Central Coronial Government (Kouralia)

The Central Coronial Government is the Executive branch of national government in the Crown Union of Kouralia. As the executive branch, it is responsible for governance of the union through legitimate use of authority and enforcing laws passed by the senate in line with judgements of the courts. Much of the decision-making in running the Crown Union is carried out exclusively by the Executive branch of government, with only certain decisions such as appointment of Officers of the Crown requiring the advice and consent of the Senate. The power of the Coronial Government is further constrained through audits of its efficiency and effectiveness by Senate Committees, and through binding judgements on the lawfulness of its activity by the courts. It is an important constitutional point that the Office of the Crownbearer does not usurp the role of the Coronial Government, so most interactions between them are to fulfil a function at the request of a member of another government branch.

The Central Coronial Government consists of a large number of distinct organisations that work together, but which generally maintain some degree of operational independence from one another. Governmental Departments come in three categories:

• Justiciable Departments, or Justiciaries are the most high profile government departments, and are headed directly by one or a number Justiciars of the Crown. Examples of Justiciable Departments include the Justiciary of Public Safety, and the Crown Captain's Office.
• Non-Justiciable Departments usually fulfil a regulatory, inspection or investigative function but nonetheless still have some authority to make policy. Due to the importance that their work remains independent from the political process they are not headed by a Justiciar - though they may be indirectly accountable to one in some fashion. Examples of Non-Justiciable Departments include the Coronial Statistician's Office and the Coronial Advocate's Office.
• Independent Executive Departments are budgetarily and managerially separate from their associated Justiciable Department, and carry out services and functions on its behalf with a significant degree of independence in decision-making as opposed to fomulating national policy. Examples of Independent Executive Departments include the Coronial Intelligencery and the Hydrography Office.

In general, these Governmental Departments are staffed by personnel divided into a number of classes for the purposes of legislation:

• Justiciars of the Crown are members of the Senate or Noble Assembly selected by the Crown Captain of Justiciars to make and implement policy decisions as heads of Government Departments. They are politicians appointed by the Crownbearer on the advice of the Crown Captain of Justiciars to ensure the policy direction of the Government matches that of the politics elected to the Senate by the people.
• Justicial Clerks Counsel are politically appointed, temporary special advisors to Governmental Departments. They are appointed by the Justiciar responsible for that department and work in areas where political and government policy overlap and it may be seen as inappropriate for an independent Clerk-Coronial to work.
• Clerks Coronial are independent career employees of the central coronial governmental departments, in an employment category distinct from regional government employees and other staff such as military servicepersons or Watch Constables.