I have attempted to address this issue in the interim by proposing some changes to our manual of style: https://wiki.talossa.com/TalossaWiki_talk:Manual_of_style

Just for reference, this came up during the campaign when a party leader added a footnote with "claimed" to the values list of another party, implying that this claim was in doubt.  They also added in a promo for their party to a main namespace article.  Neither of these things was a huge deal, and the matter was addressed pretty quickly with a return to the status quo.  It might have been an innocent mistake, really.  We deliberately chose not to make a fuss and publicize the matter.  But it does look like we need some way to handle this, and our guidelines should be clear and set well in advance of the next election.

Possible outline of a change:

2. The Cabinet shall consist of the officers listed below:

2.1. The Seneschal, heading the Prüma Ministrà, who is responsible for the overall operation and performance of the government.

2.1.1.  The Seneschal shall perform all duties assigned to his office by Organic Law. All other Cabinet officers are appointed by the Seneschal, serve at his pleasure, are responsible to him, and derive their powers from him. The Seneschal may perform any official act on behalf of his ministers.

2.1.2.  The Seneschal may at any time designate a deputy minister to be Acting Minister, until the Seneschal or the Minister for whom they are acting publicly declare otherwise, or the Minister for whom they are acting is dismissed.

2.1.3.  The Seneschal may issue executive orders, collectively known as Prüms Dideux.

2.1.3.1. A Prüm Diktat, as provided by Org.VI.4., requires the King's countersignature to become enforceable and has the force of law. It's used to enact or amend statutes, to authorise emergency spending, to remove the Clerk of the Court,or in all situations where the Legeu Orgänic or el Lexhatx explicitly require for it or for the King's countersignature.  The Seneschal should issue Prüm Diktats with caution and respect, and leave legislation solely for democratic consideration by the whole Ziu, except when is deemed necessary an urgent action.

2.1.3.2. A Prüm Dirixhaziun is used to declare a month of recess, to issue memorials, congratulatory notices, internal Government organisation decisions and policy statements, executive policy clarifications, and other appropriate and limited governmental matters, and in all situations where the law provides for the Seneschal to act alone without the King's assent.

2.1.4. The Seneschal may appoint a Distain, who shall serve in the Prime Ministry as deputy to the Seneschal, and shall perform such duties as are delegated to him by the Seneschal. All acts thus delegated and performed shall have the same effect as if performed by the Seneschal himself.

2.2.  The Immigration Minister, who will oversee the immigration experience.

2.3. The Avocat-Xheneral, who will oversee the justice system.

2.3.1. Supervises Scribe and Archivist

2.4. The Chancellor, who will oversee foreign affairs and defense.

2.4.1.  Supervises Zuavs and Burgermeister

3.  The Seneschal will also be responsible for managing other obligations, either within the Prüma Ministrà, or by assigning them to members of the Cabinet, or by elevating additional officers to administer them.

3.1.  New Citizen Outreach
3.2.  National Promotion
3.3.  Propaganda (including L'Chronica)
3.4.  Infrastructure (Websites)
3.5.  Cultural Institutions (Language, supervising Poet Laureate and Royal Society)
3.6.  Home Affairs
3.7.  Budget
3.8.  Merchandise (including TalossaWare)
3.9.  Public Records (including Infoteca)

Wouldn't it be better if we operated our Wiki the way Wikipedia does instead of potentially criminalizing edits to TW?

-Txec R

WHEREAS our TalossaWiki media contains may pages which are supposed to neutrally and factually detail many aspects of Talossa and its activity, and should not contain politician attacks nor harassment statements;

BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, that Article "J. Wittenberg" of the Statutory Law is renamed "J. Wittenberg and TalossaWiki", and is amended by the addition of the following articles:

4. A  Wiki tool, called "TalossaWiki" is made available to all Talossan Citizens, allowing these to create and enrich pages related to all aspects of our Kingdom, be it the State, the Government, the Provinces, the culture, the politics, the Law, and also pages provided biography of Talossan Citizens,
5. The update of all Wiki pages is made volunteerely by Citizens
6. The part of TalossaWiki providing informations must remain neutral and objective and shall report facts and not opinions. Inclusion of opinions should be limited to party members on their specific Polical Parties pages, or to citizens on their own personal Citizen pages
7. Any citizen or group of citizen who feels attacked or insulted by a comment on any the Wiki page can raise a case to the Court of Justice, after unsucessful attempts to solve the matter by discussion

So cut down the number of ministries from eleven to four or so, and then have either the additional portfolios assigned among them or to other ministers?  That makes sense.  That also solves the problem of who's supervising folks.

I think that roles such as A-X, MinImm, MinFin, and MinFor should be a statutory minimum. There may be more, but there are several jobs that should carry the weight of Cabinet level and also be subject to Terps and the like.

-Txec R

and today, announcement of the appointement of our new Cabinet, on X/Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Instagram, r/Talossa and r/Micronations

So I went back through the records, and it looks like it's been a very long time since we were in a position to have ten or eleven people active in ministries.  Instead, it looks like two to four active people, plus a couple of people on the margins.  We also get a lot of variation in terms of the available talent, which also affects how important a job ends up being.

However, the whole system is set up in imitation of bigger countries: here's a set of jobs, here's the people reporting to them, here's their duties.  And so we have always been stacking jobs and assigning deputies to try to juggle stuff among people who can do it.

I was thinking it might make sense to shift to what we might call a different style, where the different portfolios are split up and assigned as needed, with traditional groupings in the same manner as we have now.  You'll notice that this wouldn't end up being a dramatic change, but I thought this would take into account the concerns D:na Miestra mentioned while also addressing the reality of the situation.

Immigration
New Citizen Outreach
National Promotion
Propaganda
Infrastructure
Foreign Outreach
Language Affairs
Home Affairs
Budget
Collectibles
Merchandise
Public Records
Defense

We'd want to retain some specific roles that come with a title:
Avocat-Xheneral
Distain

So in this case, someone who's very good at technology might get Infrastructure and Merchandise, instead of those being split among MinTech and MinProp right now, while also getting Language Affairs if the plan was to build out a new online Treisour database or something.  It would be a more flexible system where we wouldn't need to constantly make exceptions.

I don't know how you would decide on overall job titles, but we could keep some of the traditional ones by attaching titles to each portfolio, and letting people pick which one to use.

I'm not set on this plan, but I thought it was worth bringing up.  I know people might be attached to some of the traditional roles, but it's more important that we're serving the people in a way that makes sense and works better for our limited energies.  Sometimes good government reform means changing things.

One thing I'm stuck on: permanent secretary and civil service oversight.  How would that be assigned?  Does it make sense to have just one supervisor portfolio?  Probably not, so maybe they should be put into categories of Title C and Title D.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 19, 2025, 12:52:48 PMLegally, you can't be in the Cabinet and a permanent secretary at the same time.  Actually, just to be safe: this is my official request to His Majesty that they be technically dismissed from service as permanent secretaries.  And I will reinstate them in their positions with no change in terms or scope as soon as it is legally possible.

With thanks for a job well done, we hereby dismiss, at the request of the Seneschal, Danihel Txechescu and þerxh Sant-Enogat from their respective positions as permanent secretaries.

-Txec R