Royal Council

The Royal Council or Cabinet is the primary governing body of Westarctica and reports directly to the Grand Duke.

History

The Royal Council is the successor body to the Grand Ducal Cabinet, which was created in June 2004 and dissolved during the 2010 coup.

Although Grand Duke Travis invited several ministers to advise the Crown after returning to power in 2010, it wasn't until March 2018 that His Royal Highness formally created the Royal Council as an actual institution and invested the cabinet ministers with autonomous powers beyond merely serving as advisers.

Composition

The Royal Council is comprised of positions in two categories: Ministries and other Council-Level Positions.

Appointment to Ministry postings are made by the Prime Minister, with confirmation by the Grand Duke. Other Council-Level Positions (generally called Commissioners, but also military appointments) are made solely at the discretion of the Grand Duke. These typically cover, but are not limited to, areas of concern not already addressed by an existing Ministry.

As the position of Prime Minister is currently vacant, this distinction is essentially meaningless. It has been speculated that this process may be reevaluated and overhauled before another Prime Minister is elected.

Current Ministries and Council-Level Positions

Position	Current Appointee	Portrait	Since	Additional Council-Level Posts Held
Minister of Technology	Prince Dinny, the Marquis of Sarnoff		5 December 2014	Captain of the Guard for the Westarctican Royal Guard
Minister of Citizenship & Immigration	Duke Jordan of the Bear Peninsula		9 March 2018	Commissioner of the Westarctica Civilian Corps
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Count Stefan of Goldstream		February 2018
Minister of Blockchain	Hon. Brian Erdelyi		January 2018
Minister of Information	Baron of Bastanchury		22 March 2018	Commissioner of the Treasury
Minister of Defense	Duke Wolf of Waesche		29 July 2005
Director of Communications	Danni Michele	200px	29 June 2018
Ellsworth King of Arms	Hon. Michael Richards		March 2015