It didn’t take long for the answers to come in thick and fast starting with the most widely governing organisation of them all. “That is correct.” she nodded at the Hufflepuff. She’ll elaborate further on that subject matter in a short while but for now she turned back to the other students and their ideas.

These were the responses that she was most expecting, in fact she was surprised that their very own Ministry of Magic hadn’t been the first that the students had jumped to considering it was perhaps the best known to them. “Yes, the equivalent of our ministry located in their capital city Paris. Its founding date is a little late compared to its international counterparts.” It was not something that Fergersnout had studied extensively on and therefore couldn’t comment on the reason being. Perhaps she’d research later.

The Board of Governers had a bit of a turbulent history when it came to its relationship with Hogwarts and opinion seemed to be divided over its existence. “Wonderful. Governing bodies don’t just affect legislation across an entire country but can occur on the smaller scale too. The BoG..” An amusing acronym in her opinion. “..was established to help regulate our very own Hogwarts ensuring quality education and preserving the safety of its students.” Which judging by the track record of events that had occurred in the school, the success of that mission was questionable.

Fergersnout herself led the debate team alongside their esteemed Headmaster Winterbottom so any mention of her treasured club was likely to receive a smile in response. “We do have a fantastic debate team here however they don’t unfortunately have an influence over rules and regulations at Hogwarts.. not yet anyway.” The formation of a student council wasn’t entirely a bad idea, it would always be interesting to hear the opinions of the students on the matters that affected them personally.

Another answer that she was somewhat expecting, the most well known of the governments with the exception of their own. “Yes, that's right. Although the name and structure of MACUSA is different to our Ministry, the concept is virtually the same. Although interestingly their headquarters are not located in the capital but rather in New York.” The reasons for that decision were not relevant enough to the lesson to discuss.

Luckily for Solomon, Fergersnout was willing to let the brief whispery chitchat slide on this occasion. He did receive a quick glance in his direction, a warning if you must that any further gossiping would not be exempt from penalisation.

Don’t worry Aryan, Fergersnout herself didn’t know what strange name was going to come out of her mouth either. There was no true rhyme or reason behind the object, animal or food source of the day other than that it was the first thing that popped into her head. “Mhmm. The Wizengamot is the British court system far out dating the conceptualisation of the Ministry. It’s responsible for trialing crimes of a lesser extent and headed by the Chief Warlock.” There was another court for the more heinous crimes but she would keep that a secret for the time being in case someone wanted to mention it.

Truthfully Fergersnout was briefly taken aback by the next students answer to the extent that she remained in silence for a couple of seconds whilst she processed it. “Although true to a certain extent that we may be influenced by the others around us, not quite the answer I was looking for Mr Fox.” She was a little concerned about the boys behaviour today though. “However if something is troubling you feel free to pop by my office after lesson has ended and we can have a little chat.” If he wanted to of course, she wasn’t pressuring him into anything.

Another example of a foreign Ministry equivalent to their own. Fergersnout nodded in agreement with the answer. “Correct.” And no concerns over whether the accent was correct for she was no expert in the language anyway. “I cannot comment on your pronunciation, sadly I am not fluent but it sounded great to me” she chortled. Sometimes she wondered whether international relations should be a subject at Hogwarts, it would be an interesting one for sure.

As was the case with Solomon, any further whispers were largely ignored by the Professor until such time that they became disruptive to the rest of the class. If Anna wanted to believe that she was possessed by the spirit of a dark artefact then that was her prerogative although she was slightly offended. Thankfully the Hufflepuff did partake in the rest of the lesson and so all was quickly forgiven. “Fabulous! The Consortium was established to register and regulate Gringotts Wizarding Bank and is largely comprised of Goblin Bankers and investors.” Goblins were a subject she had written a number of publications over and could speak on the matter for hours. Luckily for the students the lesson needed moving on.

She was surprised that no one had yet claimed the Ministry as their answer but this one was the closest. “That’s right. The Wizards Council was the predecessor to the Ministry of Magic and operated for centuries before the latter was established as the more complex structure needed to govern new legislation.” More on that subject to come later. The Professor was also gratefully oblivious to any teenage drama that was currently occurring in her classroom.

Brandon need not worry about an apology, she wasn’t criticising him for his out-of-box thinking. It was more so the combination of his answer and his odd behaviour that had the Professor stumped for a minute or two. Thankfully it hadn’t prevented the student from continuously participating in the lesson. “Excellent. By having an international body with representatives from each of the nations, the community is able to handle disputes and conflicts that affect the community as a whole. It also allows everyone to have a voice which is critically important don’t you think?”


Of course the community's favourite sport would come into fruition as a suggestion from a student or two. Personally Apollonia never saw the appeal in her feet leaving the ground but each to their own she supposed. “That’s right. The International Confederation of Wizards Quidditch Committee is responsible for overseeing international quidditch games namely the World Cup. Although arguably not as important as overseeing legislation, they do help support policing of the events and scout for suitable locations.”

Which led onto Mr Atreyu-Rehman’s answer. “This of course could apply to any event with an international audience. It is vitally important that the statute of secrecy is implemented wherever the event may be based. Rather amusingly they have also attempted to restrict the size and dietary requirements of mascots at events just in case a muggle was to spot something peculiar wandering around their countryside.”

No contribution from you still Mr Duck? Fergersnout would be keeping her eye on him.

Fergersnout did have a habit of doing that. Once she was directed onto a topic of great interest it all sort of spilled out in a giant word vomit but at least she wasn’t drab and boring like some of her predecessors. “Yes, the transfer of criminals from one country to another to stand trial is certainly of great importance to the confederation. Grindelwald himself caused a bit of a headache to the ICW in that he managed to escape from their custody.” Once again that was a topic for another lesson.

She waited a second for any further responses when the last came in. “Not every nation has the same time, resources and availability to deal with issues as we do. The ICW are able to send out their own task forces to aid and support in this mission as was the case in Tibet.”