(08-27-2020, 07:36 PM)Rabbitz Wrote:

(08-27-2020, 07:09 PM)Griffindor Wrote: Heck, while we're at it, lets completely axe 'affairs' for good and change "Ministry/Minister of Foreign Affairs" to "Ministry/Minister of Diplomacy".

I just don't see it as necessary.  

Agreed.

Military affairs -- what in the world are those? How is that any different than just "military"? The term used by the vast majority of RL countries is Ministry of Defense. Plus we can use it without confusion now that we actually are defender!

Foreign affairs -- there's no other phrase that means the same thing. There's no single word for "foreign-stuff". The US Department of State is named that way because it handles some "matters of state" that are not specifically about foreign affairs, but the vast majority of other RL countries use Ministry of Foreign Affairs, even when none of their other executive departments include the word "affairs". We've extended "affairs" to all the ministries because of a misinterpretation of the structure of the term "Ministry of Foreign Affairs". It's not "ministry of" + topic + "affairs". It's "ministry of" + topic, and that topic just happens to be "foreign affairs" for MoFA. 

Put another way: MoRA administers the region; MoMA administers the military. MoFA does not administer the foreign (whatever that might mean). For the former two, the "affairs" is nonessential and can be removed without changing the meaning. For the latter, it's meaningful.