Subdivisions of Laskaridia

The Kingdom of Laskaridia has 5 main subdivisions, which are organized into provinces, the provinces are then divided into cities and counties, these are not designated by population, but by historical significance. The Laskaridian noble titles that are tied to land holding may constitute areas outside of Laskaridia's territories, these arrangements are made primarily with the Commonwealth of Juniperia.

Map of Orange County with present and Historical claims of Westavia and Laskaridia.

Map of current Laskaridia's ceremonial territory, with parliamentary constituencies.

Laskaridia is a de-jure federation of provinces, with each province having their own devolved legislation and government. As well as a Seneschal, with all except one being non-Lascarian. The provinces of Laskaridia are required to follow Laskaridian laws and can not make laws that contradict the higher laws. Each province also has its own geography and culture, as well as transportation. Which is maintained by local authorities.

Subdivisions of the Laskaridian Commonwealth Association are not affected by laws of the subdivisions or main legislature (Chamber of Lords). Therefore, they are not considered "subdivisions" of Laskaridia. Some commonwealth realms, such as the Dominion of Didacus, and the Dominion of Noucastire have been described as subdivisions of Laskaridia proper, one due to their geographical relations to the mainland, and two, due to them being non-sovereign entities.

Types of subdivisions

Laskaridia has 3 main subdivisional types (for non Commonwealth realms) and 4 types of states for Commonwealth realms. For non-Commonwealth states, it is Province (the highest level), each province may have Counties, and each county may have a city. For Commonwealth realms, there are protectorates, dominions, colonies and crown lands. Protectorates are sovereign entities that have joined the commonwealth and maintained their sovereignty, dominions are indirect possessions that can have local government, crown lands are personal possessions of the King of Laskaridia, they can have a Viceroy but they are not allowed to have local government structure. Colonies are the same as crown lands except they are allowed to have small government, and can have a Viceroy as well. They are also possessions of the state and not the King.

A crownland can be thought of like the Congo under Belgian rule, it was a personal possession of King Leopold II, but in the Laskaridian case, all laws of Laskaridia apply and are enforced in crown lands. Colonies are similar to British colonies during the 1800s and 1900s, in the sense that Laskaridia can apply its own laws to colonies. Dominions are the same way, except they have a higher degree of autonomy. The Dominion of Vikialand is an example, it has its own House of Deputies and political parties. Protectorates are the most autonomous Commonwealth Subdivisions because, although the King is the de-jure head of state, he and his delegation has little to no governmental power over a protectorate. As the name suggests, protectorates are merely states protected politically, militarily and diplomatically by the King and his realms.

Non-Commonwealth realms (the mainland subdivisions), are unlike the Commonwealth ones. They are directly affected by Laskaridian laws, but are allowed ti have devolved legislatures and regional parties. A dominion of the commonwealth may apply and be voted into the mainland if they have a sufficient geographical clause relating them to the mainland provinces. There currently exists no way for an overseas or faraway land of the Commonwealth to be directly incorporated due to the struggles of the Laskaridian state to enforce its laws on a direct possession (province) that is farther away. Hence, the creation of the Commonwealth.

List of subdivisions

The following is a list of mainland subdivisions of Laskaridia:

List of subdivisions

Flag	Coat of arms	Name	Population	Head of State	Head of Government	Lords
		Laskaridia Proper	3	King of Laskaridia Sean	Mayor Matthew Wu	None currently
		Donnauberg	16	Seneschal George Celenic	Governor Aran Daniel	Matthew Wu Aran Daniel George Celenic
		Riveshire	12	Seneschal Nicholas Bluebonn	Governor Matthew Wu	Jean, Duke of Mayenne
		Norfolk	9	Seneschal Henry Drummont	Governor Thomas Jacobs	Thomas Jacobs
		Strathearn	8	Seneschal Sean (en Comm)	Governor Silas Wurnbash	Silas Wurnbash
		Castyre	7	Seneschal Edward Celenic	Governor Charles Ernest	Charles Ernest

Cities

A "city" in Laskaridia constitutes an area of historical, cultural, or other importance to the Kingdom of Laskaridia. They are various types of historical settlements that could be considered as cities. One example is Laskaridia and Donnauberg (Donnau, in modern terms). Both cities had periods of elevated action, but had no permanent population during these time periods. The city of Laskaridia is considered an important site of the realm. Laskaridian cities do not have any population that resides there permanently, but are often inhabited.

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Flag	Seal	Name	Area (sqkm)	Population (at peak)	Mayor	Subdivision	Established
		Laskaridia	0.019	4	Matthew Wu the King	Laskaridia Proper Donnauberg Province (de-facto)	~2014
		Donnauberg	0.004	2	Aran Daniel (de-jure)	Donnauberg Province	2016
		Daïsanberg	0.004	2	Example	Donnauberg Province	Example
		Saintathen	0.002	1	Example	Riveshire Province	Example
		Straithconnaught	0.001	1	Example	Straithearn Province	Example
		Shahanopolis	0.004	1	Example	Donnauberg Province	Example
		Sarcour	0.002	0	Example	Donnauberg Province	Example
		Ashtenopoli	0.0002	0	Example	Straithearn Province	Example
		Esterbonn	0.001	0	Example	Norfolk Province	Example

Historical

Historically, subdivisions of Westavia were known as "provinces" or "prōvinciæ." Each province was entitled to a Duke or other landed noble. In a similar manner to the German Empire during its early zenith. Due to its war-oriented nature, provinces were meant to last in their more worn-down manner. Each provincial "government" had no legislature or organized bureaucracy. They instead served as satellites of the main Emperor in Laskaridia. During the Ruisseauan times, provinces were called "cároi" or "caranoi", they were developed due to Ruisseau's federal nature, they had their own rights, legislature and government. Ruisseauan provincial structure, with the system of the caranoi, was much more developed than Westavian provincial structures.

Map showing provinces.

Map of Ruisseau (excluding territories north of what is now Saintathen). Each pocket of land was a cároi.