The Chief Executive Panel is the main bureaucratic apparatus through which the Caldari megacorporations rule the State. The Panel's primary purposes are to determine the budgets for the State's few government agencies, such as the Caldari Navy and the Tribunal, and to act as a way for the State's corporate powers to coordinate national policy, such as foreign relations, customs and trade regulations, and inter-corporate business laws. The Panel makes sure the megacorporations don't go overstep their bounds in competing with each other and smooth over potential conflicts before they escalate out of control. It is the closest thing to an unified Caldari government.