Worldwide Ministry? was, Thoughts on Hagrid's wand

[Cindy <cid62@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48067

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, midgiecat at a... wrote:

> I was under the impression that the Ministry of Magic was just 
that, the 
> Ministry of Magic, all inclusive, not just for Britain.  It was 
never called 
> the MOM-Britain.  
> 
> Another point,  I felt the headmaster/mistress of schools from the 
other 
> countries seemed to be under the jurisidiction/control of Crouch, 
Fudge, 
> Bagman, et al during the TWT, and remember Karkoroff being 
questioned during 
> the reign of VM - surely if the MOM was just for Britain he would 
have been 
> questioned in his own country under their MOM. 
> 
> I think the Ministry of Magic encompasses wizards everywhere.

Hello there....this is my first post on this group (although I have 
been lurking for a while). 

I'd like to respectfully counter (not a flame, just an alternate POV) 
this theory with two facts mentioned in the books:

1.  There is a Department of International Magical Cooperation - why 
have one of those if there is only one Ministry?
2.  There is a Bulgarian Minister of Magic (Obalonsk?) mentioned in 
GOF.  Surely he heads a Bulgarian ministry.

I could go on, but I think you get the idea.  When I was writing my 
fic I actually thought about this issue quite a bit. (I ended up 
creating an American Department of Magic, which has multiple sub-
departments and is very bureaucratic, much like the actual US 
government.)

Now Voldemort--I could see him wanting to head a worldwide magical 
dictatorship....

Cheers,
Cindy