The Muggle world is a society in which Muggles live and interact separate from wizarding society. The two communities are kept separate through the wizard's use of charms, spells, and secrecy. Muggles are forbidden by wizards to know anything about magic due to the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy in the wizarding world which is governed by the Ministry of Magic, sparing some relatives of wizards such as parents and spouses.