The Hapan Ministry of Culture

In the governmental district of the capital city of Hapes lies the enormous compound that functions as the headquarters of the Hapan Ministry of Culture. Surrounded by a large park, the white stone building is a monument in itself. Shaped like a square with a smaller park that is open in the centre, the building’s roof is extended out over a walkway in the surrounding park, held up by marble pillars. The architecture is archaic from the time of the Queen Mothers that ruled the Hapes Consortium long ago.

In front of the entrance to the building is an open square where the microscopic tiles, made of rare Hapan stones from the fifth moon, have been laid down in the ground in the shape of images. Going clockwise, they show you a timeline of events in Hapan history from the founding of the Hapes Consortium to present date. Situated in the centre of the square is a large fountain of solid Hapan gold. Statues of the eight greatest Queen Mothers of the Hapes Consortium hold up a globe which symbolises the planet Hapes itself as waters pours out of the top of it.

The building itself is divided in to four wings. North, south, east and west.

In the north wing, historians work day and night, studying texts, documents, files and literature to discover details regarding the Hapes Consortium’s rich and colourful past and record them in the Hapan historical timeline project.

In the eastern wing, scholars and linguists study old dictionaries and encyclopaediae to uncover the details and history of the beautiful and fluid Hapan language which has remained virtually the same ever since the founding of the Hapes Consortium over four thousand years ago.

In the western wing, experts, artists and archaeologists work to preserve the beautiful Hapan art and archaeological finds from eras and time-periods long gone. Statues, pictures, portraits, items and jewellery found at digging sites on countless of Hapan worlds.

In the south wing, the Minister himself and his overseers administer the ministry’s countless operations throughout the Hapes Consortium. From archaeological digs, to museum tours, to the appropriate firework for the next royal gala dinner, to arranging shockball matches for leagues of Hapan teenagers. Their goal is to preserve and further Hapan culture so that it remains intact, unspoiled and as grand for generations to come.