Imperial Court of Mesogeia
The Imperial Court of Mesogeia refers to the institution comprising the domestic, military, and religious entourage of the Emperor of Mesogeia, which supports both the reigning sovereign and the members of the Imperial Family.
Organisation
The basic administrative structure of the Imperial court has existed in its present form largely unchanged for the close to a thousand years. The Imperial court is presently divided into eight main departments, these include: the Department of the Imperial Chancellory, Department of the Grand Praepositus, the Office of Megas Primicerius, the Office of the Imperial Fortune, the Office of the Gynaikeion, the Office of the Ektomiai, the Office of the Imperial Stables, and the Office of the Imperial Hunt.
Department of the Imperial Chancellory,
The Department of the Imperial Chancellory is overseen by the Grand Magister who functions as a kind of Imperial Chancellor for the Emperor. The Imperial Chancellory consists of three bureaus, they include:
- Clerical Bureau, responsible for drafting official documents on the Emperor's behalf, as well as oversight of the Imperial Archives
- Correspondence Bureau, responsible for receiving and answering official correspondence to the Emperor both winin the empire and from foreign nations. It also handles the Imperial translation service when dealing with foreign nations.
- Legal Bureau, which is responsible for dealing with petitions and appeals received by the Emperor from lower courts
- Arrangement Bureau, handles administrative matters that occur when the Emperor is not in the capital.