Account

The account (上計, djang'-krjips) is an traditional, annual event of the Themiclesian Civil Service. In accustomed practice, local administrators, appointed by the central government to govern a certain administrative division, submitted statistics and records about their respective jurisdictions, to form the central government's basis for making national policy. Customarily, it is held by the Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, and President of Tribunes on the commencement of each administrative year, which lands on the first day of the tenth month of the lunisolar calendar. After the expansion of government services in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the account has ceased to be a meaningful administrative practice, as sharing of information between central and local government has extended far beyond an annual submission. Despite obsolescence, the annual gathering of Clerks of Account (計吏), the envoys of local governments submitting information, remains an important ceremony that Casaterran scholars consider the "Themiclesian pledge of allegiance" and the symbol of national unity, as the event represents the citizenry and resources being presented before the throne and central government.