SPOILERS: FBeasts: Wizarding World Governance,

[heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu]

No: HPFGUIDX 14306

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> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Slytherin_Daughter at y... wrote:
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> > <snip>
> > > Steve counts:
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> > > Dept of Magical Games and Sports
> > > Dept of Magical Catastrophes
> > > Dept of Accidental Magic Reversal
> > > Dept of International Magical Cooperation
> > > Dept of Magical Law Enforcement
> > > Dept of Magical Transportation
> > > Dept for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures
> > > Dept of Mysteries
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> > > Is one of the above part of another (Accidental Magic Reversal 
part 
> > of
> > > Catastrophes)?
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> > > Don't wizards have *normal* mundane departments like 
Environment, 
> > Health,
> > > Home Office (aka Interior) etc? I'm particularly surprised 
there's 
> > no
> > > Health, especially with St Mungo's (and that other hospital 
too).
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> > > Anybody else have thoughts on this?
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> 	On another note, with April 15 (income tax day here in the 
States) 
> rolling around, I notice there seems to be no Department of the 
> Exchequer, which I think provides the definitive answer to the 
fantasy 
> vs. science fiction debate. A government that doesn't collect 
taxes? 
> Now *that's* fantasy!


Pippin - not to burst your magical bubble (made with Drooble's Best 
Blowing Gum(tm)) but I would suspect that the Ministry Revenue 
Service is a subdepartment in the Department of Magical Law 
Enforcement, similarly to the way the IRS in teh US is a 
subdepartment of the Treasury Department. It's not a "cabinet level" 
position in the UK either, if my memory serves correctly. 
Also any social services involving things like domestic violence 
could also come under the auspices of the Magical Law Enforcement 
department. I know some of us feel that even in the wizarding world, 
unfortunately, such things do happen (Chez Malfoy being a possible 
example, but given Lucius' clout & power ... well ... the existance 
of a department is somewhat irrelevant...)