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Duties of the Grand Duke include managing the offices of the [[Royal Household of Grand Duke Travis|Royal Household]] and oversight of the [[Peerage of Westarctica]]. He is responsible for making appointments to these institutions as well as bestowing honors in the [[Orders of Westarctica]].
Duties of the Grand Duke include managing the offices of the [[Royal Household of Grand Duke Travis|Royal Household]] and oversight of the [[Peerage of Westarctica]]. He is responsible for making appointments to these institutions as well as bestowing honors in the [[Orders of Westarctica]].


===The Peerage of Westarctica===
===Royal Council===
::''Main article: [[Peerage of Westarctica]]''
The [[Royal Council]] is jointly headed by the Grand Duke and the [[Prime Minister of Westarctica]]. The size of the Royal Council varies considerably from year to year as ministries are deemed redundant and their positions are retired; or, alternately, as the need for new ministries arises and these offices are created.
These are the nobility, and they are sometimes consulted by the Grand Duke on important national issues. While they have no formal decision-making power, their voices may have a large influence over national decisions. Occasionally the Grand Duke may invite them to express their desires in a one-peer-one-vote system, though he is not legally bound by the outcome of such a [[Voting in Westarctica|vote]].


===Westarctican Royal Guards===
====Current ministries in the Royal Council====
As Commander in Chief of Westarctica's military, the [[Westarctican Royal Guards]], the Grand Duke has ultimate control over the nation's military forces, although this is also managed by the [[Minister of Defense]] and the Captain of the Guards. The [[Minister of Defense]] is simultaneously in the [[Royal Council]], making him part of the legislative branch, but also in the Royal Household, making him part of the executive branch.
* [[Minister of Defense]]
* [[Foreign Minister]]
* [[Minister of Communications]]
* [[Minister of Culture]]
* [[Minister of Citizenship & Immigration]] ''(vacant)''


===Commissions===
====The Honorary Consular Corps====
Commissions are a group of departments created for ad-hoc purposes by the Grand Duke as needed. They generally function for a limited period of time and once their business is complete, the department is dissolved.
Inside the Royal Council, the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] directs the [[Honorary Consular Corps]], whose members serve as overseas diplomatic representatives of Westarctica's government. They are a key part of Westarctica's [[Foreign relations of Westarctica|foreign affairs program]] and, with more than a dozen members, comprise the government's largest group of volunteer workers.


These commissions are headed by the [[High Commissioner of Westarctica]], although in November 2024, Grand Duke Travis dissolved all existing commissions and began the process of folding the role of High Commissioner into the Royal Household. It is expected to be eliminated completely in 2025. The current High Commissioner is the [[Count of Discovery Ridge]].
===The Royal Household===
The [[Royal Household of Grand Duke Travis]] is responsible for all functions of monarchy associated with the Crown. The bestowing of Orders of Chivalry, Peerage titles, and management of the Royal Guards are the three primary institutions of the Royal Household. It is headed by a Chief of Staff, who is currently the [[Duke of the Bear Peninsula]].


===Colonial Viceroys===
====The Peerage of Westarctica====
Westarctica currently has four territorial claims on areas not within the area of [[Marie Byrd Land]] addressed within the [[Claimant Letter]]. Each of these are ruled by a [[Viceroy]] holding the authority of the Grand Duke within their colony. As Head of State, the Grand Duke is responsible for the Viceroys who govern the colonial possessions of Westarctica. Because they hold the authority of the Crown within their domains, the Viceroys answer directly to the Grand Duke.
::''Main article: [[Peerage of Westarctica]]''
These are the nobility, and they are sometimes consulted by the Grand Duke on important national issues. While they have no formal decision-making power, their voices may have a large influence over national decisions. Occasionally the Grand Duke may invite them to express their desires in a one-peer-one-vote system, though he is not legally bound by the outcome of such a [[Voting in Westarctica|vote]].


===Current Colonial Viceroys===
====Westarctican Royal Guards====
* [[Balleny Islands]]
As Commander in Chief of Westarctica's military, the [[Westarctican Royal Guards]], the Grand Duke has ultimate control over the nation's military forces, although this is also managed by the [[Minister of Defense]] and the Captain of the Guards. The [[Minister of Defense]] is simultaneously in the [[Royal Council]], making him part of the legislative branch, but also in the Royal Household, making him part of the executive branch.
* [[Calsahara]]
* [[Principality of Kolios|Kolios]]
* [[Raphania]]


==Legislative branch==
==Legislative branch==
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The current Prime Minister, the [[Duke of Steventon]], was [[2023 Prime Minister election|elected in February of 2023]] to a term of four years.
The current Prime Minister, the [[Duke of Steventon]], was [[2023 Prime Minister election|elected in February of 2023]] to a term of four years.
===Royal Council===
Originally, the [[Royal Council]] was an integral part of the executive branch and reported directly to the Grand Duke. However, after the post of Prime Minister became an elected position, it was decided that the ministers should report directly to him, with the Grand Duke serving an oversight capacity as needed.
The size of the Royal Council varies considerably from year to year as ministries are deemed redundant and their positions are retired; or, alternately, as the need for new ministries arises and these offices are created. In general, the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs have been continually held since the inception of [[Westarctica]].
====Current ministries in the Royal Council====
* [[Minister of Defense]]
* [[Foreign Minister]]
* [[Minister of Communications]]
* [[Minister of Culture]]
* [[Minister of Citizenship & Immigration]] ''(vacant)''
===The Honorary Consular Corps===
Inside the Royal Council, the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] directs the various [[Honorary Consular Corps]], whose members serve as overseas diplomatic representatives of Westarctica's government. They are a key part of Westarctica's [[Foreign relations of Westarctica|foreign affairs program]].


===The Senate of Westarctica===
===The Senate of Westarctica===
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The current Chief Justice is [[Christine McPhee]].
The current Chief Justice is [[Christine McPhee]].
==Colonial Viceroys==
Westarctica currently has four territorial claims on areas not within the area of [[Marie Byrd Land]] addressed within the [[Claimant Letter]]. Each of these are ruled by a [[Viceroy]] holding the authority of the Grand Duke within their colony. Because they hold the authority of the Crown within their domains, the Viceroys answer directly to the Grand Duke; however, starting in 2024, the colonies were granted increased autonomy and although they fall under the domain of the Executive Branch, they are generally treated as an independent institution.
===Colonial Viceroyalties===
* [[Balleny Islands]]
* [[Calsahara]]
* [[Principality of Kolios|Kolios]]
* [[Raphania]]


[[Category: Government of Westarctica]]
[[Category: Government of Westarctica]]
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