[INDEX] A nation's Ministers/Secretaries according to Issues

[Drachmaland]

(Numbers nnn indicate Issue #nnn, xxx.y the y-th option of Issue #xxx, xxx.y/z the y-th and z-th options of Issue #xxx.
Some of the “Secretary of X” are the result of “Department of X” being stated in the respective Issues.
The grouping used is just a personal approach; it most probably is imperfect one way or another.)


FINANCE/ECONOMY
High Minister for Finance (011.1)
Minister of Finance (045.2, 226.2, 283.2, 309.3, 342.2, 353.2, 371.1, 469.2)
Finance Minister (071.1, 265.1, 418.2, 429.1, 443.3, 448.4)
Financial Minister (279.4)
Minister of the Economy (443.1)
National Treasurer (135.2)
Government Treasurer (182.2)
Treasurer (203.2)
Treasury Minister (389.3, 395.2, 445.3)

FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Foreign Minister (132.2, 287.3, 384.2, 390.2, 395.1)
Minister of Foreign Relations (194.2)
Minister of/for Foreign Affairs (226.1, 349.1, 389.1)
Foreign Secretary (264.2, 402.1)
Secretary of State (275)

INTERNAL AFFAIRS
Minister of/for Domestic Affairs (132.1, 165.3, 399.3, 400.1)
Interior Minister (359.5, 405.2)
Minister for the Interior (391.2)
Minister of Internal Affairs (435.3)
Internal Minister (475.2)

DEFENSE
Secretary of Defense (014, 044.3, 349.3)
Minister of/for Defense (147.5, 192.2, 237.5, 242.5, 390.1)
Minister for War (398.3)
Minister of Peace (238.5)

SECURITY/LAW ENFORCEMENT
Minister of Domestic Security (262.3)
Minister of Internal Security (394.3, 423.1)
Police Minister (021.3)
Secretary of Protection (317.1)

COMMERCE/TRADE
Secretary of Commerce (076.1)
Minister of Commerce (110.3, 229.3)
Secretary of Trade (080.1)
Minister of Trade (137.3, 301.2)
Trade Minister (392.1)

ENVIRONMENT
Minister of the Environment (170.1, 278.2, 308.2, 342.1)
Environmental Minister (480.2)
Minister of Waste Disposal and Sanitation (257.4)
Minister for Mining, Clear-Felling, and the Environment (023.3)

HEALTH
Secretary of Health (048.3)
Health Minister (168.3)
Minister of/for Health (183.3, 231.2, 337.3, 352.3)
Director for Health (446)

LABOR
Secretary of/for Labor (076.2, 403.1)
Labor Minister (358.2, 443.2)
Human Services Minister (448)

WELFARE
Minister of Social Welfare (164.3)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs (422)

TRANSPORTATION/TELECOMS
Minister of Transportation (059.3, 278.3)
Transport Minister (379.1)
Aviation Minister (471.1)
Minister of Telecommunications (281.1)

INDUSTRY
Minister of Industry (435.1)
Minister of Resources (435.2)

AGRICULTURE
Minister of Rural Affairs (195.3)
Secretary of Agriculture (425)

EDUCATION & RESEARCH
Education Minister (064.3, 099.3, 448.2)
Minister of Education (121.1, 146.4, 209.2, 416.2)
Science Minister (402.3)

MENTAL & PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
Minister of/for Culture (071.1, 276.2)
Minister of Sports (246.3)

PRESS & PROPAGANDA
Press Secretary (361.1)
Minister of the Free Press (192.4)
Minister of Press Relations (277.2)
Propaganda Minister (134.3, 359.2)
Minister of Public Relations (178.3)
Deputy Minister of Information (377.4)

MISCELLANEOUS
Minister of Safety (104.1, 206.5, 247.3)
Minister of History (176.3)
Minister for the Family (304.3)
Minister of Civics (226.3)
Minister of Demographics (123.5), Minister of Population Growth (292.4), Minister of Population Logistics (300.1)
Minister of Records (228.2)
Minister for Democratic Reform (476.4)

NS-ESQUE
Minister of Death (140.1)
Minister of Ministries (130.1)
Minister of Silly Walks (177.3)
Minister of Proper Thinking (228.3)
Minister of Dreaded Lurgies (179.1)
Minister for Artificial Citizens (279.1)
Minister of Internal Expansion (342.4)
Minister of Complicating Things (242.3)
Minister of Underhanded Affairs (296.4)
Minister for Solutions (297.2), Minister of Alternative Solutions (130.4, 486.4), Minister of Creative Solutions (433.5, 462), Under-Secretary of State for Creative Solutions (379.3)
Minister of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Department of the Interior's Interior (490.2)
Minister of Miscellaneous Amenities (216.3)
Minister of Minding Other People's Business (091.3)
Minister for Public Unity and General Goodwill (128.1)
Minister in charge of Governmental Oversight (490.2)


Please feel free to post/correct/add any entities erroneously mentioned or left out — thanks!

[Nuevo Meshiko]

Tagging shamelessly for reference.

[Trotterdam]

Aww, I could have saved you some trouble.

Here's my version. This is from searching the spoiler list for the word "minister", and includes only titles specifically including the word "minister", not other government positions.

It's not hugely useful, since they're not kept consistent from issue to issue. Titles of obviously-equivalent ministries see minor variations from issue to issue, usually boringly generic, while the jokes are better off not being reused (instead, come up with your own). I mostly just did it to track the more humorous ones (of which you missed at least one).

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#011 1. High Minister of Finance, who also happens to be your brother
#021 3. Police Minister
#023 3. Minister for Mining, Clear-Felling, and the Environment
#045 2. Minister of Finance
#059 3. Minister of Transportation
#064 3. education minister
#071 1. Minister of Culture
#071 1. Finance Minister
#091 3. Minister of Minding Other People's Business
#099 3. Education Minister
#104 1. Minister of Safety
#110 3. minister of commerce
#121 1. Minister of Education
#123 5. Minister of Demographics
#128 1. Minister for Public Unity and General Goodwill
#130 1. Minister of Ministries
#130 4. Minister of Alternative Solutions, who also happens to be the best friend of your distant cousin
#132 1. Minister for Domestic Affairs
#132 2. Foreign Minister
#137 3. Minister of Trade
#140 1. Minister of Death
#146 4. Minister of Education
#147 5. Minister of Defence
#164 3. minister of Social Welfare
#165 3. Minister of Domestic Affairs
#168 3. Health Minister
#170 1. Minister of the Environment
#176 3. minister of History
#177 3. minister of Silly Walks
#178 3. Minister of Public Relations
#179 1. Minister of Dreaded Lurgies
#183 3. minister of health
#192 2. Minister of Defence
#192 4. Minister of the Free Press
#194 2. minister of Foreign Relations
#195 3. Minister of Rural Affairs
#206 5. Minister of Safety
#209 2. minister of Education
#216 3. Minister of Miscellaneous Amenities
#226 1. Minister of Foreign Affairs
#226 2. Minister of Finance
#226 3. Minister of Civics
#228 2. Minister of Records
#228 3. Minister of Proper Thinking
#229 3. Minister of Commerce
#231 2. Minister of Health
#237 5. Minister of Defence
#238 5. Minister of Peace
#242 3. Minister of Complicating Things
#242 5. Minister of Defence
#246 3. Minister of Sports
#247 3. Minister of Safety
#257 4. Minister of Waste Disposal and Sanitation
#262 3. Minister of Domestic Security
#265 1. finance minister
#273 3. defense minister
#276 2. Minister for Culture
#277 2. Minister of Press Relations
#278 2. Minister of the Environment
#278 3. Minister of Transportation
#279 1. Minister for Artificial Citizens
#279 4. Financial Minister
#281 1. Minister of Telecommunications
#283 2. minister of finance
#287 3. Foreign Minister
#292 4. Minister of Population Growth
#296 4. Minister of Underhanded Affairs
#297 2. Minister for Solutions
#300 1. Minister of Population Logistics
#301 2. Minister of Trade
#304 3. Minister for the Family
#308 2. Minister of the Environment
#309 3. Minister of Finance
#337 3. Minister for Health
#342 1. Minister of the Environment
#342 2. Minister of Finance
#342 4. Minister of Internal Expansion
#349 1. Minister for Foreign Affairs
#352 3. Minister of Health
#353 2. Minister of Finance
#358 2. Minister for Youth Affairs
#359 2. Propaganda Minister
#359 5. Interior Minister
#371 1. Minister of Finance
#377 4. Deputy Minister of Information
#379 1. Transport Minister
#384 2. Foreign Minister
#394 3. Minister of Internal Security
#416 2. Minister of Education
#418 2. finance minister
#423 1. Minister of Internal Security
#429 1. Finance Minister
#433 5. Minister of Creative Solutions
#435 1. Minister of Industry
#435 2. Minister of Resources
#435 3. Minister of Internal Affairs
#443 1. Minister of the Economy
#443 2. Labor Minister
#443 3. Finance Minister
#448 former Human Services Minister
#448 2. Education Minister
#448 4. Finance Minister
#456 Minister of Health and Public Safety
#462 Minister for Creative Solutions
#462 1. Minister for Creative Solutions
#471 1. Aviation Minister
#475 2. Internal Minister
#476 4. Minister for Democratic Reform
#480 2. Environmental Minister
#485 4. retired Defense Minister
#486 4. Minister of Alternative Solutions

What I learned from this is that ministers like third options for some reason - well, they used to, they started to diversify after a while, though 3rd options are still in the lead.

(26 in first options, 27 in second options, 34 in third options, 13 in fourth options, 8 in fifth options.)

Omitted [An International Incident] ministers (many of which appear multiple times):
#389 1. Minister for Foreign Affairs
#389 3. Treasury Minister
#390 1. Minister for Defence
#390 2. Foreign Minister
#391 2. Minister for the Interior
#392 1. Trade Minister
#395 1. Foreign Minister
#395 2. Treasury Minister
#398 3. Minister for War
#399 3. Minister for Domestic Affairs
#400 1. Minister for Domestic Affairs
#402 3. Science Minister
#403 1. Minister for Labour
#405 2. Interior Minister
Named characters:
Hillary Smoochinger, Foreign Minister
Timothy Lagarde, Treasury Minister
Professor Maxx von Strangehate, Chief Science Officer
General Dwight Powell, Military Chief of Staff
Admiral Nelson Wellington
+ multiple @@RANDOMNAMES@@, several of which hold the title General

[Drawkland]

I love how the variations occur among the issues, actually. It just seems to me that it adds a level of, I dunno, historical feel. Like how the issues evolve through the ages.

This list just feels so NS-esque to me. I love it. Good work Drachmaland and Trotterdam!

[Sierra Lyricalia]

Love it! Got a couple other synonyms to account for:


Commissioner of Elections in 436.2
Commissioner of Police in 192.3

Director of the @@NAMEINITIALS@@AF Special Projects Division - in 422.3
Director of the Emergency Preparedness Agency - in 362.3
Director of the @@NAME@@ Intelligence Agency - 328.2, 222.2
Director of Public Outreach for the Army - 378.2
Director of Budget Shortfalls - 298.2

[Drachmaland]

I mostly just did it to track the more humorous ones (of which you missed at least one).

Which one did I miss?

[Trotterdam]

Which one did I miss?

Minister of Complicating Things. C'mon, that's the best one!

[The Assorted Saharan Outposts]

You get a rather shameless tag
I have no shame.

[Leppikania]

I'd like to note: it looks like the mods merged the threads.

[Nation of Quebec]

Wonderful lists. It makes me happy knowing how much attention people actually pay to issues.

Edit: I've made a suggestion to the mods to make a giant sticky for all the index threads.

[Drachmaland]

Which one did I miss?

Minister of Complicating Things. C'mon, that's the best one!

You're very right!

Added: Minister of Complicating Things (242.3)

Wonderful lists. It makes me happy knowing how much attention people actually pay to issues.

Are you kidding? That's the reason why we're here!

[Trotterdam]

Wonderful lists. It makes me happy knowing how much attention people actually pay to issues.

Are you kidding? That's the reason why we're here!

Weirdo. Didn't you know that NationStates is supposed to be about raiding, and issues are just an insignificant distraction? You're missing the point of the game.

[Epsilon Lyricalia]

Gonna bump this with a renewed request to sticky it. Thanks!

[Leppikania]

Gonna bump this with a renewed request to sticky it. Thanks!

For something like that, all the threads like this would need to be merged. With that being the case, support.

[Drachmaland]

Wait, I'm currently gathering the update info for both my [INDEX] threads, as well as preparing my third one.

[Annihilators of Chan Island]

Wait, I'm currently gathering the update info for both my [INDEX] threads, as well as preparing my third one.

Oh my

[Tinhampton]

This is a double-post: A shameless bump for reference, and a blatantly incomplete list of new ministers - some sensible, some ridiculous, all widening @@NAME@@'s endless bureaucracy:

• Culture Minister (637.3)
• Minister of Solutions (636.4)
• Minister of the Church of Weird Gaits (626.2)
• Minister For Tea And Scones (623.3)
• Immigration Minister (621.1) AND Border Controls Minister (621.2) in the same issue

[Candlewhisper Archive]

[*]Immigration Minister (621.1) AND Border Controls Minister (621.2) in the same issue[/list]

Except that not really, as the options are mutually exclusive. If you have immigration, it's an Immigration Minister. If you don't, its a Border Controls Minister.

[Ransium]

I'm tagging this for reference as well

[Noahs Second Country]

Wonderful lists. It makes me happy knowing how much attention people actually pay to issues.

Edit: I've made a suggestion to the mods to make a giant sticky for all the index threads.

Will it ever happen?

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Probably not. We're discussing it backstage, but there's a balance to be struck between not filling the front page with stickies, and having easy access to useful indices.

Maybe links from the How To Write thread would work?

[Heaven view]

Wonderful lists. It makes me happy knowing how much attention people actually pay to issues.

Edit: I've made a suggestion to the mods to make a giant sticky for all the index threads.

Will it ever happen?

[Luna Amore]

Read the post above yours. This has already been handled.

[Daarwyrth]

I'm missing the Minister of Compromise! I've encountered them regularly lately but I don't see them featured on the list! They definitely should be in the NS-esque Ministers

[Trotterdam]

My list only goes up to #486? Wow, that's old.

I don't want to go updating anything until Jutsa (or someone) updates the spoiler thread, though.