What good are ministers?

Ministers are just components of the AI that handle various tasks.

Here's a basic list of what they do in the Balance Mod:
http://www.captainkwok.net/balancemodministers.php

They have nothing to do with turn times.

Space Empires Depot | SE:V Balance Mod

is there instructions for how to work them in stock? I havn't played with them much. but some don't seem to do anything

Yeah, I have wanted such a list for a long time

Thanks Captain.

Now that explains why my planets always recovered the single sensor sats again, and never launched them

Now how can I design my own planet types and make them usable

Remember : Pillage! then burn.
- Cpt. Kaff Tagon

In BM, the pop minister does a good job of distributing excess population.
The rest I wouldn't touch with a CSM.