"The Ministry of Protection of Imperial Loyalty is the government agency on Barrayar headed by the Minister of Protection of Imperial Loyalty. The Ministry is in charge of Barrayar's high police. The Ministry works in liaison and in competition with the Imperial Security, although it is more focused on vigilance against bureaucratic corruption and, from a general point of view, it is focused on sensitive vigilance over common society more than proper espionage. Therefore the Ministry has three main functional fields of Empire-wide operations: public service control, propaganda and censorship, although on a discrete level, and protection of state secrets. These duties are often carried out in co-operation with other intelligence and/or investigation agencies, most notably the Imperial Security. Unlike the Imperial Security, the Ministry of Protection of Imperial Loyalty is also a law enforcement agency in every respect, although with particular tasks and not under direct control of Ministry of Interior. Its main tasks are focused on control of the whole public services, both civil and military, and operates primarily as a policing and surveillance force. Being an agency which employs the intelligence-led policing, the Ministry, rather than reactively responding to individual incidents, conducts systematic analysis of offences and related activities, that allow to identify appropriate patterns and those who are responsible. This method is applied to the defence of the political system. From another point of view, the Ministry and the Imperial Security are into a close working relationship, ImpSec serving primarily as the information-gathering agency and the Ministry as the executive agency of the system established for the purpose of combating the political and ideological enemies. This relationship between the Ministry and ImpSec is accomplished by the systematic co-ordination work among chiefs of the individual agencies, as overseen and directed by the Emperor or the Prime Minister; operationally, this consultation is carried out by the Political and Security Committee. While the Ministry publicly only concerns itself with the internal affairs of the Empire, it is known to have a thin spy network in place in other nations of the Nexus."@en . "Ministry of Protection of Imperial Loyalty (Barrayar)"@en . . . "IM 1,100,450,000"@en . "Ministry"@en . "901000"^^ . "Council of Ministers"@en . . . "Viviamo per Servire"@en . "Government of Barrayar"@en . "2999-04-14"^^ . "Ministry of Political Education"@en . "The Ministry of Protection of Imperial Loyalty is the government agency on Barrayar headed by the Minister of Protection of Imperial Loyalty. The Ministry is in charge of Barrayar's high police. The Ministry works in liaison and in competition with the Imperial Security, although it is more focused on vigilance against bureaucratic corruption and, from a general point of view, it is focused on sensitive vigilance over common society more than proper espionage. Therefore the Ministry has three main functional fields of Empire-wide operations: public service control, propaganda and censorship, although on a discrete level, and protection of state secrets. These duties are often carried out in co-operation with other intelligence and/or investigation agencies, most notably the Imperial Securi"@en . . . "Castel Vorreedi, Vorbarr Sultana"@en . "Admiral Boris Ivan Gustinevskij"@en . "150"^^ . "Coat of Arms of the Ministry of Protection of Imperial Loyalty"@en . . "Ministry of Protection of Imperial Loyalty"@en . "Ministry"@en . "ImpLol.png"@en .