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The '''Steel Ministry''' is the religion and the government bureaucracy of the [[Final Empire]]. It is made up of various divisions, named Cantons, and the members of the Ministry are called obligators. The [[Inquisitors]] are also part of the Steel Ministry.
One of the main functions of the Ministry is to witness a myriad of contracts and agreements, even something as simple as promise to come to a game of [[shelldry]].{{book ref|mb1|23}} The nobility pay the [[Lord Ruler]] for their services in a manner similar to that of renting [[skaa]].{{book ref|mb1|prologue}} As the authority in bureaucratic matters, any mercantile contracts, divorces, weddings, land purchases, inheritances, or any other important dealings could only be authorized by obligators. If one of the Ministry hasn't witnessed an event or sealed a document, it might as well not have happened or have been written.{{book ref|mb1|23}} However, obligators are also used to witness less formal agreements, such as bets between friends.{{cite}}
== Organization ==
After the Collapse of the Final Empire, the Steel Ministry remained in various forms, depending on the local ruler.
==== The New Empire
King [[Elend Venture]] used Steel Ministry facilities as his government buildings. In Luthadel, Elend used a low-ceilinged room, similar to a lecture hall, in the Canton of Finance headquarters as an assembly hall for the [[Luthadel Assembly]]'s meetings. He remodeled the building so that civilians could come and watch the Assembly proceedings.{{book ref|mb2|10}}
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