Organs of
Executive authority is constitutionally capped at nine ministries under the Chancellor. Power is divided among the Covenant Assembly, the Council of the States, the High Court, and checked continuously by the Auditor-General on the sovereign ledger.
The Covenant Assembly
The primary legislative chamber of 61 members elected every four years by open-list proportional representation across Antioch and the four states.
Council of the States
Territorial review chamber comprising 15 members (3 from each State Council and 3 from Antioch). Suspensive review on land, energy, and currency acts.
The High Court of Aletheia
The supreme judicial body — constitutional supremacy, administrative review, and the Court of Maritime & Commercial Disputes with smart-contract arbitration.
The Nine Capped Ministries
Ministry of Treasury & Finance
Public Accounts, Reserves & BondsPreserves the fiscal stability of the Sovereign Covenant State, administers the Covenant Endowment Fund, manages sovereign bond issuances, and guarantees zero personal income taxation.
- ›Covenant Endowment Fund administration
- ›Epochal Merkle proofs of treasury accounts
- ›Sovereign Development Bond issuance
- ›Tax-free state revenue model coordination
Ministry of Digital State & Registries
StableChain, Digital ID & E-ResidencyOperates state-authorized validator clusters, supervises the National Identity Registry, coordinates E-Residency services, and maintains immutable civil records.
- ›StableChain node governance and validator uptime
- ›National Biometric Identity Registry
- ›E-Residency digital incorporation rail
- ›Data sovereignty and public API infrastructure
Ministry of Security & Civil Defence
Civilian Governance of ADSS & EmergencyExercises civilian constitutional authority over the Aletheian Defence & Security Service (ADSS), civil disaster mitigation, and national resilience policy.
- ›Civilian governance of ADSS Directorates
- ›Emergency broadcast and maritime disaster readiness
- ›Critical infrastructure physical hardening
- ›Civilian police oversight and accountability
Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Justice
Diplomacy, Treaties & PassportsRepresents the Sovereign Covenant State in bilateral and international treaties, supervises the legal system, administers the dispute arbitration framework, and issues passports.
- ›Bilateral treaties and UNCLOS maritime agreements
- ›ICAO Doc 9303 machine-readable passport issuance
- ›Judicial appointments and arbitral chamber support
- ›Consular affairs and diplomatic representation
Ministry of Health & Social Well-being
St. Luke National Hospital & Bio-SciencesAdministers universal primary healthcare, hospital networks, biomedical clinical licensing, and family health support in Augustine State.
- ›St. Luke National Research Hospital operation
- ›High-standard pharmaceuticals and clinical trials licensing
- ›Universal primary medical access for residents
- ›Public health monitoring and emergency medical response
Ministry of Education & Science
National University & Advanced ResearchOversees higher education, primary schooling, vocational apprenticeships, and sovereign research grants in science, robotics, and maritime law.
- ›National University of Aletheia accreditation
- ›STEM, robotics, and maritime engineering curricula
- ›Sovereign research grant administration
- ›Five-language civic education standards
Ministry of Maritime Affairs & Ports
Port Nicholas, Navigation & FisheriesGoverns territorial waters, deepwater port facilities, maritime logistics, vessel registration, and sustainable oceanic resources.
- ›Port Nicholas deepwater commercial terminal operations
- ›Aletheian Maritime Ship Registry
- ›Fisheries and marine conservation oversight
- ›Aviation and maritime navigation safety standards
Ministry of Infrastructure & Energy
Clean Energy Grid, Water & TransportConstructs and oversees offshore wind farms, small modular nuclear reactors, desalination facilities, and the Antioch rapid transit network.
- ›Offshore wind and SMR energy generation
- ›Desalination and autonomous water supply grid
- ›Antioch concentric transport ring management
- ›Subsea power and telecommunication cable links
Ministry of Agriculture & Environment
Controlled Agriculture & AquacultureGuarantees food security through high-yield vertical farming, hydroponics, sustainable ocean aquaculture, and environmental stewardship.
- ›Hydroponic and vertical farm facilities in Benedict State
- ›Sustainable offshore aquaculture farming
- ›Environmental impact assessments and coastal preservation
- ›Zero-waste circular economy enforcement
Independent Constitutional Bodies
These bodies operate outside the nine ministries and report directly to the Covenant Assembly.
Auditor-General
Publishes autonomous cryptographic Merkle proofs of public expenditure against finalized StableChain blocks every 12-hour ledger epoch.
Registry & Privacy Ombudsman
Independent guardian enforcing zero-knowledge identity separation and auditing that no PII is ever stored on-chain.
The Monetary Board
Independent overseers of 12 reserve invariants (I1–I12), auditing Aletheian Guilder (AEY) reserves and preventing unbacked currency expansion.