According to the Political Constitution, “they are essential purposes of the State”: to serve the community, promote general prosperity and guarantee the effectiveness of the principles, rights and duties enshrined in the Constitution; facilitate the participation of all in decisions that affect them and in the economic, political, administrative and cultural life of the Nation, defending national independence, maintaining territorial integrity and ensuring peaceful coexistence and the validity of a just order.The Department of Antioquia behaves with complete fidelity to this mandate. State of Antioquia Government is the second most important in Colombia.