List of ministries of the AIN

Major ministries
These are the four central ministries of the Alliance of Independent Nations, as declared in the Sixth General Election in February 2012.


 * Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sport (MCAS): Oversees every union event and helps the organisers, encourages participation in the Simlympics, oversees the sporting leagues and competitions, runs the AINvision song contest and assists the Executive Council in organising the Union Calendar to encourage participation in events and maximise activity.
 * Ministry of Education, Health and Infrastructure (MEHI): Manages the health, education and well-being of all AIN citizens, co-ordinates disaster relief, helps lessen the gap between less developed and more developed AIN nations, documents living standards and encourages nations to improve their infrastructure by allocating AIN funds.
 * Ministry of the Environment, Agriculture and Transport (MEAT): Runs the transport forums in the AIN, collects data on air/land/sea routes between nations, encourages development of transportation infrastructure, legislates agriculture & food policy along with ensuring AIN nations care for their resources and the environment.
 * Ministry of Finance and Information (MFI): Manages the unions economic policy, the AINERO zone, trade, the AIN budget, statistics and data, the AIN map and liaises with the wiki team to ensure members participate.

Other departments
The following departments of the AIN are either controlled or managed by one of the above ministries, or are related to the entire union government.

Alliance Games Federation (AGF): Part of the Ministry for Culture, Arts and Sport. Runs the Alliance Games. AIN Statistics Institute (AINSI): Statistics and union information is managed by the AINSI. Part of the Ministry of Finance and Information. Cartography Committee: Part of the Ministry of Finance and Information. Maintains the official union map. Election Centre: Archive for past election results and campaigns. Not actually a government department.

Former ministries
Ministry for Citizen's Affairs (MCA): Former name of the Ministry of Education, Health and Infrastructure. Ministry for Innovation, Trade and Investment (MITI): Former name for the Ministry of Finance and Information. Ministry for Foreign Affairs: Absorbed into the Office of the President. Ministry for Transport and Infrastructure: Absorbed into the MEHI and MEAT. Ministry for Justice and Constitutional Affairs: Abolished after the creation of the Alliance Security Council.