For Wearing Shorts On A Sunday

Wrong.

Helvagans are not that conservative. Also, the Fashion Police affects only Helvaga.

[Kustgebied]

the office of exploration.

here's the entire list.

http://iiwiki.com/wiki/Government_%26_P ... d_Advisery

[Nortainland]

In His Majesty's government, there are a number of governmental offices and positions created by letters patent which are especially specialised in a particular field. These departments mostly come under the jurisdiction of the Lord Reader's Office and are known as Offices-Royal. Some of these offices are listed below:

The Office-Royal of Latin
This Office is very small, consisting of the Under-Secretary for Latin, thirty Latin clerks and ten civil servants. It mainly does administrative work nowadays, however is still responsible for the official translation of laws and Royal proclamations into Latin, as well as advising the King on matters regarding Latin. It also proposes legislation and policy relating to Latin in Parliament, although the last law it introduced was in 1976 making it a requirement for new judges to have obtained at least a G in Latin in the General Examination. It is located in Room LXXII opposite St Alexander's Quadrangle.

The Office-Royal of the Ducal Greens
A near obsolete office that oversees the usage of the ducal greens, three public greens in the three duchies of Clorence, Darnsale and Rurtfordster. These greens are only a total of around twenty acres in size. The office controls applications for the various rights of pannage, pasture, piscary, estovers and turbary. The office it headed by the Under-Secretary for the Ducal Greens.

The Office of the Crown Steward of Hogswent
Offically the local constable, Hogswent is an ancient estate less than six square yards in size, consisting of a sign, phonebox, seat and a postbox. As there is little need for a Crown Steward for the estate, it is given as a sinecure position to policemen of merit on a rotational basis every few years. Interestingly, an assault and theft of letters entrusted to the GPO in 1999 meant the Crown Steward was required to go to the area and record the incident in the incident book located at the Royal Library.

[Ankuran]

The Ministry for the Conservation of Jack-Booted Cottontails

from the MCJBC mission statement:

Understanding that the jack-booted cottontail (Ankuranus Jacques) is an important part of Ankuran history and national identity, we of the Ministry for the Conservation of Jack-Booted Cottontails vow to provide the following on behalf of all Ankurani:
1) protection of the jack-booted cottontail from all environmental and ecological factors that would result in a diminished or unsustainable native population;
2) protection of the jack-booted cottontail from detrimental breeding practices;
3) protection of the jack-booted cottontail from needless suffering at the hands of hunters and negligent owners and the prosecution of such parties on behalf of the jack-booted cottontail population;
4) protection from the libel, slander, and defamation of the jack-booted cottontail whether nationally or abroad and the prosecution of such parties on behalf of the jack-booted cottontail population;
5) the raising of awareness regarding the jack-booted cottontail, its uses, and its significance to Ankuran in both modernity and antiquity;
6) the production of above-average care with regards to jack-booted cottontails unable or unwilling to survive in the wild;
7) the glorious advertisement of the jack-booted cottontail's brand and protection thereof from heedless appropriation by third parties
[...]

[The Intergalactic Universe Corporation]

We don't have weird ministries, but we have several oddly-named departments, like the Eco-terrorist Containment Organisation, which operates under the Ministry of Home Affairs, and is ironic to have its initials spelled "ECO" despite its clearly not eco friendly agenda.

[Reich of the New World Order]

Ministry of Air we dont know whats its purpose or why we even have it

[Troperia]

We have so many weird ministries....like the Ministry of Factbook Writing, Ministry of Flagburning and of course, The Ministry of Silliness.

[The Free Republic of Taylor Swift]

Ministry of Silly Things
Ministry of Cows
Ministry of Armpits
Ministry of Donkeys

[Chadtonia]

Leaked Audio Intel:

Male Voice: "The Ministry of Revering That Which Does Not Exist, which out of ironic nature the government claims does not exist... these guys are paid by the government to just sit around hours on end trying to think about nothing, or rather to not think at all... but like I said, they supposedly don't exist... "

{{gunshot sound}}

Male Voice: "oh great they found me..."

{{gunshot sound}}

{{moaning sound}}

Deeper Male Voice "This was a prank call"

{{clicking sound}}

[Ulan-Ata]

We really have a "General Ministry for issues we don't have a ministry for"
(our populace mostly just calls it "Things'n'stuff Ministry")

[Fatatatutti]

Our Ministry of Education (MOE), our Ministry of Health (MOH) and our Ministry of Welfare (MOW) are all pronounced "Mo", which can cause some confusion. They are often known as the Three Stooges, for reasons that are not immediately obvious to everybody.

[Chinese Peoples]

Ministry of Ministerial Re-organization

[Laredo-]

-Department of Paranormal Confirmation
(This ministry was established to assess the probability of truth regarding paranormal reports such as ghosts, demonic entities, near death experiences, extraterrestrial presence on Earth, etc.
On the chance anything is ever confirmed, they are to report this to the government and military so that defenses can be developed. Alternative warfare methods may also become implemented. As well as medical, rescue, and/or communication procedures in the case of post-mortem consciousness.

Syncretic Nationalist Bureau of the Psyche:

-Subculture and Paraphilia Regulation Division
(A division who's job is to examine the social consequences of various subcultures and atypical sexual practices. It is also their duty to develop "workarounds" for
state-approved subcultures and paraphilias to thrive in a way that won't hinder society within the nation. Recently they are experimenting along with the Human Sexuality Division on ways to reduce the negative consequences of "hook up culture" while still allowing it to thrive as long as the people wish it to)

-Juvenile Behavioral Re-Education Division
(In charge of reconditioning children who've performed excessive bullying and/or a lack of respect for parental authority)

-Behavioral Re-Education Division
(Similar to above except it's for adults in the workplace as well as in public)

-Emotional Intervention and Policing
(settles personal disputes that do not require a court case. This is mostly geared towards family arguments and such. The role of this ministry is to determine who is right based on evidence and how much the person's viewpoint in the argument fits state ideology. Those who remain upset are often subject to rigorous social reconditioning.


...These are just a few weird ministries in Laredo.

[Herador]

Herador has an Agency devoted specifically to understanding the psychological backgrounds of criminals and how to best use that information to apprehend and reform them. The average citizen isn't super sure why this isn't rolled into the Department of Justice, but it's out there on it's own, an independent agency.

[Freechrist]

Minister of Beating Your head in with a Fu*King Rock.
This is currently unoccupied for no apparent reason. They never last long.

[The Gamindustrian Union]

Under the Ministry of Science, there is an Extraterrestrial Life Agency. Just recently, in the Hyperdimension, we have discovered elves and harpies in a planet in the Hyperdimension's system, as well as angels on its moon. In the Ultradimension, we have discovered incubi, succubi and gorgons. We have also discovered a race of demonic creatures on said planet's moon.

Under the joint umbrella of the Ministry of Defense and Security, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Science, there is the Department of Conspiracies. It seeks to divulge into conspiracy theories. Just recently (say, some one week ago), we have discovered the presence of a "rift" in Andorra, and we believe it has something to do with the man from Taured. We are currently preparing to explore the rift.

Under the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media, there is a Game Development Bureau. It is among the most lucrative government agencies.

[Victorious Decepticons]

The Bureau of Paranormal Research

This agency was started after the Invasion of Earth for the purpose of finding out which of Earth's thousands of paranormal stories, legends, and magical beliefs were true. Now, its research has proven fruitful enough for some of it to have been adopted into the Decepticon Military. Because of this, the agency has pretty much gone from being the "kooky younger brother" of the highly-respected Bureau of Impossible Physics to a genuine part of it - they must work together to make scientifically-useful versions based on the verified magical principles. Those who still actually do ground-level paranormal research, however, are still seen as being at least a bit glitchy.

This is, in part, because of a requirement of the basic research position: a "confirmation" researcher must not assume that any paranormal tale is either impossible or plain bunk prior to a thorough investigation. Such investigations may include "weird" practices like trying out rituals, conducting seances, burning down candles while chanting, and other things the majority of people think of as scientific quackery. One even tested the "Bloody Mary ritual" - a favorite of human grade-schoolers - to make absolutely sure there was nothing to it. However, the Bureau believes that, when trying to test tales of magical practices, it makes sense to start with the methods that the original believers said would work. Anything that seems to have anything at all to it is then sent up to the next level of researchers, who work on finding easier and more reliable ways of working the magic than the ancient and involved rituals that the humans had originally devised. (The Bloody Mary mirror ritual was proven to be baloney, by the way, but we weren't satisfied until we tested it out.)

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The Decepticon Interplanetary Bank

While not a "ministry," per se, foreigners would likely see this - rather than Paranormal Research - as the weirdest - and most dangerous - non-military Decepticon governmental institution. Its purpose is to provide counterfeit currency to Decepticons traveling abroad for mere centi-Cubelets to the [main foreign currency unit]. Basically, the "money" is provided by this institution to citizens at only the cost required to print it.

Almost no currency is safe from the elite skills of the institution, which would be far better described as the government counterfeiting office rather than a "bank." However, since it provides counterfeit money not only in physical form, but in the form of automatic approvals for the counterfeit foreign credit cards it also issues, it goes by the name that is more likely to be associated with a legitimate card-issuing institution. (Its involvement in digital transactions also allows it to be very good at providing false digital currencies to those traveling to certain nations that use them exclusively.)

What makes this institution so dangerous to foreign nations, of course, isn't the relatively small amounts of fake currency it introduces to them as part of its usual operations - Decepticons usually travel abroad to openly raid, not buy stuff with fake money. Instead, it is the Bank's ability to swamp their economies with so much counterfeit money that they crash. Fortunately for the outsiders, the Bank typically sticks to its main purpose, which is simply to...shall we say..."ease the way" of our citizens abroad. In wartime, however, it may very well be ordered to crank up its presses (or hackers) enough to produce trillions and trillions of NSD worth of the enemy's money - all of which will be copied well enough to be indistinguishable from the original. In the case of paper money, it would then be literally dumped on the enemy's cities from above like confetti.

As one might imagine, this is one of Victorious Decepticons' most popular government institutions. Even those who don't travel abroad to do business have a very favorable opinion of it since - in our view - its purpose is solely to be helpful to citizens. The only thing people wish it would do differently is to add one more currency to its roster: The Energon Cube (our money). Alas, it shall be forever forbidden from doing that for reasons that should be obvious.

[Dushan]

In Helvaga, under the Ministry of Culture, there is the Department of Sex. This caters to incubi/succubi and medusae. Under this department, there is the S&M and BDSM Bureau. It sees to it that S&M stuff are available to Helvagans, and ensures the quality of S&M stuff, like how revealing some clothing is, and how high and thin heels are.

There is also a Department of Fashion in Arneus, its moon Aluna, Galgan and Helvaga, which also operates under the Ministry of Culture. This caters to elves, harpies, angels, waspians, incubi/succubi and medusae. This checks fashion quality of items, ranging from how intricate a dress' details are, or how high heels are. This also gives people fashion tips, although Helvagans take it a step farther, by adding a "Fashion Police" branch, which penalises fashion mistakes.

We strongly approve of this, and commend the GISF for their refined culture and tastes.

[Impireacht]

I can't believe nobody has said the Ministry of Silly Walks