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==Executive branch==
The executive branch of the government of Iboma is known as the Queen-in-Council. This is because legally the Queen exercises executive functions by issuing Orders-in-Council which are basically executive decrees issued on the advice or with the witness of the Council of Elders (depending on the discretion that the Queen has to issue said Orders-in-Council). The Executive Committee of the Council of Elders, also known as the Council of Ministers, is the body that issues most Orders-in-Council on behalf of the Queen (or the Crown to be more specific) and she merely grants her formal ascension to them as requested (or in practice as directed) by the Chancellor. However, there are Orders-in-Council that she can issue at her discretion (see the section on the Monarchy). Because of the legal principal that the Queen is immune and the her ministers are responsible, her signature is a mere formality and the Orders-in-Council are considered binding the moment they are approved by the competent minister or body.
There are Orders-in-Council issued in terms of ancient royal prerogatives but they can also be issued in terms of statute. When a law is created, it normally specifies which minister or more accurately which executive portfolio or regulatory body is responsible for its enforcement. By consequence, the National Assembly grants the Crown by statute various non-royal prerogatives which are in turn exercised by the executive branch in the name of the Crown. The formulation of many Orders-in-Council begins with a statement such as "The Queen hereby decrees..."
The Chancellor is the chair of the Council of Ministers. Many of the inherent royal prerogatives of the Crown can only be exercised with the formal advice of the Chancellor. This means once the Chancellor advises the Queen to approve of an Order-in-Council to exercise a royal prerogative (over which she has no discretion), she cannot refuse. She is seen to have agreed the moment the request is made and the advice is given. As such, in reality, the Chancellor exercises many of the main executive functions of the Crown and as such is the ''de facto'' head of government. The only practical obligation that the Chancellor has to the Queen with respect to these executive royal prerogatives is that she must inform her and listen to (but not obey) her counsel. This happens in frequent meetings that the Chancellor has.
In practice, the Chancellor dismisses and appoints the other members of the Council of Minister who are known as the State Councillors. State Councillors meet every week to discuss important government matters and to approve various executive decisions that do not fall into the hands of a single member. The Lady President of the Council of Elders is responsible to taking and publishing minutes of the meetings of the Council of Ministers. Unless, she is a State Councillor as well, she is not considered a member and can neither vote nor deliberate.
The State Councillors are usually heads of executive departments known as State Offices. These State Offices has various functions over the running of the government as follows:
* Treasury: Budget, taxes, accounts, economic policy, foreign trade, internal commerce
* Education: Schools, universities, teachers, curricula
* Justice: Courts and tribunals, prisons, police, parole boards, legal profession, prosecutions
* Defence: the military, arms manufacturing industry, military intelligence
* Foreign Affairs: foreign relations, international agreements, alliances, memberships, immigration
* Home Affairs: civilian intelligence, state security, identity documents, border security, citizenship and nationality, disaster response
* Social Development: trade unions, workers, non-governmental organisations, social work, social welfare, vulnerable groups rights
* Health: hospitals, clinics, medical and allied professions, health insurance
* Housing and Infrastructure: Roads, ports, airports, railways, property development, city planning, public housing
* Water: dams, reservoirs, pipes, sewerage, water treatment facilities
* Mining and Energy: power plants, transmission and distribution, mines, gas and oil pipelines, petrol retail
* Environment and Food Security: farming, fishing, forestry, nature reserves, greenhouse gas emissions, meteorological services, food retail
* Church Affairs: Akronist Church of Iboma
* Culture: Sport, culture, arts, tourism, national heritage
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==Legislature==
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