Ministries

From B Nomic

Ministry	Nickname	Current Minister	Reward
Ministry of Law	Rulekeeper	Charles	75
Ministry of Change	Chairman	Charles	75
Ministry of Questions	Oracle	J	100
Ministry of Society	Registrar	Billy Pilgrim	100
Ministry of Ministry	Kurt Gödel, MetaMin	J	100
Ministry of Time	Doctor	Billy Pilgrim	100
Ministry of Laundry	Washerwoman	Charles	50
Ministry of Fauna	Ranger	Billy Pilgrim	100
Ministry of Business	Arbiter	Charles	50
Ministry of Judging	Judge	Codae	100
Ministry of Games	Gamemaster	Charles	50
Ministry of Health	Physician, Bones	J	100

Contents 1 Ministerial Responsibilities 1.1 Law (Rule 36) 1.2 Change (Rule 15) 1.3 Questions (Rule 18) 1.4 Society (Rule 4) 1.5 Ministry (Rule 51, 40, 0, 14) 1.6 Time (Rule 14) 1.7 Laundry (Rule 80) 1.8 Fauna (Rule 71) 1.9 Business (Rule 70) 1.10 Judging (Rule 73) 1.11 Games (Rule 82) 1.12 Health (xxx)

Ministerial Responsibilities

All responsibilities should be included here, but some things included here are not technically responsibilities. Make sure to read the rules for clarity.

Law (Rule 36)

The Minister of Law, also known as the Rulekeeper, is responsible for maintaining a Public Display of the current Rules and Victory Conditions.

The Rulekeeper may, as a Game Action without Objection, change a Rule's Title.

Change (Rule 15)

The Minister of Change, also known as the Chairman, is responsible for maintaining a Public Display of the current Proposals, including whether they have passed or failed if applicable.

At the end of the nday prior to the beginning of a voting period, the Minister of Change is obligated to publish a Game Document known as a ballot. Such a document should list all items to be voted upon during that voting period.

At the end of a voting period, the Minister of Change is obligated to publish the results of the voting, including each vote received, the final outcome for each item being voted upon, and the changes to any scoring as a result of voting.

The Chairman is obligated to assign a new Proposal Number that is greater than all previously used Proposal Numbers to each proposal with a number of null.

Questions (Rule 18)

The Minister of Questions, also known as the Oracle, is responsible for maintaining a Public Display of the current Consultations. There exists an Object called the staff of ZOT. The Oracle holds the staff of ZOT.

Consultations are given a Consultation Number by the Oracle when assigned to a Priest. For each new Consultation, the Consultation number is usually equal to 1 or, if such Number is already in use, to the greatest existing Consultation Number incremented by one. The Oracle may arbitrarily override the normal assignment of Consultation numbers, and choose a number of his liking for a new Consultation.

Whenever there exists a Consultation which has no priest assigned, the Oracle is obligated to either assign a priest to that Consultation or ZOT it.

Upon submission of a Consultation the Oracle shall as a Game Action select a Priest for that Consultation. Alternatively the Oracle may wield the staff of ZOT and cause the Consultation to be ZOTTED, if in his insight he considers the contained Question to be malformed, ambiguous, irrelevant or otherwise unworthy. ZOTTED consultations have no further effect.

The Oracle may also ZOT a Waiting Consultation if has not been Answered yet and its assigned Priest requests him to do so. In this case the Oracle is required to grant the request or immediately reassign the Consultation to a new Priest instead.

If a Consultation is ZOTTED by the Oracle before he assigns it to a Priest, the Oracle is not required to record the Consultation in the Public Display.

Whenever a Priest is to be selected for a Consultation, the Oracle shall select one between the eligible Players.

A Jiffy after the Answer has been submitted the Oracle shall tally any such Claims. If there exist more Claims of Inconsistency than claims of Consistency, the consultation ceases to be Answered and becomes Waiting. The Oracle shall then assign a new Priest to the Consultation. The previous Priest's answer and Oracularity (if any) is discarded.

Society (Rule 4)

The Minister of Society, also known as the Registrar, is responsible for maintaining a Public Display of the current Players and their Attributes and Properties, as well as a Public Display of the current Public and Discussion Fora.

Ministry (Rule 51, 40, 0, 14)

The MetaMin is responsible for maintaining a Public Display of all existing Ministries, showing their names, responsibilities, retainers, and current holders.

If the Clock is Off and there are no Vacant Ministries, the MoM is obligated to turn the Clock On.

The Minister of Ministries is responsible for updating the Threat Flag, as he sees fit, to notify players of the potential dangers to the state and integrity of the Game. The Minister of Ministries, as a Game Action, may change the value of the Threat Flag to either Pink Ponies, Polka Dots, Setting Orange, or Jolly Roger, but shall not change this value more than once per nday.

(In a State Of Emergency:) 2. The PEP who most recently held the Minister of Ministries becomes the Emergency Coordinator.

The MetaMin is also responsible for tracking and displaying any state of the game that isn't covered by another Ministry.

Time (Rule 14)

The Minister of Time, also known as The Doctor, is responsible for maintaining a Public Display of Game Actions and other changes to the state of the game scheduled for the future, including the time at which and order in which these will occur.

Laundry (Rule 80)

The Minister of Laundry, also known as the Washerwoman, is responsible for maintaining a Public Display of all Sock Market activity, including the color of proposals.

Fauna (Rule 71)

The Minister of Fauna, also known as the Ranger, is responsible for maintaining a Public Display of the OCB's Attributes and Properties and of all Tricks as well as their Attributes.

Whenever the OCB is scheduled to perform a Trick according to the Rules, the Ranger is obliged to select a Trick to be performed, in accordance with the probabilities above and having previously announced the mode and modalities of this selection to the Public Forum.

Business (Rule 70)

The Ministry of Business, also known as the Arbiter, is responsible for maintaining a Public Display of all Contracts and their current text and parties.

Judging (Rule 73)

The Minister of Judging, also known as the Judge, is responsible for maintaining a Public Display of all Indictments and their outcomes.

When a Indictment is submitted, the Judge becomes obligated to randomly select a Jury.

Games (Rule 82)

The Minister of Games, also known as the Gamemaster or GM, is responsible for maintaining a public display with the details of the current Subgame(s).

Health (xxx)

The Minister of Public Health, also known as the Physician, or as Bones, is responsible for maintaining a Public Display of all Plagued Game Objects and for making all random selections called for in this Rule by having nomic.net's dice server send the results to the Public Forum.