The chief executive of any local system
is a primary Lanonandek Son. The System Sovereign is entrusted with
unusual personal prerogatives. The present system sovereign of Satania,
Lanaforge, is a gracious and brilliant ruler who demonstrated his loyalty
to Michael during the second outbreak of rebellion in Nebadon. Lanaforge
is a frequent visitor to Urantia.
Members of the Urantia advisory council
are known as the four and twenty counselors. They live on Jerusem, the
administrative capital of Satania. The four and twenty counselors are
the personal agents of Michael in all matters concerning mortal ascension
on the isolated worlds of the system. Counselors include representatives
from the Urantia races, Adam and Eve, Enoch, Moses, Elijah, Machiventa
Melchizedek, John the Baptist, and 1‑2‑3 the First. Eight
seats on this committee are being kept in reserve for future teachers
and ascending mortals from Urantia.
Jerusem is surrounded by seven major satellites:
the Finaliter World, the Morontia World, the Angelic World, the Superangel
World, the World of the Sons, the World of the Spirit, and the World
of the Father. Jerusem is the location of more than thirty educational
centers maintained by the Melchizedeks.
Elective bodies on Jerusem are voted into
authority by three groups: Material Sons and Daughters, seraphim and
associates, and mortals. Suffrage is universal among these three groups,
but votes are weighted according to each individual's mota achievement.
Mota is so important that ascenders cannot leave system headquarters
to begin their constellation career until they are certified for achievement
of mota personality.