Administrative divisions of Mauretia

Mauretia is a semi-decentralized unitary state, wherein some powers have been devolved from the central government to local levels. The present order of governance is defined by the Logenatisu of 1533 and subsequent amendments.

Types of administrative divisions

Mauretia is divided into six provinces and one special administrative district. Provinces are in turn divided into two types of municipalities (municipiam) called qolnam and diosim. A qolna is an independent city that is a centralized second-level municipality immediately below the province level. Qolnam may self-divide into publanem (wards) for administrative or elective purposes, but these do not possess the status of legal entity on a national level. A diosi (diocese), however, is a semi-decentralized amalgamation of localities similar in some ways to a county, district, or arrondisement-level government. Dioceses may be comprised of three classes of settlements: cívitam, urbim, or vecim. The class of settlement determines the degree of autonomy or privileges within the diocese each locality may possess. The diocesan settlements are the only third-level division of government that has public legal status as defined by the Logenatisu.

Nation (Sa Nationa)	Mauretia, national government
Provinces (Sam Provinciam)	Six provinces				Qolna Mauretana Mauretia Externaya
Municipalities (Sam Municipiam)	Diosim (Diocese)			Qolnam (Independent Cities)
Localities (Sum Qommunem)	Veci (Village)	Urbis (Town)	Cívita (City)
Local Wards (Sum publanem)			Publane (Ward)	Publane (Ward)

Provinces (Sam Provinciam)

There are six provinces in Mauretia: Aziga, Dara Aqarel, Kabyea, Massaeya, Rifaleya, and Tangereya. Each are named for historic regions of the country. These names are in turn mostly derivative of a pre-Romantish tribe that lived in the region during the late first century BC. Provincial boundaries have been relatively fixed over the last seven hundred years, but small territorial transfers have taken place. The provinces are responsible for coordination among the lower-level administrative areas, provide a sub-national judicial structure, a local transportation department, a regional public-health organization, and management of many basic public services.

Two special administrative districts on similar structure level as the provinces are the royal city Qolna Mauretana and Mauretia Externaya. The sole inhabitants of Qolna Mauretana are the royal family and their attachés. It houses the royal palace, the treasury's central facility, a governmental archive, a national cathedral, highest appeals court (although not the highest court), and the legislative Qollegia am-Adanem. Almost all other governmental buildings and functions are found in nearby Iola or at the old palace and national garden in Sansu Andaros su Apostili. Mauretia Externaya consists of islands not immediately adjacent to the mainland. The largest archipelago of these is the Ilm Gorgam (Gorgada Islands).

Provinces included on list below include territorial waters, which can be substantial. For example, Kabyea's total area is about half water.

Province name	Abbreviation	Standard	Capital city	Largest city	Size (km2)	Map (OGF relations)
Aziga	AZI		Tinyarita	Tinyarita	Total area: 50539.11 km² Land area: 50494.01 km²	Total area: Map Land area: Map
Dara Aqarel	DAQ		Abaya Kendola	Qolna Sallàt	Total area: 33522.24 km² Land area: 27729.53 km²	Total area: Map Land area: Map
Kabyea	KAB		Salda	Salda	Total area: 30284.57 km² Land area: 22660.97 km²	Total area: Map Land area: Map
Massaeya	MYA		Qasratinta	Iola	Total area: 18952.00 km² Land area: 15758.21 km²	Total area: Map Land area: Map
Rifaleya	RIF		Pomaria	Pomaria	Total area: 30550.51 km² Land area: 25528.95 km²	Total area: Map Land area: Map
Tangereya	TAN		Har Tanga	Tangia	Total area: 30987.89 km² Land area: 23330.36 km²	Total area: Map Land area: Map

Other boundaries

Boundary	Abbreviation	Standard	Area (km2)	Map (OGF relations)
Mauretia (nation)			Total area: 197533.91 km² Land area: 145576.20 km²	Total area: Map
Mauretia Externaya	EXT		Total area: 2696.65 km² Land area: 73.24 km²	Total area: Map Land area: Map
Qolna Mauretana	QM		Total area: 0.93 km²	Total area: Map

Municipalities (Sam Municipiam)

Provinces are divided entirely into municipalities without any territory unaccounted. This division of government is the lowest level to cover the land area of the country. There are two types of municipalities: a diosi and a qolna. As legal entities, the current municipal structure was created in the 1700s as a compromise to address the different needs of rural and urban municipalities. A later amendment in 1871 allowed for municipal annexation, mergers, and detachments under certain circumstances.

Diosim were devised as primarily rural districts, and most dioceses remain this way today. Dioceses are semi-decentralized, with some localities possessing some devolved power depending on status. As a second-level of government, diosim are permitted to collect taxes and find most of their nominal funding through this way. Each diocese is governed by a municipal council and either provides or oversees some basic civil services (health, education, zoning, records and licenses, and basic police/fire protections). The localities within a diocese are cívitam (diocesan cities), urbim (towns), and vecim (villages). The Logenatisu provides for a hierarchy of these entities. A cívita may levy up to a .5% sales tax to support additional functions, such as maintaining select infrastructure and having their own civil protection units (police, fire, ambulance). Cívitam are subordinate to the diosi for education and health, but possess devolved powers of civil protection, zoning, local-use infrastructure, and may control development within their boundaries. Urbim (towns) are more dependent on the diocese, although they possess some of the privileges granted to cities. As each urbis does not collect taxes, its government is largely volunteer. A volunteer civil protection unit may exist to complement the diocese, but the diocese still provides these services to a minimal degree defined by law. Urbim may possess devolved powers of zoning and civil planning and may also officially represent the community in all legal or economic matters independent of the rest of the diosi. A veci is a small village that has no independent institutional function. It is essentially a placename, but its boundaries are protected from forced annexation by an urbis. It is not protected from annexation by a cívita.

A qolna is an independent, centralized city that operates separate from any mid-level government entity. It is subordinate to the province and must fulfill all essential functions of the municipal level and below. Qolnam have all the privileges and responsibilities of diosim, while being required to maintain all duties devolved to a cívita. Independent cities are generally municipalities that grew to become too large and were split from the diocese for more effective management. Any cívita that reaches 100,000 people is automatically separated from the diocese, with the remaining land being absorbed as needed into surrounding communities to ensure self-sufficiency. Qolnam may self-divide into publanem or wards. These are simply administrative units for management on the local level and have no legal status.

The boundaries and status of municipalities are not fixed in law. Iqosa and Salda, for example, transitioned from cívitam to an independent qolnam around the turn of the 20th century. The remaining areas of the former diosim were left behind as rump territories that were deemed self-sufficient. In contrast, the former qolnam of Qiza and neighboring Loridia merged with Isqolenda from a neighboring municipality and became a diosi comprised of two cívitam and one urbis. Changes, however, are strictly regulated and must fulfill conditions in the Logenatisu amendment of 1871.

Kabyea

The province of Kabyea is comprised of 14 diosim and 1 qolna. The singular qolna is the capital, Salda. Although there are some densely populated areas in Kabyea, most of the twelve diosim are rural in character with a rugged landscape and towns dotting valleys. Two of the diosim are particularly small in size. Sansu Mattiaù is comprised of a lightly populated archipelago of the Kabyei coast, wherein only three islands have permanent residents, and most of the territory is a national park. The diosi of Kabyea Antiqa is a rump territory left behind by the transition of the city of Salda from diocesan city to qolna in 1883.

Municipality	Type	Code	Seat	Population	Size (km2)	Map
Aqila Posata	Diosi	K.AP	Aqila Posata			Map
Bapada	Diosi	K.BA	Bapada	46,000	132.83	Map
Emka Asmina	Diosi	K.EA	Ambradora	43,000		Map
Emka Xegano	Diosi	K.EX	Urbi-Veridi	43,000		Map
Girgensa	Diosi	K.GI	Girgensa	59,000		Map
Iomna	Diosi	K.IO	Iomna	23,000		Map
Is-Surlata	Diosi	K.IS	Sànniya			Map
Kabyea Antiqa	Diosi	K.AN	Laquna Aʒora	22,000	51.96	Map
Kabyea-Kaili	Diosi	K.GI	Gilgel	31,000		Map
Kissi	Diosi	K.KI	Kissi			Map
Nargoboa	Diosi	K.NG	Nargoboa	32,000		Map
Qoiqul	Diosi	K.OQ	Qoiqul	19,000		Map
Salda	Qolna	K.QS	Salda	257,000	80.83	Map
Sansu Mattiaù	Diosi	K.SM	Sansu Mattiaù	7,100		Map
Tigiora	Diosi	K.TI	Masilla	11,000		Map
Tudensia	Diosi	K.TU	Borkoza	37,000	128.08	Map
Vendo	Diosi	K.VO	Vendeya	31,000	190.80	Map
Xoba Antiqa	Diosi	K.XA	Xoba Antiqa	26,000	118.62	Map
Zetiva	Diosi	K.ZF	Ziftela	57,000		Map

Massaeya

Second-level name	Type	Code	Seat	Population	Size (km2)	Map
Amitye	Qolna	M.AM	Amitye
Dravendia	Disoi	M.DR	Dravendia an-Tane		123.84	Map
Filarʒa	Qolna	M.FƷ	Filarʒa
Fluvabianqi	Diosi	M.FB	Fluvabianqi		95.75	Map
Forelli	Diosi	M.FI	Qorganessi		61.35	Map
Iola	Qolna	M.IO	Iola			Map
Iqosa	Qolna	M.IQ	Iqosa	122,305	43.73	Map
Panorma	Diosi	M.PN	Panorma			Map
Pistra	Diosi	M.PI	Marreqalma	29,618		Map
Qalida	Diosi	M.QL	Qalida			Map
Qapomassaeya	Diosi	M.QM	Ziema	9,947	375.97	Map
Sansu Andaros su Apostili	Qolna	M.SA	Sansu Andaros su Apostili			Map
Terredóq	Diosi	M.TD	Noduebono			Map
Tifassa	Diosi	M.TZ	Tifaza		46.99	Map
Trilaqunam	Diosi	M.TL	Laquna Qevel		209.30	Map

List of largest municipalities

City	Province	Population	Area (km2)	Map (OGF relation)
Iola	Massaeya	~787,337
Tangia	Tangereya	~719,239
Pomalia	Rifaleya	~647,401
Tinyarita	Aziga	~397,057
Qolna Sallàt	Dara Aqarel	~373,000
Qasratinta	Massaeya	~359,000
Salda	Kabyea	~257,000
Lissa	Tangereya	~229,000
Altaba	Rifaleya	~209,000
Abaya Kendola	Dara Aqarel	~205,000