Government of Berthier

The Government of Berthier (Barborican: Gouvernement de l'Berthier) is responsible for the administration of the Mardisian province of Berthier.

The Crown is the corporation sole, assuming distinct roles: the executive, as the Crown-in-Council; the legislature, as the Crown-in-Parliament; and the courts, as the Crown-on-the-Bench. The Executive Council (Cabinet), the Legislative Assembly, and the judiciary respectively, exercise the powers of the Crown.

The term Government of Berthier may refer to either the collective set of all three institutions, or more specifically to the executive: ministers of the Crown (the Executive Council) of the day, and the non-political staff within each provincial department or agency, i.e. the civil services, directed by the ministers.

The Crown

His Majesty King Alexander II, as Monarch of Mardisia, is also King in Right of Berthier and exercises individual authority on behalf of the federal government and the Mardisian provinces.

The powers of the Crown vested in the monarch are exercised locally by the Lieutenant Governor, typically on the binding advice of the premier and Executive Council.