Confederate Ministry of the Interior and Intraconfederate Relations

The Confederate Ministry of the Interior and Intraconfederate Relations is the Seafaring Ministry responsible for home affairs, civil service, intelligence and maintaining good relationships between the different member states. It was created in 1820 under article 24 of the Constitution of the Seafaring Confederation. The ministry is headed by the Minister Universally Plenipotentiary of the Interior and Intraconfederate Relations, currently Frederic McGregor from the Highlands.

Responsibilities
The ministry has a variety of responsibilities as laid out in Article 24 of the Constitution of the Seafaring Confederation.

The ministry has the legal mission to:


 * uphold to the Constitution of the Seafaring Confederation
 * guarantee a democratic rule of law
 * ensure an effective and efficient governmental administration of all layers of government within the Confederation
 * maintain the quality of civil service
 * successfully integrate new inhabitants
 * safeguard the relations between the different countries of the Seafaring Confederation
 * make possible the freedom of travel between the member nations.

Organisation
The ministry is headed by one minister and two state secretaries. The minister's portfolio focuses on the ministry's general duties, whereas the state secretaries have specialised duties, more precisely the coordination of intraconfederate governmental agencies, organisations and institutions (Reverera van Borssele) and security and intelligence (Eviane Riwa).

The ministries main building is Independence Tower in Hamburg, located on the south bank of the Elbe. This tower and its surrounding buildings hold the offices of approximately 19,000 employees. In addition, the ministry employs approximately 10,000 people in every member country in both local and national offices. The SCISS employs approximately 10,000 people.

The Minister oversees the following ministerial agencies:


 * Seafaring Confederate Government Service for the Regulation of External and Internal Immigration and Naturalisation
 * Seafaring Confederate Council of Confederate Ministers.

The State Secretary for Intraconfederate Relations oversees the following ministerial agencies:


 * Seafaring Confederate General Regulation Board for All Levels of Government within the Confederation
 * Seafaring Confederate Council of National and Federal Ministers
 * Seafaring Confederate Council of State and Viscountcial Ministers.

The State Secretary for Security oversees the following agency:


 * Seafaring Confederate Intelligence and Security Service.