MINISTRY OF MINOR DETAILS
Starting a country is easy.
The paperwork is not.
Day One: Alberta is a phone-first country-building simulation set during Alberta's first working days as an independent state.
You are the Signatory responsible for keeping essential systems operating while the new country decides what it will inherit, continue through agreement, share, contract, or build.
- Closed-beta target: August 31
- Expected playtime: approximately 20–30 minutes
- Invitation required
- Phone or desktop
NOTICE FROM THE ACTING CLERK
CLR-K 1905The country has been received.
Currency, documents, payroll, public services, trade corridors, and emergency command have submitted follow-up questions.
The closed beta requires Signatories willing to process the current files and report where the paperwork stops making sense.
Acting Deputy Assistant Clerk, Nationhood and Other Unscheduled Work · Unforeseen Consequences Branch
FILE CONTENTS
WHAT YOU WILL PROCESS
The closed beta is a focused preview of Alberta's first national files. Earlier choices return with consequences, and some future options may become unavailable because of decisions you already filed.
- FILE 01
The Founding Settlement
Review what the fictional Alberta-Canada agreement settled, what remains temporary, and which systems still depend on another government.
- FILE 02
Monday Money
Decide what operates for banking, payments, public payroll, mortgages, and everyday transactions.
- FILE 03
Existing Documents and Essential Services
Handle passports, licences, health coverage, benefits, critical workers, and the records people still need on Monday.
- FILE 04
Trade, Corridors and Energy
Manage market access, infrastructure, export routes, temporary agreements, and competing dependencies.
- FILE 05
Emergency Command
Determine who coordinates public safety, essential infrastructure, information sharing, and national emergencies.
EARLIER DECISIONS MAY CLOSE FUTURE OPTIONS.
PROCEDURE
HOW THE FILE MOVES
- 1
Process the files
Complete the available campaign on your normal phone, tablet, or computer.
- 2
Receive the consequences
See how earlier decisions return, collide, create new files, and close future routes.
- 3
Review your record
Receive an Initial State Readiness Record showing what works, what remains temporary, and what your government overlooked.
- 4
File feedback
Tell the Ministry what was confusing, unfair, broken, slow, or unexpectedly interesting.
REQUIREMENTS
WHAT THE MINISTRY NEEDS
Closed-beta Signatories should be prepared to:
- Complete one 20–30-minute playthrough
- Submit a short feedback form within 48 hours
- Test on their normal device and browser
- Report confusing choices, not only technical bugs
- Identify consequences that feel arbitrary
- Flag options that feel politically predetermined
- Explain where they stopped reading carefully
Requesting access does not guarantee an invitation. Invitations will be issued in small batches based on testing needs, device coverage, and available review capacity.
FORM AB-002-B
APPLICATION
REQUEST RESPONSE AUTHORITY
Closed-beta invitations will be issued in small batches.
Selected applicants will receive a unique access link, expected playtime, testing deadline, and feedback instructions.
SCHEDULE
RELEASE STATUS
- Alpha
- PROCESSING
- Closed beta
- TARGET: AUGUST 31
- Open beta
- TARGET: SEPTEMBER 14
- Founding Edition
- PENDING FURTHER REVIEW
Dates remain subject to testing, factual review, and production stability.
The Ministry will not open a file merely because a countdown reached zero.
ORGANISATION
ABOUT THE MINISTRY
The Ministry of Minor Details is a fictional records office that turns sweeping political ideas into playable administrative consequences.
Its first file, Day One: Alberta, examines what happens after the political decision, when someone has to make ordinary systems work.
The project does not decide whether the country should exist. It processes what the decision requires.
NOTICES
BEFORE YOU FILE
Privacy
We collect your email and testing selections to administer the closed beta.
We do not request your real name, phone number, voting intention, political affiliation, employer, or contact list.
Closed-beta administration and future Ministry notices are separate choices.
Fictional simulation
This project is not affiliated with the Government of Alberta, the Government of Canada, Elections Alberta, any political party, campaign, or referendum organization.
Real systems are simplified. Game outcomes are invented for play.
AI use
AI tools may assist with drafting, design, coding, and testing. Published game content and factual material are reviewed by a human operator.
The Acting Clerk is a fictional character, not an autonomous government system.