Government of Great Nortend

The Government of Great Nortend, formally known as His Majesty's Government or in Court Latin Curia Regis, and also known as the Erbonian Government, the Nortan Government or in some contexts, the Crown, constitutes the government of the Kingdom of Nortend, Cardoby and Hambria, a 'semi-constitutional' mixed monarchy where the Sovereign, presently Alexander II, wields ultimate power delegated to the Curia Regis consisting of the various branches of government.

The Government is split nominally into three branches: the executive branch composed of the Privy Council, which advises the Sovereign and whose role is mainly delegated to the Cabinet and Ministry, led by the Lord High Treasurer; the legislative branch composed of the Parliament's House of Lords, House of Clergy, House of Burgesses, House of Knights; the judicial branch composed of the various civil, regular and ecclesiastical courts, wardens, judges and justices. However, there is no formal separation of powers, with the consequence being that many offices and institutions have roles in two or even all three of the branches. Examples include Parliament, which has judicial and legislative powers and the Privy Council, which has executive, legislative and judicial powers.

The Crown

Main article: Monarchy of Great Nortend

The Crown (Court Latin: Illud Regnum), represented physically by the Sovereign, is the sovereign superior over all of Great Nortend, being considered the feudal liege lord, and ecclesiastical ruler appointed by God over his subjects. It has been held by members of the House of Anthord since 1519, with a brief interlude from 1762 to 1777.

The current Sovereign is Alexander II. The heir apparent (regulus apparens) is William, Prince of Rhise.

The Crown, in its various forms, is the head of the Curia Regis, and the fount of all government power. It has the final say in all executive, judicial and legislative matters, specifically in the guises of His Majesty in camera in executive and judicial matters, and His Majesty in parlamento in legislative matters.

Executive

Privy Council

Main articles: Ministry of Great Nortend and Privy Council of Great Nortend

The Privy Council comprises all of His Majesty's ministers and counsellours who have the formal role of advising the Sovereign on matters of governance. Counsellours are entitled to the style of 'Right Honourable'.

From the Privy Council are drawn the Officers of State and the serving ministers of His Majesty's Government as part of the Utter Ministry or Cabinet. The most important of these ministers is the Lord High Treasurer, who serves as de facto Prime Minister primus inter pares, though in ceremonial contexts the Lord High Steuard ranks first.

List of Government ministries

A ministry is a body headed by a Minister of the Crown (minister regni) who is appointed by the Sovereign in camera. Presently, there are 14 ministries, most of which do not use the term 'ministry' in their names. The list does not include non-ministerial departments, such as the Lord High Treasurer's Office.

Name	Minister	Senior civil servant	Headquarters
Board of Agriculture	Lord Master of the Board of Agriculture Rt. Hon. The Viscount of Rolhampford	Secretary John Wheeler	22 Little Ditch Street Lendert-with-Cadell
Board of Education	Master of the Board of Education Rt. Hon. Dr Thomas Wolfuller	Secretary John Wheeler	4 Calbend Lendert-with-Cadell
Board of Health	Lord Master of the Board of Health Rt Hon. James Kinson	Secretary Martin Prune	2 Calbend Lendert-with-Cadell
Board of Railways	Master of the Board of Railways Sir William Gouldon KCMT	Secretary Richard Cavendart	7 Lagesbury Street Lendert-with-Cadell
Board of Trade	Lord Master of the HorseRt. Hon. Baron de Stanfield	Secretary John Wheeler	9 Lagesbury Street Lendert-with-Cadell
Chancery Office	Lord High Chancellour His Grace the Bishop of Chepingstow	Warden of the Case Sir Julius Weaver GCH KMT
His Majesty's Clerk's Office	His Majesty's Clerk Rt. Hon. Sir Aaron Billings GCMT	Under-Secretary Sir William Henforth-Cable GCMT GCH	Lendert-with-Cadell
His Majesty's Foreign Office	Secretary of State for Foreign and Welch Affairs Rt. Hon. Sir George Drachington KMT	Under-Secretary Sir Leslie Cevon GCMT KSA	12 Wright Street Lendert-with-Cadell
His Majesty's Treasury and Exchequer	Lord High Treasurer The Most Noble The Duke of Limmes	Under-Secretary Sir Richard de Sourd KSA KCMT	8 Fettercourt, Lendert-with-Cadell
	Senior Secretary to the Treasury Martin Fitzgerald
	Comptroller of the Exchequer Rt. Hon. Peter Hofton
Ministry of War	Secretary of State at War Rt. Hon. Frederic Hondel	Under-Secretary Sir Colin Edford KMT	3 Fettercourt, Lendert-with-Cadell
His Majesty's Foreign Office	Secretary of State for Foreign and Welch Affairs Rt. Hon. Sir George Drachington KMT	Under-Secretary Sir Leslie Cevon GCMT KSA	12 Wright Street Lendert-with-Cadell
Postmaster-General's Office	Postmaster-General Rt. Hon. Sir Lachlan James KMT	Under Secretary Sir Michael Smith GCMT KCH	44 Wollery St Edmund's Street, Lendert-with-Cadell
Secretariat to the Law Officers of the Crown	Attorney-General Rt. Hon. Sir Peter Finch KS KMT	Official Secretary Sir Joseph Allan KMT KH	Lendert-with-Cadell
Surveyour-General's Office	Surveyour-General Rt. Hon. Jonathan Hall CMT	Under Secretary Sir Joseph Allan KMT KH	Lendert-with-Cadell