Argent Office

The Argent Office is a government ministry in the New State tasked with investigating, documenting, containing, and otherwise dealing with paranatural phenomenon such as altered entities and anomalies. While this mission extends to the whole country, a large part of work for the Argent Office naturally pertains to the Deadzone. For this reason it is the only state department not based in Centre, but instead in Chartres, which is much closer to the Deadzone.

While the existence of the Argent Office is a public matter, and general information may be released, most of the office's work remains classified to the general public.

History
The Argent Office has its origins shortly after the downfall of the French Republic. After the chaos began to lift somewhat, the interim government would begin to collect the often disturbing reports coming out of the newly formed Deadzone. The details made it very clear that normality had been "rustled", and that new powers were at play in the world. To investigate these new strange phenomenons (dubbed "paranatural"), an organisation known as the Ministry for the Paranatural was created and began to coalesce.

When Raymond shortly thereafter took complete control of the government and established the "New State", the new ministry was renamed to the "Argent Office". Since the Office had its actual creation before the proclamation of the New State, it technically makes the Office older than the state it serves, at least on a technicality.