Provinces of Essexia

In the Commonwealth of Essexia, a Province is the primary level of administrative division. There are four provinces in the Commonwealth: Greater Danbury, Greater Baddow, Colchester and Shenfield. Provinces in Essexia do not hold any inherent power. They are merely administrative divisions which are represented by Parliament as a whole, and not individual representatives. The only slight excepotion to this is Shenfield, which is a partly autonomous province.

The provinces of the country consist of Counties, which are the secondary level of administrative division. Due to the nature of some counties not being populated, counties that are populated contain districts. In total, there are 14 Counties, and 22 Districts.

History

The area’s claimed by Essexia has always been varying and ambiguous. Essexia itself claims the entire county of Essex, and previous divisions have included the entirety of land within it despite the obvious contradiction to the Wrythe Convention and infeasibility of the claim. Therefore, several notable attempts have been made to reduce the claim and make clarifications as to the administration and divisions of the controlled areas. The 3rd Constitution was the first to outline the 9 districts, originally intended to be directed represented by elected members. This was the first time a clarification was made in Essexian legal documentation that Essexia did not claim the entire county of Essex, only parts which they could directly control. As an elaboration to the brief mention in the constitution, in mid-2019 the Interior Ministry drafted and introduced the ‘Provinces Act’ which further outlined the division of Essexian districts, which remains the status-quo today. This Act introduced the provinces of Greater Danbury and Greater Baddow, as well as the initial 6 Counties and 10 Districts.

The Renewed Provinces Act 2020 was passed on the 23rd March 2020, and added the provinces of Colchester and Shenfield (See Shenistan-Essexian War), as well as another 8 Counties and 12 Districts.

Provinces

**Provinces of Essexia**
Name	Image	Population.	Area (acres)	Establishment	Country	Earl/ Countess	Counties	Districts
Greater Danbury		36	12	26th December 2017	Essexia	Earl Finn of Hawarden
							Danbury	Hawarden Les Paddocks The Edge
							Little Baddow	Infans Domum
							Cold Norton	Nowhere
							Maldon	Musica Domum
Greater Baddow		54	2	26th December 2017	Essexia	Earl Gordon of Baddow
							Great Baddow	Emperors Residence Marconi Tower House Castra Ingnis
							Sandon	Danko House
Colchester		TBD	TBD	23rd March 2020	Essexia	Earl Jamie of Storm Radio
							Colchester Town	Smokers' Den Storm Radio
							Crappius Maximus	Kelvedon Marks Tey
							Tendring	Clacton Jaywick
Shenfield	No photo available	TBD	TBD	23rd March 2020	Essexia	To be appointed
							Shenfield	Railway Staion State Regulated Costa
							Hutton	Tanglewood Estate
							Brendwood	Brendwood Station
							Shenfield Occupied Zone	Shenludza

Provinces of Essexia