Principal counsels and ceremonial departments
The Principal Counsels (列卿, rêt-skrang) were Themiclesia's highest-ranking officials in the Medieval period under the chancellor and vice chancellor. Those occupying analogous positions under the empress, empresses-dowager, and palatine princes are also principal counsels. As a characteristic, their departments are all based in the capital cities and receive a salary of 2,000 bushels.
Today, their functions vary from being high-ranking civil servants with current duties to sinecures; their departments are called ceremonial departments because, while some do retain functions, they no longer behave as coherent administrative agencies.
Etymology
The term rêt-skrang is a adjectival-nominal compound term which can be semantically dissected into its components. rêt, from Old Meng *ret, means "each, all"; *ret is a cognate of *r̥et, meaning "all". The glyph for skrang, meaning perhaps originally "companion", depicts two individuals sharing a meal.
Constitutional significance
It is generally held that, prior to Abolition of Formalities Act (1975), all functions of the central government must occur within or under one of the ceremonial departments, each led by a official holding consular rank. This tradition which dates to antiquity is analyzed to represent the sharing of administrative powers and responsibilities between the monarchy and an established aristocracy. Though the rule has lost part of its substance with more liberal granting of aristocratic titles and their later disassociation with feudal privilege, it has nevertheless been re-asserted multiple times in history by the aristocracy to prevent the crown from appointing sycophants or allies of whom they disapprove.
Emperor's counsels
Chancellor
The Chancellor (相邦, smangs-pwrāng) is the nominal head of the royal government. He or she is always a peer. The Shinasthana name smangs-pwrāng means "state-overseer", similar to a head of government. The Chancellor was originally the most powerful and highest-ranking officer of the bureaucracy, though in later centuries he may be relegated to a ceremonial and procedural function, or even a title for the President of Correspondence. The Chancellor's authority extends over military as much as civilian officials.
Vice-Chancellor
The Vice-Chancellor (丞相, ging-smangs) is an assistant of the Chancellor. Though most deputies in the Themiclesian administration do not have much independent authority, Vice-Chancellors are an exception, as the office of Chancellor is frequently vacant. Certain monarchs have also used the Vice-Chancellor to divide the authority of the Chancellor.
There may be one or two Vice-Chancellors; if there are two, then the more senior is called the Right Vice-Chancellor (右丞相, ghwreq-ging-smangs), and the other the Left Vice-Chancellor (左丞相, dzārq-ging-smangs). If there is a third, the most junior is called Middle Vice-Chancellor (中丞相, trung-ging-smangs) If the Chancellorship is vacant, then the Right Vice-Chancellor takes his place, but his authority is not as complete as a Chancellor. While the Chancellor is invariably a peer, Vice-Chancellors are not always peers, though this tends to be the case if he or she de facto discharges the Chancellor's office.
Exchequer-Chancellor
Account-Chancellor
Royal Attorney-general
The Royal Attorneys (御史, ngjas-s.rje′) are a group of officers in Themiclesia primarily concerned with the maintenance of law and order amongst officials in the royal bureaucracy and household. They possess the power to investigate misuse of power and primary function as ombudsmen in the central and local governments. Formerly, Royal Attorneys also functioned as tribunes in the Themiclesian army and navy, being empowered to monitor military officers of all ranks and to make confidential reports upon their activities; this system fell into disuse in the mid-19th century.
Master of the Exchequer
The Master of the Exchequer (内史, nups-sre′) has a broad array of duties centering on revenues. The medieval Exchequer was divided into two main departments, the Major Exchequer and the Minor Exchequer; the former had jurisdiction over revenues in kind, such as grains and minerals, and the latter over moneys. The collection of revenues in kind waned after the 14th century.
Master of Arcane Arts
The Master of Arcane Arts (太史, lats-sre′) is primarily invovled in conducting ceremonies of public relevance, especially for the state cult. He also controls departments of oracles, clairvoyance, and worship. Professions once perceived to have some sort of spiritual significance, such as medicine, music, and history are also superintended by the Master of Arcane Arts.
It was once customary for a number of households to be moved to a newly-completed mausoleum. Rather than paying taxes, they would be charged with the mausoleum's maintenance and be exempt from other forms of service. Thus, these villages became favoured places for merchant families, who could travel more widely without interruption by service. The duties of maintaining the mausoleum were commuted to payment for those who could afford it. Maintenance work on mausolea usually lapsed after several generations, while exemption persisted; this was considered the "residual grace" of the deceased sovereign entombed there. Such "mausolea villages" were under the control of the Great Chamberlain.
Justiciar
The Justiciar (廷尉, ling-′uts) is a senior judicial official, superior to the chief justices of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. While the Justiciar once sat in the Court of Appeal, he is restricted to administrative duties around these two courts today.
Royal Marshal
The Royal Marshal (中尉, trjung-′judh) exercises over the region around the capital city functions similar to a prefectural marshal. This officer manages the Inner Region's militia and was the commander-in-chief of the Capital Defence Force, until it merged with other professional units in 1921. The Royal Marshal enjoys the courtesy rank of colonel within the Consolidated Army and is regarded as the most senior colonel.
Marshal of Guards
The Marshal of Guards (衛尉, gwrals-′uts) is the civilian commander of the Royal Guards, which currently consists of two regiments and nine independent companies. Under the Marshal of Guards are the colonels of the Sqin′-lang Palace and the Middle Palace and the captains responsible for the other royal residences.
Master of Protocols
The Master of Protocols (大賓, lats-prin) oversaw ceremonies relating to the imperial court and reception of foreign envoys. In Antiquity, much emphasis was placed on honouring guests with rituals in temples of royal progenitors and of the hosting city's gods. An accepted system of diplomatic etiquette thus developed around envoys' participation in rituals which were supposed to demonstrate the hosting city's pious and friendly disposition.
Marshal of Barons
The Marshal of Barons (主爵中尉, tjo′-tsjakw-trjung-′judh) was the monarch's representative to his barons and the peacetime commander of baronial troops pledged to the crown. This office is now normally filled by a Cabinet minister and acts as the government's representative in the House of Lords.
Gallery Marshal
The Gallery Marshal (郎中令, rāng-trung-rings) is responsible for the Gentlemen of the Household, who are retainers of the Themiclesian monarch and perform a range of menial functions. While their original role was mostly civil, they were also expected to act as a bodyguard, and some were comaprable to equerries in Casaterran monarchies.
President of the Privy Council
The Privy Council (中大夫省, trung-lats-pa-sring′) is the sovereign's chief body of non-partisan advisors. It consists of all former cabinet ministers, though only former prime ministers are regularly summoned for the council's meetings. Membership is in two classes, the Privy Councillors, for prime ministers, and Councillors-at-Large, for cabinet ministers.
Unlike its Tyrannian namesake, the Privy Council is not the parent organization of the cabinet, nor is its advice legally reqiured in executive functions. Instead, it mediates the exercise of the emperor's private prerogatives with the government, supervises the running of his household and those of his relatives, and informs the throne about political activities. While the emperor must always abide by his ministers' advice, the bi-partisan Privy Council generally allows the emperor to gain better insight into government policies and form informed opinions and make proper statements. This prevents open conflicts, intentional or unintentional, between the crown and his ministers.
Master of the Horse
The Master of the Horse (太僕, l′āts-bwāk) was responsible for provisioning the court and militias with horses, which due to their importance in warfare was a regulated resource. His department oversaw several major horse ranches that spanned thousands of hectares that reared and tended to horses of all uses. By connection, he also oversaw the raising of livestock that provisioned the court and occasionally was sold on markets. His subordinates oversaw the many stables that served the government's needs.
Comptroller of Waters
The Comptroller of Waters (水衡令 / 水黃令, sl′jui-gwrang-ringh) controlled acquatic resources outside of royal lands, such as waterways, irrigation projects, dredging of rivers, shipping, and the civic marine. Prior to the establishment of the military navy, the Comptroller of Waters was the principal administrator responsible for providing a navy in case of disturbances at sea. After the military navy was founded under the Privy Treasurer, the portfolio of the Comptroller of Waters was reduced to civic matters; however, both merchant and war ships are still registered by the Comptroller. The relationship between the Comptroller and prefectural marines is similar to that between the Master of the Horse and prefectural cavalries. His principal assistant in administering resources is the Marine Prefect (護水使者, gagh-sl′jui-srje′-tja′), whose military role was gradually supplanted by the Department of Fleets, evolving into the Great Admiralty of today. Prefectural marines have been subsumed by the Department of Fleets since the middle ages. Of the Civil Officers of the navy, the Marine Prefect is the most senior; however, this title is also sometimes granted to admirals as a reward for successes in battle. The royal household counterpart of the Comptroller of Waters is the Director of Palace Waters (寺水令, lje′-sl′jui′-ringh), who manages aquatic resources on royal lands, and of the Marine Prefect, the Director of Middle Engineers (中工室, trjung-kong-stjit). Until the modern period, the royal marine for the sovereign's personal journeys was separate from the navy.
Due to the importance of the shipping and the navy, the Marine Prefect later acquired several distinct role in administering Columbia, essentially treating the entire subcontinent as a large royal forest and extracting resources from it. These tasks ranged from logging, crafting, mining, to minting coins. In 1434, every tree in Columbia over 3 feet in diameter, 3 feet from the ground, was declared state property of Themiclesia and could not be logged without permission from the Marine Prefect. Equally, since he controlled bronze deposits, he oversaw the minting of coins, which numbered in the millions in some years shipped back to Themiclesia for government use. Since natural resources in Columbia were far less exploited than in Themiclesia, the Marine Prefect's department eclipsed that of the Comptroller of Waters, though the latter remained the legal superior. Geographically separated from Themiclesia, appointment to this office was exceedingly lucrative and almost always enriched the holder immesurably, sometimes generating disputes with individuals and communities that inhabited the continent. In 1204, the Themiclesian court promulgated the Statute on Extortions, which permitted redress if the Marine Prefect expropriated "lawfully owned" properties; this in turn led to a body of international litigations between the natives of Columbia, Hallians, and other nationalities against Themiclesia's activities and a clash of legal systems.
- Director of Waterways (都水, ta-sl′jui′): dredging, damming, and maintenance of rivers and other waterways
- Director of Price Controls (均輸, kwljel-l′ja): assessing local prices of goods and transporting goods to equalize prices
- Director of Shipping (輯濯, kjep-dikw): shipping of government and private goods
- Director of Aquatic Engineers (水寺工, sl′jui′-slje-k′ong): penal labour for aquatic projects
- Director of Mints (黃官, gwrang-kwar): minting of coins
- Director of West Woods (西章, sner-tjang): shipwrights for the Themiclesian Navy
Comptroller of Works
The Comptroller of Works (大匠, ladh-dzjangh) was responsible for the central government's building, engineering projects, and manufacture of weapons and other goods.
- Left Brigade (左校, dzar-krawh): a brigade of construction workers
- Right Brigade (右校, gwrje′-krawh): do.
- Director of East Woods (東章, tong-tjang): management of state forests in Themiclesia
Comptroller of the House
The Comptroller of the House (公族大夫, klong-tsok-ladh-pja) oversaw the households of untitled members of the royal family; those titled would fall under the supervision of the Marshal of Peers or the Comptroller of Embassies. His subordinates are the heads of households serving unmarried princes and princesses. He was responsible for preparing the royal family's family tree and a list of all its current members. Likewise, the Comptroller of the House arranged for their education and public relations and functioned as a court for the adjudication of offences committed by members of the royal family; criminal cases against them must be brought at this court, which with parliamentary assent may remanded to ordinary courts, and civil cases between themselves as well.
- Director of Penal Labour (中司空, trjung-slje-kong): offences by members of the royal family result in the same sentences applicable to commoners, but they serve their sentences under this department, which segregates them from ordinary prisoners.
- Director of Great Princess Royal Brjiang (平大長公主家, brjêng-ladh-trjang′-klong-tjo-kra)
- Director of Princess Royal Go (侯長公主家, go-trjang′-klong-tjo-kra)
- Director of Princess Royal Sje-mra (司馬公主家, slje-mra′-klong-tjo-kra)
- Director of Princess Gwran (寰公主家, gron-klong-tjo-kra)
- Director of Princess Hwjei (暉公主家, l′jui-klong-tjo-kra)
- Director of Princess Nga (梧公主家, nga′-klong-tjo-kra)
Pass Marshal
The Pass Marshal (備塞尉, brjegh-segh-′judh) controlled several aspects of Themiclesian administration. In the Demesne Land, he managed internal boundaries and passes and ports on public highways; as such, he also oversaw the issuance of permits to move armaments and certain controlled substances through them. Internal boundaries were those between the centrally-controlled parts of the Demesne Land and those under subordinate loci of power. On the borders, he stationed troops. In Columbia, he controlled the trade routes and their fortifications. Due to the distance Columbian fortifications were from Themiclesia, some of Themiclesia's first professional soldiers were hired to defend them on a long-term basis, using local rather than conveyed resources; these forces eovlved into the Colonial Army. Whereas the Marine Prefect controlled economic and civilian affairs in Themiclesian-controlled parts of Columbia, the Pass Marshal was widely seen as his military counterpart. The Marshal of States (屬邦尉, tjo′-prong-′judh) also participated in defence of borders, managing the troops pledged to Themiclesia on the other side of the border.
- Director of Demesne Passes (中關令, trjung-kron-ringh)
- Director of the Portcullia Port (岌津令, skjep-tsjin-ringh)
- Director of the Maracaibo Port (精津令, tsjêng-tsjing-ringh)
- Director of the Gwrjing-goi Port (永和津令, gwrjang′-goi-tsjin-ringh)
- Exchequer of the Passes (津內令, tsjin-nubh-ringh)
Privy Treasurer
The Privy Treasurer (少府, sm′jaws-pjo′) originated as a department serving the emperor's household, controlling his private property and fabricating items for royal use. Since the emperor owned many of the forests that produced timber and hosted game, anyone logging, hunting, fishing, and trapping in it was fined an entrance fee and either paid for the goods they obtained from them or had to submit part of their acquisitions to the department. The Privy Treasury also actively exploited the land by large, collective agricultural and mineral enterprises; some of their products went to the royal household, but a large portion was also sold on markets, proceeds also going to the department. By extention, it attended to the many personal needs of the royal household. In 502, King Ngjon of the Rjang dynasty prohibited private minting of coins and declared all bronze ores in the Demesne land royal property; the bronze allowed the Privy Treasury to become a mint, further enlarging its wealth and economic prowess. Prior to the Rjang dynasty, the Privy Treasurer's department already was one of the largest, and the resources it held second only to those of the Inner Administrator.
The Privy Treasurer has been called the "junkyard of the bureaucracy", in that new government departments that did not have an appropriate principal counsel as a superintendant were all granted to the Privy Treasury. Its jurisdiction in later ages have thus extended from service to the royal palaces, to curation of artifacts, to management of natural resources and money, to manufacture of goods and weapons, and to the running of a military navy. With respect to its enormous jurisdiction, the Privy Treasurer has six secretaries that take care more coherent parts of the portfolio, and the Privy Treasurer is usually a sinecure, filled by a lord in waiting.
- Secretary of the Left (左丞, dzar′-′tjeng)
- Director of Cuisine (大官, ladh-kwar): catering for court ceremonies
- Director of Premises (居室, kja-stjit): hygiene around the palace
- Director of Lyric Poetry (樂府, ngljakw-pjo′): music and lyrical poetry
- Director of Service (宦者, ghwranh-tja'): administration of the emperor's retinue
- Director of Furnishings (內者, nubh-tja'): upholstry, furniture, and drapery
- Director of Cats (貓, mraw): cats for entertainment
- Director of Pantries (饈, snju): procurement of food for the royal kitchen, management of royal animal and vegetable farms
- Director of Long Avenue (永巷, gwrjang′-krongh): security for stores in the palace
- Director of Privy Symphony (寺樂, mlje′-ngrakw): chamber orchestra for the emperor
- Director of Teamsters (榦官, garh-kwar): movement of items from one part of the palace to another
- Director of Clocks (更, krang): keeper of time in the palace, management of the bells and drums
- Director of Vehicular Affairs (車官, tl′ja-kwar): custodian of motor vehicles for the emperor
- Director of Fanfares (鼓吹, ka′-t′jui): fanfares for processions
- Secretary of the Right (右丞, gwrje′-′tjeng)
- Director of Mini Gardens (弄田, lungh-lin): emperor's play garden
- Director of Ponds (池, djar): ponds in the palace
- Director of Rabbits (罕士, kar-dzrje′): manager of rabbit population in the palace
- Director of Dogs (狡士, kraw′-dzrje′): keeping of dogs for royal company
- Director of Water (寺水, lje′-sl′jui′): keeper of the palace's wells and springs
- Director of Waterworks (宮水, kjung-sl′jui′): custodian of artificial fountains
- Director of Royal Gardens (苑, ngrjonh): royal hunting grounds and upkeep
- Director of Illustrious Woods (華林園, gwra-rjem-ghrjen): royal gardens to the north of Hên-lang Palace
- Director of Solarium (暴室, begwh-stjit): hothouse for growing summer foods during winter
- Director of Royal Greens (左田, dzar-lin): gardens for growing foods for retinues and servants
- Secretary of Finances (庫丞, tl′jah-′djêng)
- Director of Royal Stores (御府, ngjah-pjo′): general storage of goods presented to the royal household
- Director of Left Treasury (左藏, dzar-dzang): emperor's money treasury
- Director of Right Treasury (右藏, gwrje-dzang): emperor's artifacts treasury
- Director of Recruitment (募人, magh-njing): hiring of staff for the royal household
- Secretary of Service (殿中丞, denh-trjung-′tjeng)
- Director of Royal Attire (尚衣, ′djang′-′jer): emperor's personal wardrobe
- Director of Royal Comestibles (尚食, ′djang′-mljek): emperor's private kitchens
- Director of Royal Caps (尚冠, ′djang′-konh): emperor's personal hats
- Director of Correspondence (尚書, ′djang′-st′ja): the Cabinet in modern practice
- Director of Royal Baths (尚浴, ′djang′-ljuk): emperor's personal baths
- Director of Royal Pendants (尚佩, ′djang′-begh): emperor's personal jewelry
- Director of Royal Mattresses (尚帷, ′djang′-hjui): emperor's personal bed and its upholstry
- Secretary of Manufactures (工丞, kong-′tjeng)
- Director of Armours (武庫, mja-tl′ah): storage of weapons in the royal palace
- Director of Left Crafts (左匠, dzar-dzjangh): bronze artifacts
- Director of Right Crafts (右匠, gwrje′-dzjangh): other metal artifacts
- Director of Left Engineers (左工室, dzar-kong-da): construction workers for normal building projects
- Director of Right Engineers (右工室, gwrje′-kong-da): construction workers for building projects outside of palaces
- Director of East Textiles (東織室, tong-tjek-stjit): production of silks
- Director of West Textiles (西織室, sner-tjek-stjit): production of other fabrics
- Director of Writing Implements (守宮, sn′ju′-kjung): procurement of pens and inkwells
- Director of Musical Instruments (清商, tsjêng-stjang): production of musical instruments
- Director of Clay (詔事, tjawh-dzrjeh): procurement and manufacture of earthenware and porcelain for royal use, and sometimes for sale
- Director of Pillar Mountain (氐柱, ti′-djogh): tourism at a popular mountain not far from Kien-k'ang
- Director of Iron Sales (鐵市, l′ik-dje'): taxes on the sale of iron goods
- Director of Iron Weapons (鐵兵, l′ik-prjang): manufacture of iron weapons (opposed to bronze) for royal use
- Director of Instruments (內官, nubh-kwar): manufacture of sundries and scales, rulers, weights, restraints, and torture and execution tools; mutilation and execution of royalty, nobility, and minors
- Secretary of Ceremonies (儀丞, ngjar-′tjeng)
- Director of Bells (均, kwjer): minting of bells for the ancestral temples
- Director of Great Stores (大府, ladh-pjo′): store of imperial ancestors' belongings
- Director of Tortoise Shells (書府, st′ja-pjo′): storage of tortoise shells after divination
- Director of Cults (祠祀, sl′je-sghje): small cults
- Director of Special Stores (特庫, lek-tl′ah): storage for sacrificial goods, such as brocade and jade
- Director of Left Symphony (左樂, dzar′-ngrakw): one of two symphonies for the royal court, specializing in domestic and prairie music
- Director of Right Symphony (右樂, gwrje′-ngrakw): one of two symphonies for the royal court, specializing in Casaterran music
- Secretary of Goods (內黃丞, nubh-gwrang-′tjeng)
- Director of Couriers (都共, ta-kjung): movement of items from the palace to the residences of administrators
- Director of Jade Mining (采珠, tse′-tjo): royal jade mines
- Director of Silver Mining (采銀, tse′-ngrjen): royal silver mines
- Director of Iron Mining (采鐵, tse′-l′ik): royal iron mines
- Director of Gold Mining (采金, tse′-krjem): royal gold mines
- Director of Oranges (橘, kljut): royal orange farms and orange products
- Director of Sea Salt (海鹽, me′-ljam): collection and sale of salt from the royal beaches
- Director of Left Salt Mines (左鹽, dzar′-ljam): collection and sale of salt from mines north of River Gar
- Director of Right Salt Mines (右鹽, gwrje′-ljam): collection and sale of salt from mines south of River Gar
- Director of Mulberry Woods (桑林, smang-rjem): royal mulberry woods for silkworms
These officers following are not under the jurisdiction of any secretary.
- Director of Seals and Credentials (符璽, bjo-snji'): manufacturer of seals and credentials (under supervision of the Tribune of Credentials)
The naval departments are, by custom, under the direction of the Director of Fleets, or later his staff, the Great Admiralty.
- Director of Fleets (航, gang): Themiclesian Navy
- Director of Naval Engineers (海寺工, m′e′-mlje′-kong): cannon foundries, gunsmiths, and other weapons for the Themiclesian Navy
- Director of Passengers (冗人, njung′-njing): some fiscal functions of the Navy and the Themiclesian Marine Corps
- Director of Impressment (海官, m′e′-kwar): the Impress Service for the Navy
Empress' counsels
Traditionally, the empress' seat is the Middle Palace. As a result, her principal counsels have the prefix "middle" attached. As the emperor's legal and ritualistic peer, the empress-consort's bureaucracy titularly enjoys the same stature as their analogues to the emperor, though their powers are much more limited. In earlier times, the empress usually held revenue rights over one or several prefectures, as marital customs dictate, so her officials have presence and authority beyond the empress' palace. Later, after administrative consolidation carried out under the Restored Meng dynasty, the emperor's bureaucracy collected the empress' revenues on her behalf, though her officials still nominally received them before paying them into her treasury.
Middle Treasurer
The Middle Treasurer (中詹事, trjung-tljam-dzrje′) is the primary manager of the Empress' household and controls most of its establishment. Many of the officials under the Middle Treasurer are similar in name and function to those of the Privy Treasurer, who was originally the majordomo of the emperor's palace and household. The latter's jurisdiction has, due to the emperor's political powers, breached the limits of the palace, while the Middle Treasurer's has not to the same degree. Before the Meng dynasty, the empress held several prefectures as her household land; though her officials were not directly invovled in its quotidian administration, they did participate in extraction of materials from those areas, and for this they had some interactivity with locals.
Middle Master of the Horse
The Middle Master of the Horse (中太僕, trjung-ladh-bok) manages the empress' horses and travels. The empress and her bureaucracy has no legal role in managing the national military.
Middle Marshal of the Guard
The Middle Marshal of the Guard (中衛尉, trjung-gwrjaih-′judh) commands the palace guard regiments of the Middle Palace.
Palatine counsels
As Themiclesia technically maintains a pluralistic constitution, each of the four palatine states also possesses a defective copy of the central government of Themiclesia. The defects are largely a reflection of the absence of an actual prince palatine ruling the area. Due to efforts to suppress regionalism through the last 1,500 years, palatine states are only nominally distinct from the area under direct governance from Kien-k'ang. Practical differences today are limited to formatting documents and addressing recipients, since 23 of the 41 prefectures are palatine. Certain peers are also technically palatine, but these have been part of the national political process from a very early age. As palatines were a vestige of the political system created by the Treaty of Five Kings, they were maintained by later dynasties to profess heritage from that era.
While many of these positions have severely diminished to no function, they remained a useful tool to settle officials out of favour at the central court or to give rank and income to someone who otherwise had none. In 1848, the Lord of Rjai-lang, a reformist prime minister, stopped the appointment of 50 principal counsels that did little to nothing, their portfolios absorbed by the central counterparts centuries ago. However, he began appointing them again in 1855, largely to appease civil servants who felt threatened by his rapid reformist programme. Appointment continued throughout the 19th century as a tool to increase government ministers' salaries, to legitimate ministers without portfolio, or to give a title to commissions without precedents. Most frequently, however, these positions were used as a glamourous reward for political contributions without granting actual power. During the Pan-Septentrion War, Themiclesia dismissed all palatine counsels under a policy to reduce civil service pay, since all palatine counsels were paid at the top tier (Third Class, 2,000 bushels).
Palatine counsels normally include:
- Chancellor: sinecure
- Vice Chancellor: sinecure
- President of Tribunes: supervision of bureaucrats within the palatine, as a deputy of the President of Tribunes of Themiclesia
- Inner Administrator: prefectural governor for counties within the palatine seat; financial functions suppressed
- Capital Marshal:
- Marshal of Peers: sinecure
- Comptroller of Embassies: sinecure
- Comptroller of States: certain minority polities are subjects of palatine states
- Justiciar: regional court of appeal
- Master of the Horse: supply of horses in the palatine
- President of the Privy Council: sinecure
- Comptroller of Works: public works in the palatine
Palatine counsels normally do not include:
- Gallery Marshal: not appointed without a prince palatine
- Privy Treasurer: functions suppressed
- Comptroller of Waters: late creation
- Comptroller of the House: not appointed without a prince palatine
- Great Chamberlain: not appointed without a prince palatine
- Pass Marshal: late creation
- Marshal(s) of Guards: not appointed without a prince palatine
Other 2,000-bushel officials
There are many other officials who are ranked at 2,000-bushels but are not considered part of the panoply of principal counsels. The most prominent of these are prefectural magistrates and marshals, who conduct civilian and military business in their prefectures, respectively. In contrast with these officials who are located regionally, those in the central government are termed demesne-2,000-bushels (中二千石, trjung-njih-sn′ing-djak); those governing prefectures were called prefecture-2,000-bushels (郡二千石, ′kljur-njih-sn′ing-djak), and palatine counsels are state-2,000-bushels (邦二千石, prong-njih-sn′ing-djak). Additionally, many demesne officials were created or elevated to this rank well after the period in which principal counsels have led the government; as a result, they are not considered principal counsels. Many of them are also military officers. They are (with the year they were established at that rank):
- Warden Beyond the River (河外監, gar-ngwadh-k.ram; 682), who controlled certain goverment functions in the northeast.
- Marine Prefect (護水使者, gagh-stjui-srje′-tja′; 1582), who governed the extraction of natural resources in Columbia.
- General of the Colonial Army (阜將軍, pjegh-tsjang-kwjin; 1348), who led Themiclesia's standing army in Columbia.
- Admirals (航監, 1220 through 1758), who form a committee to govern the navy and lead its expeditions.
- Colonel-general of Signals (都中尉, ta-trjung-′judh; 1758), who led the Royal Signals Corps.
- Captain-general of Marines (冗人尉, njung-njing-′judh; 1758), who governed the armed portion of the navy's passengers.
- Lieutenant-General of the Colonial Army (阜嬖將軍, pjegh-pêk-tsjang-kwjin; 1758)
- Chief Justice (廷理, lêng-rje′; 1758), who led the Supreme Court.
- Puisne Justices (廷監, lêng-k.ram; 1758), who sat on the Supreme Court's bench.
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