NationStates Jolt Archive

Suppose you were given the job of appointing a national leader and Cabinet to rule a country (your own or fictitious). You can name as many as you want, but be sure to list which ministry/department/whatever they would be in charge of. Oh, and your Cabinet members can be from any country, and they can be living or dead.

The Secretary of State: Otto von Bismarck
The Secretary of Defense: Zhuge Bumpkin Liang
The Secretary for Burocracy: Confucius
The Secretary for Economic Affairs: Croesos
The Secretary of Religious Affairs: Paul the Apostle
The Secretary for the Arts: Maecenas
The Secretary of Education: Lykorgos of Sparta
The Secretary for Laws and Courts: Mencius
The Secretary for the prison and labour-service: 'Iron' Felix Dzerzhinksy
The Secretary for enforcing National Unity: Ieyasu Tokugawa
The Spy Chief: Sun Tzu. ( forgot all about that, er, I meant, kept it secret)

The Prime Minister: Macchiavelli

The Secretary of State: Me
The Secretary of Defense: Me
The Secretary for Economic Affairs: Me
The Secretary of Religious Affairs: Jesus
The Secretary for the Arts: Me
The Secretary of Education: Me
The Secretary for Laws and Courts: Ming the Merciless
The Secretary for the prison and labour-service: Me
The Prime Minister: Me

Edit: Double post :headbang:

Chippendale, mahogany with walnut inlay.

Chippendale, mahogany with walnut inlay.

But what is wrong with the Directoire-style?

Cool topic idea, but it's late and I'm too tired to try to think of a list right now. So I'll subscribe to this thread and post tomorrow. Errr....later today, whatever.

Keep the spam out of here, Boonytopia. Thanks.

Finance=Croesus of Lydia
foreign affairs=Otto Von Bismark
education= that french guy that standardised the system
Justice= Justinian
Government Spokesman=Cicero
Health=Hippocrates
I'll think of the rest later........

The Secretary of Education: Lykorgos of SpartaI'm sure he'd make a fine Secretary of the Treasury too...

Well, it's made of oak with ivory handles and mirrors made of silver.. wait, government cabinet? Well, let's see.

Head of State: Me
Head of the Treasury: Dr Umpa Lumpo of Chad
Head of Education: the lunchlady
Head of Agriculture: Farmer Brown
Head of Defense: Jackie Chan
Secretary of the Interior (Decoration): Martha Stewart

Secretary of Video Games: Me
Everyone Else: Who cares. XD

iam not sure who would do what but here is the list

mary tudor
elizibeth tudor
george washington
thomas jefferson
winstion churchill
adolf hitler
and a few others

The Head of State: Emperor Me :D
The Secretary of State: Chancellor Otto von Bismarck
The Secretary of Foreign Affairs: Gustav Stressemann
The Secretary of Inner Affairs: Otto Schily
The Secretary of Defense: Gustaf von Mannerheim
The Secretary for Economic Affairs: Ludwig Erhard
The Secretary of Religious Affairs: Karol Wojtyła
The Secretary for the Arts: Edgar Degas
The Secretary of Education: Erasmus von Rotterdam
The Secretary for Laws and Courts: Joachim Rottmann
The Secretary for enforcing National Unity: Willy Brandt

Here is my dream cabinet. Yes, it's very odd... but...

This would be for the Kryozerkian House of Commons.

Prime Minister: Me
Deputy Prime Minister: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Minister Defense: Winston Churchill
Minister of Internal Affairs: Joe Clark
Minister of Revenue: Ralph Goodale
Minister of Health: Beverley McLachlin
Minister of Agriculture: Ralph Klien
Minister of Education: Tommy Douglas
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Jimmy Carter
Minister of Justice: Sandra Day O'Conner
Minister of Labour: Karl Marx
Minister of Kryozerkian Heritage:
Minister of Human Rights: Martin Luther King Jr.
Minister of Finance: Paul Martin
Minister of Immigration & Citizenship: Shelia Copps
Minister of Public Safety: Michael Bryant
Minister of Anti-Talematrian Propoganda: Joseph Goebbels

The Secretary of Defense: George Armstrong Custer
The Secretary of Education: James Danforth "Dan" Quayle

Sorry, I couldn't pass that up!!! Seriously though, I'd bring the 'old school' back:

Thomas Paine
Thomas Hobbes
Sir Thomas More
John Locke
Karl Marx
Socrates
Aristotle

You get the picture; all the great political figures and philosophers from back in the day!!!

Head of State:me, of course!!! I rule with an iron fist!!
Secretary of State: Colin Powell
Education: Herodotus
Health: Louis Pasteur
Defense:Napoleon
Finance: Martha Stewart:p
Prime Minister:Arnold Swartzenagger
Religious: Buddha
Something like that...

I will not post the current "dream cabinet" for the Dominion of Kherberusovichnya.

Be assured, the Occulted and Everpresent Hands of the Pantokrator's Will are enacting the Dominion's betterment as I speak... regardless of whether they are "known" to, or were "elected" by the Starving Bazillions of our Dominion.

They shall remain...anonymous.

On the other hand, IF I wasn't representing a cabal of egomaniacs and bloodthirsty loons who make Cobra Commander look well-balanced...here's who the Cabinet of a presumed "non-totalitarian" state would have:

Prime Minister: Ummm, me. With lots of emotional counseling and some serious antacids
Sidekick Prime Minister and Chief Advisor: My friend Tom Hamilton.
Commander of the Armed Forces (subject to my overrule): Colin Powell, with vigorous help from Chuck Norris and Mr. T
Secretary of Health, Housing, and Citizens' Welfare: Jimmy Carter
Secretary of Education: George Orwell
Secretary of the Council for the Arts: A tag-team of Jorge Luis Borges, Phillip K. Dick, Bill Sienkowicz, Bill Watterson and KRS-1 from BDP.
Secretary of Economic Furtherance and General Money-Stuff: Not any easy one, but probably Alan Greenspan's brain in a jar, hooked up to a Deep Blue processor
Every Other Position I Forgot About: Well, we'd just have who we have now, and we'd have, like, a "chore wheel", and people would have to "double up" on a random second Cabinet position every second or third week.
Yeah, that's it.

I'll have two people in charge for some areas.

Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson
Secretary of Defense: George Washington and Mad-Eye Moody (bwah ha ha)
Secretary of Education: Remus Lupin
Secretary of Law & Order: The Wizengamot
Secretary of the Arts: Calliope
Secretary of International Affairs: Angelina Jolie
Secretary of Religious Affairs: Jesus AND Buddha
Secretary of National affairs: Stephen Colbert


President: Me
Veep: Not sure...

I'll edit later.

Best Spy Chief ever:
Inspector Gadget

State: Confucius
Defense: Julius Caesar
Education: Possibly Aristotle
Treasury: Alexander Hamilton
Health: Ben Carson
Foreign Affairs: Koffi Annan
Labor: FDR
Interior: Winston Churchhill
Justice: Gandhi

Thats all I can think of now...

ok, now time for serious:

The Secretary of State: Hilary Clinton
The Secretary of Defense: Jackie Chan
The Secretary for Economic Affairs: A Mobile Cash Register
The Secretary of Religious Affairs: No one
The Secretary for the Arts: Leonardo Da Vinci
The Secretary of Education: Remus Lupin
The Secretary for Laws and Courts: Amelia Bones (Harry Potter)
The Secretary for the prison and labor-service:A random Drill Saergant
The Secretary for enforcing National Unity: No Clue
The Secretary of Child Affairs, soon to be fired: Micheal Jackson
The Spy Chief: Maxwell Smart

The Secretary of Child Affairs, soon to be fired: Micheal Jackson

:eek: Sweet Jesus!

:eek: Sweet Jesus!
Jesus can't see that!!! Take it away!!!

MICHAEL JACKSON AS HEAD OF CHILD AFFAIRS?! :eek:

Haha all these great political thinkers like Aristotle will be like... "wtf?" when it comes to modern issues, same with Napoleon for secretary of defence.

"Pardon monsieur? Le tank? NON! Infantry, advance for your Emperor and take la bayonet to those cowardly hunks of metal!"



For roughly modern day government,

Prime Minister: Clement Atlee
Vice President: Ehud Olmert
Home Secretary: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Secretary of Defence: Ariel Sharon (prior to his coma haha)
Economics Minister: Tony Benn
Foreign Minister: Gustav Stresseman
Education: Boris Yeltsin (I know this isn't his speciality, but I think he was basically a good guy in a bad world at the time)
Labour Minister: Ho Chi Minh
Health Minister: Kofi Annan




Now laugh all you want :p

The Badminton Cabinet


http://antiques2.iantiquesguide.com/article.php?story=2004122012535918

Here is my dream cabinet.

This would be for the Wermanian Supreme Worker's Assembly.

President in the Songun Cause: Me
DPrime Minister: Kim Jong Il
Supreme Commander of the Army: Kim Jong Il and ME
Minister of Internal Affairs: Otto von Bismarch
Minister of Health: Kim Il Sung
Minister of Agriculture: John Lennon
Minister of Education: My teahcer
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Vladimir I. Lenin
Minister of Justice: KGB Head
Minister of Labour: Karl Marx
Minister of Wermanian Heritage: Frierich Eangels
Minister of Human Rights: Martin Luther King
Minister of Finance: Paul McCartney
Minister of Immigration & Citizenship: Nikolai Yezhov
Minister of Public Safety: Erich Mielke
Minister of Propoganda: North Korean Propaganda Machine

My dream cabinet? Here goes...

Prime Minister: Me
Deputy Prime Minister: Pierre Trudeau
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Tony Benn
Foreign Affairs: FDR
Home Office: John Baron (My local MP!)
Defense: Winston Churchill
Health: Clement Attlee
Wales/Scotland/NI Abolish!
Justice: Nelson Mandela
Labour: Whoever runs the TUC
Immigration and Citizenship: Anyone useful.
Education: My old History teacher, Mr. Cass!

State: Il Duce
Defense: Hilter
Education: The Prophet Muhammed(pbuh)
Treasury: Pinchot
Health: Hilter
Foreign Affairs: Hilter
Labor: Pinchot
Interior: Hilter
Justice:Hilter/ Muhammed(pbuh) combo
PM: Me
Dep. PM: Hilter

Well, here's mine.

Cabinet for the Trotskylvanian People's Assembly.

Premier (head of state/govt): Me
Deputy Premier: Eugene Debs
Commander-in-Chief (only in time of war): Flavius Belisarius
Minister of Internal Affairs: My buddy Brad
Minister of Health: Jonas Salk
Minister of Agriculture: George Washington Carver
Minister of Education: Howard Zinn
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Noam Chomsky
Minister of Justice: Michael Harrington
Minister of Labour: Karl Marx
Minister of Rights Enforcement: Malcom X
Minister of Finance: Stafford Beer
Minister of Foreign Propoganda: Michael Moore
Minister of Silly Walks: Graham Chapman

Is this not called grave-digging? :confused:

I had to put in my 2 bits. I haven't posted on this yet. I was looking through, and i was intrigued by it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Oskar Schindler
Admiral Wilhelm Canaris
Jean Moulin
Henry David Thoreau
Sengbe Pieh
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Tank Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man)
Adam Smith
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

I'm somewhat partial to Cherry cabinets.

The Secretary of Religious Affairs: Paul the Apostle

Seriously? Why not Jesus?

Wermania also has a worrying cabinet!

This thread's been around 3 months AND got gravedigged by some idiot, and still no one's found a better cabinet than mine.

*ponders* i'm not sure exactly who i'd put where, but i'm fairly sure it would include Guo Jia, Auther Wesly [sp. duke of wellington :)] probibly a couple of the more compitant members of NZ's current parliment... me, obviously. *ponders* actually, it would probibly include mostly realy obscure and unknowen people who were actually good at the job in the current environment... yeah, that'd be a good idea :D

This thread's been around 3 months AND got gravedigged by some idiot, and still no one's found a better cabinet than mine.

Yes, that is a lovely cabinet.