interfacing with Muggleverse.

[A.E.B.Bevan at open.ac.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 27130

Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch wrote:
(in thread American Magical Government/Schools )

>    Since the 'Department of Magic' like the MoM
> doubtless liases with the Muggle government it
> probably is headquartered in Washington DC. However
> since we are a federal republic it seems highly likely
> that there would be State Departments of Magic which
> would be located places like Salem, New Orleans, New
> York, etc.

Surely Baton Rouge, Albany,... Salem would be Salem, Oregon 
presumably?

If wizard structures mimic Muggle ones for reasons of self-protection 
and camoflage maybe other Muggle influences prevail. So would 
Australian Wizards be less class-ridden than British ones? New 
Zealanders touchy about being mistaken for Australians? Does the 
Canadian wizarding paper carry articles on 'Registration of Animagi - 
a Federal or Provincial responsibility?'. 

Sidebar on real politics. In 1976 James Callaghan became Prime 
Minister of Britain in between elections, having been Chancellor of 
the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary and a lot of other big offices 
over the previous 15 years.  He said later in his memoires that the 
first thing that happened to him as Prime Mister was thet he got a 
detailed briefing on state secrets he never knew about before, in 
spite of being one step away for the Prime Ministership for years. He 
was he said stunned - but he never let on what they were.

I have a nice little fanasy fitting this into the Potterverse

Departmental Secretary Fudge:
" Prime Minister Congratulations on your appointment. I think you 
should sit down. There are one or two things you need to know about 
how the world actually is....Oh by the way cakes and coffee? (waves a 
rather long pencil)." 

Wonder how Dubya coped?

Edis