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Overview
Overview
Provincial governments have changed little following the ascension of the Empress and declaration of a Hadrian Empire. Each province is overseen by two figures who function as governors: a Consul and a Legate who share power and function as auditors of one another. The Consul is strictly a civilian functionary with no military duties (unless they take it upon themselves to assist the Legate), while the Legate is the supreme commander of all Legion elements assigned to a province. They advise the Empress through the High Consulate, and administer the province to which they are assigned. Both positions are appointed by the Empress directly and may be revoked at her discretion.
Beneath these governors are the provincial Senates, deliberative bodies composed of five wings known as Curia representing religious, noble, civil, administrative, and bureaucratic interest groups. Those who compose the Curia are known as Senators, and are elected
Provincial Government In Detail
Provincial Government In Detail
Consul & Legate
Consul & Legate
The Consul and Legate are the civilian and military governors of a province respectively. Both are appointed directly by the Empress, and may be recalled from their positions at any time should she see fit.
Senate
Senate
Seats in the Curia Nobiles are guaranteed for life. This Curia's seats are limited in number and allocated by the Consul - as a result there is much political intrigue and jockeying for control of these seats among the noble class. The Curia Cives is the only one in which seats are elected by the citizenry. The Curia Municipalis is composed of representatives of the administrators of various towns and cities in a province, and seats change as they are appointed or abdicate their positions. The Curia Sanctum, like the Nobiles, is a lifetime seat but one is afforded to a representative from all sanctioned practices in a province. In some Provinces this may mean there is only a handful of Senators, while in others there may be dozens.
Consilium & Officia
Consilium & Officia
Officia are composed of the near countless civil servants who actually carry out the day-to-day activities of the bureaucracy. An Officia can be composed of one person, or it can be hundreds all working towards the same task, such as balancing ledgers orcoordinating barge travel up and down the River Magna. Officia are created as they are needed by their respective Consilium. Pools of freshly educated civil servants are allotted to each Consilium at the start of a fiscal year, and subsequently tasked out as the Counselor sees fit.
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