State Security Service

The State Security Service < SSS> (国家保安局) is a counterintelligence agency in Ostania established to maintain domestic order. Their primary objective includes hunting down spies and surveilling the public. Some tactics they use include violence, wiretapping, intimidation, and torture. Due to their reputation, they are widely feared by the public and called the Secret Police (秘密警察).

Overview
The organization works as Secret Police, much like agencies in totalitarian regimes. They view the Westalian Intelligence, journalists, and spies like "Twilight" as their greatest enemies. They are effective at surveilling and capturing enemies, as seen with Franklin Perkin being captured in a matter of days after becoming one of their targets.

Upon being arrested by the Secret Police, suspects will be subjected to torturous methods in order to reveal any information they might have. Afterward, some suspects are released but kept under close surveillance, blackmailed into becoming their informants, or, if unfortunate enough, will never be seen again.

Officers are typically scouted from other agencies and are expected to keep their membership in the organization a secret, even from their family members.

Trivia

 * When its name is translated to German (Staatssicherheitsdienst), it corresponds with one of the names the Stasi, its real-life equivalent, was known for.
 * The SSS Building was modeled after the Stasi's headquarters.
 * The emblem of the SSS takes elements from both the Nazi Eagle, with the bird, and the "Shield and Sword of the Party" Stasi insignia, with the guns and shield. The eyeball, which is intended to evoke the sense of being watched, takes some inspiration from the Eye of Horus.
 * The badge symbol of SSS bears more resemblance to the Nazi Eagle than the "Shield and Sword of the Party" insignia of the Stasi.
 * In the anime, the State Security Service's emblem no longer shows the organization's name or its initials, and graphical depictions of its initials are removed.