The Ordo Caelara is the theocratic government in charge of the planet Æthrahenna, more commonly referred to as [[Aethra]], and the [[Caelaran faith]]. As a theocracy, it is both the planets government and a religious institution, both functions intermingled to the point where they are difficult to distinguish. The Ordo Caelara claims dominion over Aethra as well as all those who share their religion. ==== Political SystemInternal Organization ==== The official head of state for Aethra is the God-Empress Caelara[[Caelara]], who the faction worshipsis worshiped as a deity, though in practice. As she does not actively engage with government, the Ordo Caelara, which answers directly to the God-Empress, is it'her, forms the nations de-facto government. ---- Ordo Caelara ---- The Ordo Caelara itself is led by a council known as the Synod, which consisting of thes of eight highest ranking men -, including the heads of various religious orders, plus one woman who serves instead as a tie-breaker in case of deadlock. // TODO:// * <> Cruciata - armed forces * <> Astronomica - navy / transport * <> ? - religious relics and sites * <> ? - religious buildings and propaganda * <> ? - personal servants of the God-Empress * <> ? - legal * <> ? - bureaucracy * <> ? - foreigners * <> ? - money * <> Medicae - health * <> ? - charity * <> ? - agriculture ---- Ordo Infernus ----s. Besides the Ordo Caelara, there are several other important organizations, including the [[Ordo Inferos]] which is responsible for the territories outside the cities and the [[Ordo Saeculum]] which is responsible for the factions technology. The Ordo Infernus, more colloquially known as the Inquisition likewise operates independent of the Ordo Caelara and instead answers directly to the God-Empress. Their responsibility is the maintaining of spiritual purity among the faithful, which has come to mean both the fight against heresy and the fight against more material corruption. As the Ordo Infernus is not beholden to the Ordo Caelara, InquisitorsCaelaran armed forces consist of the army in the form of the [[Consilia Cruciata]] religious order, and navy in the form of the [[Consilia Astrologica]] religious order. Both are above the law and can do as they please to accomplish their objectives - onlysupplied in very rare cases does the Inquisition call its overzealous members to order. The Ordo Infernus also holds responsibility to deal with 'special individuals' which includes researching and beautifying Saints as well as dealing with Force Sensitive individuals. ---- Ordo Artificia ---- The Ordo Artificia are the keepers of what is viewed as the 'sacred wisdom of the machine', and consist of what is colloquially referred to as Technomancers. As an order, they are responsible for all science and technology for the faction. The Ordo Artificia are responsible for all industrialized production work and as such make and maintain the weapons, vehicles,terms of weapons and ships and other technology for the faction. Many of the items produced were not developed by the order itself, but were adopted and adapted from ancient designs, and both the production and maintenance has been highly ritualized, leading some to suspect that the Technomancers don't actually know how much of the technology they use works. What is clear however is that incense is of great importance in the production and the faction maintains large strategic reserves in case of war. Notably, the Ordo Artificia are not subject to the Ordo Caelara and in theory do not even answer to the God-Empress as they are technically an independent ally rather than a subject order. However, since the Ordo Artificia's religious doctrine is based around the worship of the God-Empress, and a strong interdependence exists between the Ordo Artificia and the Ordo Caelara, the two factions are in a state of complete symbiosisOrdo Saeculum. ==== Foreign Relations ==== For a fanatical religious group, the Ordo Caelara is surprisingly tolerant to outsiders having different beliefs and actively requires its members off world to show tolerance to those who 'have not found the light yet'. They limit proselytizing in accordance with local norms and base most of their missionary work around charity activities. Membership of the Union was chosen, among other benefits, for the ability to share the faith to others who may be interested. Once one officially converts to the religion though, membership is considered permanent and the Ordo Caelara will go to some lengths to assert its authority overkeep track of renegade faithful. [ooc] This is a work in progress [/ooc] so as to help them return once their crisis of faith has resolved.