The Ministry of Diplomacy of the Golden Empire was the government department with the authority to conduct foreign relations on behalf of Queen Rin Sakaros. Given the Empire's stated goal of incorporating all occupied systems into itself, in practice the Ministry of Diplomacy existed to persuade unaligned systems to join the Empire voluntarily. The Ministry was led by the Chief Diplomat, who sat on the Grand Council of the Golden Empire and supervised the diplomatic efforts of the Ministry's officers, subject only to the direction of the Sovereign.