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The government of the Aqua Defense Initiative is described by some as complicated yet abrasive. It can seem complex but as any democracy shows, no government is perfect. The government of the Aqua Defense Initiative is currently run by two branches of government: one is the Sentinels, which are more of the Executive Branch of Government; while the legislative functions are given to what are called Guardians. There is currently no Judicial form of government in the Aqua Defense Initiative; most conceivably it is thought to be that both the Executive and Legislative Bodies of the government work together to work out the Judicial problems of the government as given to them per the charter.

Contents 1 Sentinels of the Aqua Defense Initiative 1.1 Current Hall of Sentinels 1.1.1 Lord High Sentinel 1.1.2 Lord of Internal Affairs 1.1.3 Lord of Foreign Affairs 1.1.4 Lord of Defense 1.1.5 Lord of Finance 1.2 Resigned or Retired Sentinels 2 Guardians of the Aqua Defense Initiative 2.1 Current Council of Guardians 2.1.1 Champion Guardian 2.1.2 Resigned or Retired Guardians

Sentinels of the Aqua Defense InitiativeEdit

See also: Hall of Sentinels

All Sentinels of the Aqua Defense Initiative hold life tenure as a Sentinel during good behavior, unless they retire, resign or are impeached from office. All Sentinels are voted into their positions by the Hall of Sentinels, recognizing their dedication to the government as per being given the status of Sentinel. Not all Sentinels will always hold an office in the government - Lords are required to be Sentinels and at this time there are seven Sentinels in the Aqua Defense Initiative.

Current Hall of Sentinels Edit

	Name	Photo	Term began	Term ended	Notes
1.	John Warbuck		17 September 2009		Founding Member of ADI.
2.	Magister Populi		17 September 2009		Founding Member of ADI.
3.	Yuurei		17 September 2009		Founding Member of ADI.
4.	Kingly		28 September 2009		Former Guardian.
5.	JDorian		1 October 2009		Founding Member of ADI
6.	Archon Daverin		17 September 2009		Founding Member of ADI.
7.	Bobogoobo		7 November 2009		Former Guardian.
8.	Kaplechistan		18 December 2009		Former Champion Guardian.

Lord High SentinelEdit

See also: Lord High Sentinel

The Lord High Sentinel is the leading figure and head of the Aqua Defense Initiative.

	Name	Photo	Term began	Term ended	Notes
1.	John Warbuck		17 September 2009		Officially Elected as Lord High Sentinel of the Aqua Defense Initiative on October 1 of 2009.

Lord of Internal AffairsEdit

	Name	Photo	Term began	Term ended	Notes
1.	Magister Populi		17 September 2009		Officially Elected as Lord of Internal Affairs on October 1 of 2009.

Lord of Foreign AffairsEdit

	Name	Photo	Term began	Term ended	Notes
1.	Yuurei		17 September 2009		Officially Elected as Lord of Foreign Affairs on October 1 of 2009.

Lord of DefenseEdit

	Name	Photo	Term began	Term ended	Notes
1.	Andover		17 September 2009	1 October 2009
2.	Kingly		1 October 2009		First Democratically Elected Lord of Defense.

Lord of FinanceEdit

	Name	Photo	Term began	Term ended	Notes
1.	Archon Daverin		17 September	1 October 2009
2.	JDorian		1 October 2009		First Democratically Elected Lord of Finance.

Resigned or Retired SentinelsEdit

	Name	Photo	Term began	Term ended	Notes
1.	Andover		17 September 2009	9 November 2009	1st Lord of Defense-Resigned due to conflicts with the government.

Guardians of the Aqua Defense InitiativeEdit

See also: Council of Guardians

The Council of Guardians of the Aqua Defense Initiative is the leading legislative body of the government. It proposes and brings matters into law for the government. It is in the responsibility of the Guardians to protect those laws and enforce them in cooperation with the Sentinels. The Guardians are elected to their offices by the people of the Aqua Defense Initiative - Sentinels, Guardians and Members alike. The Guardians elect a Champion Guardian, who acts as a de facto leader of the Council of Guardians. As long as the Champion remains a Guardian, he or she will serve permanent tenure as Champion Guardian until he or she is elected out of office, retires, resigns or is impeached. The Guardians at the current time have a full count of nine in their Council. There are three Guardians each in three separate Classes. A Guardian's Class determines the time at which his or her position goes up for election.

Current Council of GuardiansEdit

	Name	Class	Seat	Photo	Term began	Term ended	Notes
1.	Vacant	1	1
2.	Nathan Grant	1	2		13 October 2009		Was appointed to position after The Man At Your Door resigned as a Guardian.
3.	Handles	1	3		1 January 2010		First Guardian to be elected by beating the incumbent, MrZeus.
4.	Pikachurin	2	1		17 September 2009		Officially elected to the position on November 1 of 2009.
5.	Shadeslayer09	2	2		1 November 2009		First elected official of this Guardian Seat.
6.	Vacant	2	3
7.	Ratonbox	3	1		1 December 2009		First Elected official of this Guardian Seat.
8.	Jacob Burman	3	2		1 December 2009		First Elected official of this Guardian Seat.
9.	Leonidas68	3	3		17 September 2009		Officially Elected on December 1 of 2009.

Champion GuardianEdit

The Champion Guardian is selected by a majority vote by the Guardians.

	Name	Photo	Term began	Term ended	Notes
1.	Kaplechistan		21 September 2009	1 January 2010	First Champion Guardian of ADI.
2.	Nathan Grant		1 January 2010

Resigned or Retired GuardiansEdit

	Name	Photo	Term began	Term ended	Notes
1.	mgregory		17 September	26 September 2009	Resigned as Guardian. Replaced by poptop in the next election.
2.	The Man At Your Door		1 October 2009	13 October 2009	Resigned as Guardian. Replaced by Nathan Grant when he was appointed by the Hall of Sentinels.
3.	poptop		28 September 2009	30 October 2009	Resigned as Guardian. Replaced by trimm when the Hall of Sentinels appointed a replacement.
4.	Elspeth		17 September 2009	30 October 2009	Resigned as Guardian. Replaced by MrZeus when the Hall of Sentinels appointed a replacement.
5.	Bobogoobo		17 September 2009	7 November 2009	Resigned as Guardian to become a Sentinel.
6.	QuiteBizarre		17 September 2009	1 December 2009	Replaced by Jacob Burman.
7.	Kaplechistan		17 September 2009	18 December 2009	Officially elected to his Guardian Seat on November 1 of 2009. Retired as a Guardian to become a Sentinel.
8.	trimm		1 November 2009	29 December 2009	Was appointed to a different Guardianship after losing his election and was a Guardian originally starting on the 17th of Septemebr of 2009.
9.	MrZeus		1 November 2009	1 January 2010	Appointed to Guardianship after the resignation of Elspeth. Lost to Handles in the last election.

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