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The Canton of Orthodoxy is the primary bureaucratic arm of the Ministry{{book ref|mb1|23}}, they administer the Lord Ruler's empire.{{book ref|mb3|29}} Any official events or documents have to be authorized by an obligator, typically from the Canton of Orthodoxy, or else it formally had never happened or been written. This can be about weddings, land purchases, inheritance of titles or business deals.{{book ref|mb1|prologue}}{{book ref|mb1|23}} It is a clever way for the Steel Ministry to know everything about the nobility. The lord prelan is part of the Canton of Orthodoxy, and therefore it has organizational dominance of the Ministry.{{book ref|mb1|36}}{{book ref|mb1|38}}
The Canton of Resource is in charge of matters like feeding the people, maintaining the canals, and transportation and storage across the Final Empire.{{book ref|mb3|44}} It is the best place for men with an analytical mind.{{wob ref|7766}} They keep record of many things, including maps of mineral deposits.{{book ref|mb3|63}} Most engineers who work on Luthadel's city plans are obligators.{{wob ref|3045}} Besides being the force of bureaucracy and legal authority in the Final Empire, the Steel Ministry also is like a noble house on itself; the more wealth it has, the more leverage it has with the noble houses. The Canton of Finance provides the Ministry with the funds they need for their operations, and can be seen as its bank, trading and negotiating with noble houses to close lucrative contracts.{{book ref|mb1|1}}
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