The Department of State is a federal ministerial department with the following missions;
- Monitor and suppress internal threats and foreign influence within the Oceanykan Federation's borders.
- Conduct intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and direct action operations in foreign soil.
- Keep every ministerial department, agency and organ of the Government under constant surveillance.
- Organise timely audits of all ministerial departments, agencies and organs of the Federal Government.
For these missions the Department of Security has two agencies at its disposal: the Federal Intelligence Agency and the Internal Investigation Service. Its head is the Minister of State, whose two most important subordinates are the Director of the Federal Intelligence Agency and the Director of the Internal Investigation Service.
No other ministerial department created by the Constitutional Reform Act of 1962 has created as much discontent and polemic as the Department of State. In seeking to construct a new nation based on the OPP's New Theory of State, Oceanykan decision-makers turned towards the Soviet Union, both for inspiration and training. As such, the Department of State's notorious agencies seek to emulate Soviet intelligence services such as the KGB in multiple aspects. It is through these institutions that the Department of State keeps tabs on potential threats arising from within Oceanyka, or infiltrations from foreign intelligence services. Furthermore, it may also authorise, organise and fund operations abroad, such as the ongoing operation to support North Vietnam.
Another one of its functions, and arguably the most important, is to keep an eye on the Goverment itself, through the use of espionage (primary mission of the Internal Investigation Service) and auditing, which the Department does by itself. The 1961 Federal Audit proved just how meticulous this ministry can be in looking for corruption, embezzlement, and other public crimes. Although this has increased Government efficiency significantly, it has generated an important question amongst the public discourse: who watches the watchers? The answer is the Department of the Presidential Office itself, through a small yet powerful dependency.