Motuna Bureau

The Motuna Bureau (Anglic: Gateway Bureau) was a clandestine, pseudo-scientific research bureau and think tank that operated within the Council Republic of Veikaia from 1982 to 2001 under the command of researcher and former civil war general Saro Boli Matori. Saro Matori is notable for having no formal academic education and being a follower of mid 20th century Veikan pseudoscientific theorist Esneri Jomori, known for his theory on the existence of a "Shared Human Consciousness" which surrounds the planet earth and is composed of the unified subconscious of all human beings on earth. This belief is what led Matori to use his large amounts of political capital to create the Motuna Bureau in 1982, taking advantage of the chaos in government and a lack of overseeing from the central authorities. The Motuna Bureau engaged in a number of pseudoscientific research endeavors through its short active period, researching topics beyond the primary objective of accessing the shared human consciousness such as investigation into twin connections, astral projection, metaphysical manipulation of matter, psionics and psychics and many other failed experiments.

The bureau notably practiced human experimentation through the use of political prisoners. Prisoners were dosed with dangerous amounts of hallucinogens and other similar psychoactive substances to help them "achieve higher levels of consciousness" or "reach new planes of existence" according to declassified information. Human experimentation went against the constitution and laws of the Council Republic and was put forwards as one of the main crimes committed by Saro Matori and his team during his trial prior to his execution for corruption and crimes against humanity. The primary reason the bureau existed without any proper government oversight for almost 20 years is believed to be related to the chaotic reconstruction period Veikaia was undergoing at the time and a large number of fabricated successful research reports sent by Matori, which were also used as evidence during his trial for corruption.

In 2000 a massive anti-corruption campaign was launched by the Congress of Councils which targeted a number of major organizations and agencies within government which had been created decades prior, this campaign eliminated a large number of "leech" organizations which had been created for the purpose of corruption. In 2001 the Motuna Bureau was investigated and promptly shut down, with most of its members being arrested and trialed for either corruption, crimes against humanity or both. The bureau's existence was kept secret for two more decades before classified information related to it being released in 2021 as part of a government transparency program, although it's believed a large number of documentation relating to it is still classified.