Folkvangr Council

The Folkvangr Council is the name given to the government of the Folkvangr Mandate. It enforces basic laws protecting the safety of Folkvangrian citizens, coordinates community councils, and it operates several public facilities, such as the Babel Medical Centre and Babel Airport. It resides in the Council House and commands the Mandate Law Enforcement, which can settle disputes and investigate grave crimes when needed. The Folkvangr Council is informally referred to as just "the Council".

Role
The Folkvangr Council has a passive role in the governance of the mandate. It publishes guide books and can be contacted for assistance in the set-up and operation of communities. It aids in disputes and provides advice when needed. It also operates a couple of vital facilities and institutes, such as the National Courthouse, where the perpetrators of more serious crimes are tried. It also operates The Beacon, a long-distance communication center that faraway communities and travellers in need can contact in the event of an emergency. Furthermore, it operates the Babel Medical Centre, Babel Airport and the infrastructure of the city of Babel. It can dispatch teams of engineers when communities request assistance with the construction of safe water sources, power grids, communication beacons, shelter, agricultural structures, airfields or various other tasks. It can also dispatch medics, teachers, law enforcement, firefighters, agricultural experts, engineers or construction workers.

Services
Close to 90,000 people are employed by the Folkvangr Council. The absolute majority of these employees are "dispatchees", people with certain expertise or abilities (such as medics, teachers, engineers and construction workers) working and residing in communities. Most of these people are trained by the Council at the University of Babel, an institute with several dependances throughout Babel and other settlements. The University of Babel is the largest employer of Folkvangr, but not considered part of the Folkvangr Council.

The Folkvangr Council has a small parliament that decides on matters concerning the day-to-day operation of components of the Council itself. It has no legislative power and can only decide to send law enforcement in case of an emergency.

Public Utilities Department
On Folkvangr, the Folkvangr Council concerns itself with supplying and retrieving PEBs and RTBs from communities - effectively being in charge of the energy sector on Folkvangr. This energy sector is communally paid for and administered by an alliance of all communities themselves - thePublic Utilities Department (PUD) which also collectively maintains other public utilities, such as transport, hospitals and clean water supply.