In the vast territories of the Divine El Empire, the command of politics always nominally lies with the king, while religious rites are governed by the pope.
Aside from the Falan Kingdom, which achieved centralization through war and established a preliminary civil service system, in the empire's other two major kingdoms, the Leia Kingdom and the Norn Kingdom, priests serve the role of civil officials, and monks are akin to eunuchs.
The clergy is overseen by the Papal Court, the monks by the Monastic Orders, and the combination of the two is the Church.
The leader of the Church is the Archbishop of Holy Seat City.
The Archbishop of Holy Seat City originally was just one of the five Patriarchal districts, but because it was here that Miseria ascended and Saint Berel was martyred, the Archbishop attained a transcendent status.
Through centuries of struggle between the empire and the Church, the power and status of the pope gradually became established.
