"Eminent Ranks" (or Ch'ao P'in)

=Emperor= 'Patrician of the Dians First Among Equals' is the Emperor and the Imperial Family. The Emperor is the ultimate object of thousands of oaths of loyalty and fealty. Imperial Family

=Imperial Cheif Persons= - Ensi Lugal etc..

Imperial House Persons

=Other Imperial Staff= in regards to their specific duties as ascribed by the Emperor.

=Magister militum= ("Master of the Soldiers")shogun or generalissimo is the head of the all Casa Militar. the senior military officer of the Empire.

Ceasaric Crown Royals

Ceasars appoint most subroles of senator and above amost always from former Imperial Provincial Privy Councillors, under approval of the Emperor (these are ceasars appointed officers, generally blood related but can also be appointed they serve in areas that are not 'imperial provinces necisarily but 'cultural areas of interest, imperial provinces tend to be divided by geographic features. where as the ceasars are given an entire continent, which may include a number of provinces or only one, but may constitute sense to have mulitple 'leaders' represented 'on a more unofficial' basis. Although these figures have special imperial status, equivlent to at the least equestrians). Each of these characters is the head of a house, but, they are down the latter atleast 2 steps from the Emperor as far as control of the Imperium is conscerned. Imperial King, dukes, barons, Count, viscounts marquis etc.. ) They are roughly equivlant or higher in rank than the Lords of the Imperial Provinces. (the highest ranking lords (president and privy council would be dukes, where as other lords would be either barons or perhaps counts, with the commons being low level such as viscounts marquis, knights etc.. ) conferred on subjects and collateral members of the Imperial clan heritable for a specific number of generations, ranging from twenty-six generations for a first class Kung to one generation for a Yün Ch'i Yü. some titles are held by Right of Perpetual Inheritance (or Shih Hssi Wang T'i). hu (or hou)(Chüeh Yin or Shih Chüeh)

Ceasar King Vuong

Yen Shêng Kung Sacred Prince ('pre ceasars' former senators that have been given 'sub ceasar duties' tend to do administration of territories under a ceasar or administering 'colonial areas' that are not large enough for govenors, but still strategically important, or managing a handful 3 or so govenors and acting as a middle man between the various senators in a region)

Magister militum per ____ province name

The title was often used with a provincial name, such as the Magister militum per Intracircumcordei Magister militum Farland ("Master of the Soldiers of Farland"), to indicate the commanding general of a region. This is one rank up from 'Praetors' Generally it is the Military Equivlent of Ceasar and they are much like the Emperor's Lugal only they do have authority to act on advice of the Emperor. Often they will be voted from amongst the validated contenders in an area within the Casa Militar, it is must like the president of the House for a given area within the Casa Militar, much like the Ceasars as elected by the Imperial Houses general like Ceasar the Emperor is has discretion to allow and is generaly the person to nominate.

=Têng Prince Gun Quoc-Cong Fürst= (Senators) Dian Imperial Tresury Officers Senator Queastors

Patrician

banneret, has the right to bear a square pennon on his lance (has Imperial Kin standard).a distinctive tunic and a shoe adorned with an ivory crescent. honorific title for those who demonstrated faithful service to the Empire his is usually reserved for former Imperial Provincial Privy Concillors and above, once a patrician generally the title is for life. Most Senators come from the pool of Patricians.

Divisional Imperial Tresury Revenue Officers

Tend to be incharge of regions they do this for the Provinces but are also responsible to report to the Queastors (and thus the senate). They tend to work closely with the Tresury Department heads and are 'auditors of sort' They give a weekly report to their Queastor and file a monthly report to the Keeper of the Privy Purse.

=Arch Duke= (President of a house of lords) They act as intermediaries between the Emperor and the other levels of nobility via the Govenor general hence the Senate, however senators often have access to the Emperor. They are the 'second in rank only to the area senator and as Provincial imperial Privy Councilors move into the Quasi Imperial Administration along with the other members of the Council.

=Duke Duchess Kung Quan-Cong= (Provincial Imperial Privy Council) The noble is referred to by their title followed by "of" and then the area name (for example, Duke of place. The power of the duke depends on circumstances and the situation within the area, but generally one duke within an rises to power and comes An individual accorded a duchy may receive a fief of land, generally not more than 100,000 square km

=Earl Marshal= ( Earl Marshal became the head of the College of Arms, the body concerned with all matters of genealogy and heraldry, Court of Chivalry, for the administration of justice in accordance with the law of arms, which concerns many subjects relating to military matters, such as ransom, booty and soldiers' wages, and including the misuse of armorial bearings. organise coronations and the State Opening of Parliament "to have power to order, judge, and determine all matters touching arms, ensigns of nobility, honour, and chivalry; to make laws, ordinances, and statutes for the good government of the Officers of Arms; to nominate Officers to fill vacancies in the College of Arms; topunish and correct Officers of Arms for misbehaviour in the execution of their places" no patents of arms or any ensigns of nobility should be granted and no augmentation, alteration, or addition should be made to arms without the consent of the Earl Marshal. )

King of Arms The Lord Lyon

is responsible for overseeing state ceremonial for the granting of new arms to persons or organisations, and for confirming given pedigrees and claims to existing arms. fees paid for granting coats of arms are paid to the Regents Bank. (imperial bank of a government, not the state tresury of the interior.) misuse of arms is a criminal offence in Scotland, and treated as tax evasion. Prosecutions are brought before Lyon Court, Lord Lyon being the sole judge. There is no appeal if the Lord Lyon refuses to grant a coat of arms, as this is not a judicial function, but an exercise of the Royal Prerogative. . empowered to have assumed coats of arms and whatever they are affixed to destroyed

The Knight Marischal

=Marquis Marquess Cong= (High Ranking positioned Lords) as in the Marquis of ______ An individual accorded a marquisate may receive a fief of land generally not more than 1,000 square km.

=Earl Earls= (midranking positioned lords) =Poguk Ba Count Countess= (low ranking lords) Counts are referred to by their title, followed by their surname or An individual accorded a county may receive a fief, generally not more than 10,000 square km.

=Lord/Lady= has both judicial and fiscal powers and polices his land. A male granted lordship generally former provincial senators and a few others gain the rank of Lady or lord when they retire from public life, they are granted estates by the empire and serve as keepers of the land, on behalf of the Empire. These estates are technically like foreign territory to the Provincial government or equivlent to an indian reservation, sovereign in many respects, they range from a small property 100 meters squared to in the Case of Former Emperors 10's of miles. They answer to the Emperor and their Ceasar and no one else. This is the lowest rank among recognized 'Imerial Houses'

honorific epiphets (or Chia Ming)

=Secretary General= Head of a pronvincial Secretariat body. =Imperial Province Secretariats= Generally the provincial Secretariat staffs have a special status in the Empire and are generally considered Imperial Clerks.

Superintendent of Divisional Statistics

There are five of these per province, and there are many other sub superintendents.

=Registrar General= ( General Register Office ) Deputy to the Lord Clerk Register. The Deputy Clerk Register needs to be an Advocate of not less than ten years standing. administers the registration of births, deaths, marriages, divorces and adoptions, and is responsible for the statutes relating to the formalities of marriage and conduct of civil marriage responsible for the census of population

Genealogy Registrar

the family lines are traced throughout the Empire, a dna database of all new births is also kept.

District Collector

They manage the taxing with businesses and people in a given area, regions, towns part of a city etc.., they work for both the Tresury Department of the Province and the Imperial Tresury. They report to the Divisional Officers but also file monthly reports with the Queastors.

Pansoh Tu Viscounts Viscountess

(Provincial Senate)

Chaplain

(commons ministers)

=Chamise Nam Baron Baroness= (commons members) lowest level accorded membership in the peerage. Several styles of address are used, including attaching a prefix to the surname (such as von-, haut-, or hault-) or using the title Baron. When a barony includes a fief, the the title is generally followed by the fief's name (such as Baron Solvenos). An individual accorded a barony may receive a fief of land, generally not more than 100 square km. This is an elected position.

=Bishop= A church leader. important in government and religious matters

=Military Order Knights= provides his their own armour, sword and weapons as well as in some cases transportation, which may include a horse from thier estates' profits and also have an army of footsoldiers drawn from his own workers. attainment of the position was marked by an elaborate ritual. Must be an equestrian often a lictor or above. Generally this is required to be considered for 'Legionaire Command Postings' with the next step up Lord, Patrician, Praetor then Magister Militum, Ceasar and Finally Emperor.

Equestrians

Equestrians are valued subjects, however often weild large amounts of power, but unless they are also Lictors or higher generally have no direct route to Imperium. Any Provincial Government citizen may raise themselves to the level of Senator in which case they gain voice in the Empire. Equestrians (imperial nobels) One can become an Equestrian when one has 400,000 gold standards noble families and appointed officials

=Chusa Vinh phong Baronet= This is a special form of baron awarded by an archduke. The are essentially provincial ambassadors and other representatives of senior role in the civil service. They rank below barons in seniority and precedence, and do not generally receive fiefs of land. A baronetcy entitles the individual to use the prefix Baronet before one's name. This tends to be both elected and acredation based. Magistrates and other officals fit into this level.

=magna magistratus= (District Judges or Stipendiary Magistrates) (which is to say, magistrates who received a stipend or payment) these the second teir justices.(only these can pass judgement in regards to exile or execution of the lower tiers) Member of the Imperial Provinsional College of Magistrates

=magistratus=, from magister; magistr-, meaning "master". hear bail applications, motor licensing applications, applications for orders (justices of the peace) “Your Worship." political head of a county. (in respect of being popularly elected) but there may be more than one, and depending on court backlog individuals with only a fraction of support may hear cases. The magistrates councils in turn administer most civil functions. with the secretariat doing most of the doing, with them doing the what to doing. secretariat officials also serve as court clerks. Magistrates hear committal proceedings for indictable offences, and establish whether sufficient evidence exists to pass the case to a higher court for trial and sentencing. Magistrates have power to pass summary offenders to higher courts for sentencing when, in the opinion of the magistrate, a penalty greater than can be given in magistrates court is warranted. A wide range of other legal matters are within the remit of magistrates, such as certain licensing matters. In the past, magistrates have been responsible for granting licences to sell alcohol Magistrates are also responsible for granting search warrants to the police, therefore it is usually a requirement that they live within a certain distance of the area they preside over in case they are needed to sign a warrant out of hours. lay magistrates and legal professionals permanently employed by Sovereignty Affairs and Judicature. Justices of the Peace, sit voluntarily (though they may receive money for costs incurred) on local benches (a colloquial and legal term for the local court), hearing lesser matters, and are provided with advice by a legally qualified

=Vigintisexviri= (minor imperial magistrates) holding of one of these offices necessary for future entry into the Senate (being a lictor is considered equivlent and disrequires

vigintisexviri service) =XViriStlitibus Iudicandis= - responsible for legal cases involving freedom or slavery (promotion to imperial citizen - citizenship judges). I.e. in cases of required community service etc.. for citizen priveleges such as in case of refugees. =IIIViri Monetales= - overseeing the imperial mints (tresury department). =IVViri Viarum Curandarum= maintaining transportation (Infrastructure Services). =IIIViri Capitals= - state executions (lictors).

Knight

Awarded by the Emperor or an archduke as an honourific rank in recognition of achievement or service. As such, a knighthood is coveted by non-nobles and is seen as more attainable than membership in the peerage. A knighthood entitles the recipient to be addressed as Sir (some females prefer Dame) before their name, and to suffix the initials of the order of knighthood after their name. An individual accorded a knighthood may receive a fief of land, generally not more than 10 square km. orders of knighthood and are awarded privileges according to the order. Each order has its own code, and knights are expected to abide by these codes. Members of the peerage generally consider knights to be "separate but equal" members of the nobility, and it is considered a breach of protocol for a member of the peerage to treat a knight with disrespect.Many orders of knighthood exist in the Imperium. Some are restricted to specific classes of individuals; others are awarded for specific achievements or service; still others are broad-based orders.

=Alderman= An assistant generally in charge of a function inside a city or town of administration such as a councillor.

=Atilliator= person is also an expert on modern arms, teaches in the Military College system (Antilators teach the Cadet Corps, and rankings right up to the Imperial Military College. All of them are atleast former Imperial Gaurd.

=Almoner= social worker who ensured the poor received the alms that they were due

=Friar= ministers directly to people the will of the almighty, and the edicts and releases of the Emperor. orders forbidden to hold property. They are called mendicants because they were expected to work or, as later developed, beg for a living and were not bound to a particular monastery. The Council of Trent loosened the restriction on property ownership. Friars differ from cloistered, contempletive monks by their widespread outside activity and by their highly centralized organization (tend to be an equivlent for not for profit political activists)

=Imperial Court Clericus= not necisarily working in the legal courts of the empire, but some type of clerk. scholars, notary, secretary, accountant and recorders

=Barber= As well as cutting people's hair, a barber was also the dentist and surgeon "barber is the term for 'nurse'" Dian have had etensive upsurge in medical and drug interest which caused ther to be a number of classes of doctor. The capable general practitioners are refered to as barbers. Essentially they are pathologists with Health Services training of atleast 1 year.

=Bailiff= A bailiff collected rent for the lord and organised the peasants' work. He was in charge of the repair of buildings and tools

=Imperial Bards= The Empire officially appoints bards who are the Imperial level of secretariat staff.

=Apprentice= Post Initial Training Students 'Open to non service person much like equestrian and some other higher ranking positions.

=Simple Knight= (generally anyone having served atleast one term in Emergency Services Training)

Burgher

A town dweller who bought a charter to free himself from the control of the lord

Imperial Faculty of Advocates

Is all members that have entrance to the Imperial Bar, and as such are allowed to practice in any Imperial province

Advocate

Solicitor

barristers

=Bachelor= has finished IHRD students basic education (up to the option between pubic or private pursuit.

=Billman= (Third Year Cadets Qualify for this Rank) =Bowman= (Second Year cadets qualify for this rank) =Pursuivant= is a junior herald (usually first year cadets qualify for this rank

=plebeians= In no particuar order Architect A building designer. Plans would be worked out for each different building, depending on the geography of the site and the needs of the person employing Blacksmith A metal worker mended armour and arrows Butler A butler was responsible for buying supplies of food and drink and was in charge of the wine and beer cellars Carver carves meat which was an elaborate art Chamberlain responsible for the great chamber or hall Chancellor responsible for finance Chandler candle-maker Constable (in charge of taking care of lands) Cooper A barrel maker

Cupbearer serves wine having tasted it for impurities ewerer provides clean cloths for table and heated water Falconer cares for and trains hawks and falcons Groom looks after horses Huntsman in charge of all the hunts, use dogs to track down the quarry in the forests which were full of dense undergrowth Jester keeps the household entertained Journeyman Kennelgroom in charge of the huntsmen's dogs and lions. The animals are highly bred and well trained and the kennelgrooms frequently sleeps in the stables with them Laundress looked after the castle's washing lists his trumpeters/ musicians messengers

=Cottar= The lowest level of peasant. Generally he worked in the most menial jobs swine-herd

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