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Under the Kiravian Union, the term ''amtra'' was replaced with ''raīon''. After the Federal Restoration this change was reversed, but a few home-rule countyships nominally retain the title of ''raīon'' for themselves, whether out of nostalgia for the Kiravian Union or simple inertia. This difference in title has no governmental significance. | Under the Kiravian Union, the term ''amtra'' was replaced with ''raīon''. After the Federal Restoration this change was reversed, but a few home-rule countyships nominally retain the title of ''raīon'' for themselves, whether out of nostalgia for the Kiravian Union or simple inertia. This difference in title has no governmental significance. | ||
==Classes== | ==Typology== | ||
===Classes=== | |||
[[File:Vista PlazaVenezuela2.jpg|thumb|Weed Gang.]] | [[File:Vista PlazaVenezuela2.jpg|thumb|Weed Gang.]] | ||
Most provinces have only one class of second-level division, the countyship. | Most provinces have only one class of second-level division, the countyship. | ||
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The [[East Arctic Mandate]] is divided into ''raīonya'' and ''vestra'' ("boroughs"), with the latter being functionally equivalent to independent cities. | The [[East Arctic Mandate]] is divided into ''raīonya'' and ''vestra'' ("boroughs"), with the latter being functionally equivalent to independent cities. | ||
===Grades=== | |||
==Grades== | |||
Five unofficial grades of countyships may be defined, based on their degree of self-governance: autonomous countyships, home rule countyships, standard countyships, limited or departmental countyships, and non-governing countyships. | Five unofficial grades of countyships may be defined, based on their degree of self-governance: autonomous countyships, home rule countyships, standard countyships, limited or departmental countyships, and non-governing countyships. | ||
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Some countyships have no government of their own, but nonetheless exist on paper and may be used as a judicial, statistical, and administrative district by other government agencies. In some cases, such '''non-governing countyships''' arose through attrition, as responsibilities of a previous county government were devolved to municipal governments and/or resumed by the state. This has occurred in several countyships in Fariva, the X cantons of [[Valēka]] (each of which is a countyship of Kiygrava State), and all countyships of [[Bissáv]], all of which still have county courts and county registrars. In most cases, however, non-governing countyships are created in areas where no previous county-level government existed, such as islands with no permanent civilian population or small provinces whose territory is coterminous with a single county (Interlacunal District, Fanlin Island). There have been several instances in Kiravian history when entire counties have been depopulated by war, crop failures, or other exceptional circumstances. In [[Kyllera]], individual countyship governments can cease to function for extended periods due to unrest (usually involving the Síruku aboriginals) and disease. In Daridia, it is not uncommon for certain rural counties to elect councils with hardline libertarian majorities that either vote themselves out of existence, refuse to carry out any business, or fail to convene at all. | Some countyships have no government of their own, but nonetheless exist on paper and may be used as a judicial, statistical, and administrative district by other government agencies. In some cases, such '''non-governing countyships''' arose through attrition, as responsibilities of a previous county government were devolved to municipal governments and/or resumed by the state. This has occurred in several countyships in Fariva, the X cantons of [[Valēka]] (each of which is a countyship of Kiygrava State), and all countyships of [[Bissáv]], all of which still have county courts and county registrars. In most cases, however, non-governing countyships are created in areas where no previous county-level government existed, such as islands with no permanent civilian population or small provinces whose territory is coterminous with a single county (Interlacunal District, Fanlin Island). There have been several instances in Kiravian history when entire counties have been depopulated by war, crop failures, or other exceptional circumstances. In [[Kyllera]], individual countyship governments can cease to function for extended periods due to unrest (usually involving the Síruku aboriginals) and disease. In Daridia, it is not uncommon for certain rural counties to elect councils with hardline libertarian majorities that either vote themselves out of existence, refuse to carry out any business, or fail to convene at all. | ||
==Functions== | |||
The two quintessential county-level institutions are the county court and the county registry. | |||
===Courts=== | |||
County courts are the courts of first instance for the overwhelming majority of judicial proceedings in Kiravia, both criminal and civil. Jurors are selected from among the residents of the county. | |||
===Registry=== | |||
The county registry is the repository for a wide range of official records and documents. The county Registrar may be directly elected or appointed by the County Commission. | |||
The county registry certifies and records titles and deeds and produces the county's cadastral map. It maintains the ''[[Household registration in Kiravia|thramdastraterion]]'' ("household registry"), and issues and stores certificates of birth, death, and marriage. Where offered, domestic partnerships and civil unions are normally recorded at the county level. The county registry maintains (but does not always administer) the electoral rolls and election returns. In some provinces, business entities other than corporations - such as partnerships and registered associations - are registered at the county level. | |||
Other things counties often run are: | |||
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* Jails | |||
* Jails | |||
* More jails | |||
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*Spatial planning | |||
*County roads | |||
*Waste management | |||
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*Animal control | |||
*Library systems | |||
*Park systems | |||
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=Articles on Specific Countyships= | =Articles on Specific Countyships= | ||