Administrative divisions of Cartadania

Administrative divisions of Cartadania or political divisions of Cartadania are the various governing entities that together form Cartadania. The first subdivisions are the states and territories. The admission of states into the union is authorized by the Constitution of Cartadania. Most of the states admitted to the union outside of those in the Lusitania Velha region have been formed from territories of Cartadania (that is, land under the sovereignty of the federal government but not part of any state) that were organized by an act or resolution of Congress, subject to the Congress' plenary powers under the territorial clause of Constitution, or from land in an already formed state or annexed nation that was partitioned to form smaller states. The Cartadanian federal and state governments operate within a system of parallel sovereignty, so political states are not technically "divisions" created from Cartadania, but rather units that, together with the capital and territories administered by the federal government, compose Cartadania. Territories of Cartadania are typically lands that have been purchased or annexed and fall under the sovereignty of the federal government. They have essentially all of the same powers of states except that they do not possess the same degree of autonomy as a state and do not maintain their infrastructure networks (Ilhas Bicarianas does maintain all of it's networks due to it's extreme distance).

State and territorial governments within Cartadania may enact their own laws and prosecute crimes pursuant thereto. Member states of Cartadania are then typically subdivided into counties or parishes (Milan and Porta Bianca) which exist at the mercy of the state in which they are located. For Ilhas Bicarianas, each island acts as a single county. This was formerly true for Sanova before Ricardo county split into three forming Ibiza county and the City and County of Lahua alongside Ricardo. Providência is divided into municipalities which, for census purposes, serve the same purpose as a county.

States and territories

The primary political entities of Cartadania are the states (os estados) and the territories (os territórios). Four states—Lombardia, Milan, Porta Bianca and Verona—call themselves commonwealths (comunidade). The word commonwealth in this context refers to the common "wealth", or welfare, of the public. The term has no legal impact.

On numerous occasions the Supreme Court has affirmed that the thirty-one individual states and Cartadania as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions under the Constitution. Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government, Cartadanians are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. States, however, are not sovereign in the Westphalian sense in international law which says that each State has sovereignty over its territory and domestic affairs, to the exclusion of all external powers, on the principle of non-interference in another State's domestic affairs, and that each State (no matter how large or small) is equal in international law. Additionally, the thirty-one states do not possess international legal sovereignty, meaning that they are not recognized by other sovereign states such as, for example, Caphiria or Pelaxia.

Territories are very similar in nature to states except they lack the same degree of autonomy of a state. They operate at the discretion of the federal government but possess many of the same rights and residents of all territories are full citizens of Cartadania. However, like the states, they do not possess international legal sovereignty, meaning that they are not recognized by other sovereign states.

	Federal capital
Name	Territory

Flag	Abbreviation	Entity (Local name)	Capital city	Largest city	Governor	Lt. Governor	Area (km2)	Area (sq mi)	Population (2035)	Density (per km2, 2035)	Density (per sq mi, 2035)	Gross State Product	GSPPC	Highest elevation	Mean elevation	Lowest elevation
	AC	Acara	Dorado		Alejandró Suez	Sévon King	90,235.19	34,840	5,094,115	56.4	146.2	$319 billion	$62,563	2,876 (Monte Silva)	546	Sea level (Urlazio Sea)
	AH	Alahuela	None	Giulia (Largest district)	Porsha Silva		12,716.842	4,910	1,627,073	127.94	331.38	$401 billion	$203,726	125 m	12 m	Sea level (Urlazio Sea)
	AR	Aleira	Francesca	Cerise	Solange Medina	Noela Harris	108,157.9	41,760	6,212,011	57.4	148.8	$339 billion	$54,606	1,831.24 m (Morgan Falls)	336.91 m	Sea level (Odoneru Ocean)
	AL	Alexandria	Qairo		Chris LeMarchal	Jaime Torres	165,836.94	64,030	30,615,080	184.61	478.14	$2.52 trillion	$82,418	4,126 m (Monte Pinhal)	965 m	Sea level (Odoneru Ocean and Urlazio Sea)
	AV	Aveiro	Cacia		Luis Alvares		202,899.7	78,340	14,644,181	72.2	186.9	$895 billion	$61,087
File:Flag of the State of Cambria.svg	CA	Cambria	Santa Domenica		Alicia Alarcon		42,864.3	16,550	1,802,416	42.1	109	$116 billion	$64,083	1,040.94 m (Umbria Falls)	330 m	Sea level (Odoneru Ocean)
	ES	Espirito Santo	Lourosa		Sérgio Fareli		221,236.8	85,420	15,983,282	72.3	187.1	$1.23 trillion	$77,253
	FE	Ferara	Romanha	São Luís	Turi Cassara	João Ribeirão	108,546.4	41,910	11,789,229	108	281.3	$726 billion	$61,594	5,576.7 m (Monte Ascare)	2,094.7 m	9.4 m (Rio Amaranto)
File:Flag of the State of Haia.svg	HA	Haia	Pinhel		José Pinhal		73,970.1	28,560	2,804,757	38	98.2	$214 billion	$76,337
File:Flag of the Bicarian Islands.svg	IB	Ilhas Bicarianas	Nevada		Andrés Acosta	Philip Hudson	12,716.842	4,910	1,627,073	127.94	331.38	$90.8 billion	$55,822
	LO	Lombardia	Avenio	Chiara	Manolo Carusone	Flavio Geraci	171,897.5	66,370	23,926,641	139.2	360.5	$1.61 trillion	$67,268	1,713 m (Monte Saló)	342.6 m	Sea level (Jordan Bay/Odoneru Ocean)
File:Flag of the State of Luca.svg	LU	Luca	Michele		Icaro Ancona		56,228.6	21,710	3,276,049	58.3	150.9	$196 billion	$59,977
File:Flag of the Commonwealth of Milan.svg	MI	Milan	Auvergne		Anteros Ballas	Maximilien Plouffe	95,311.6	36,800	19,386,711	203.4	526.8	$1.35 trillion	$69,387	1,373.1 m (Monte Pierre)	685.8 m	Sea level (Odoneru Ocean/Urlazio Sea)
File:Flag of the State of Montecarlo.svg	MC	Montecarlo	Charrise	Clairmonte	Raquele Ricigliano	Laura Brousseau	23,672.5	9,140	6,953,457	293.7	761	$574 billion	$82,480	194.8 m (Monte Pierre)	42.8 m	Sea level (Kindreds Sea)
	PB	Porta Bianca	Amar		Celeste Lopes	Martinì Ataine	122,920.8	47,460	11,624,039	94.6	245	$745 billion	$64,096	1,281 m (Mount Sifon)	615 m	Sea level (Kindreds Sea)
	PV	Providência	Santa Catarina		Emma Ribeiro		362.598	140	221,317	610.36	1,580.8	$16.6 billion	$75,043
	SA	San Andreas	Siniria	Ceará	Sergio Lopes	Natalie LaGrande	101,682.9	39,260	4,084,710	104	40.2	$217 billion	$53,209	4,334.3 m (Mount Sula)	516 m	-71.6 m (Brinks Point Lake)
File:Flag of the State of Sanova.svg	SN	Sanova	Lahua		Cyanus Marcallas	Brian Northam	65,941.1	25,460	8,147,881	123.6	320	$525 billion	$64,391	4,335.78 m (Mauna Oha)	792.48 m	Sea level (Odoneru Ocean/Urlazio Sea)
File:Flag of Santa Elena.svg	SE	Santa Elena	Serranilla		Viviane Lopés		725.19	280	347,816	479.61	1,242.2	$28.1 billion	$80,919
	SM	Santarém	Vila Real		Tiago Ajian		261,537	100,980	14,165,489	54.2	140.3	$905 billion	$63,882
	SO	Santiago	Columbia	Newport	Matteo Castano	Amari Enseña	265,551.5	102,530	51,541,300	194.1	502.7	$3.1 trillion	$60,207	105 m (Ellis Hill)	30 m	Sea level (Odoneru Ocean/Jordan Bay)
	SI	Siena	Marsonia		Gionata Avellino		146,075.3	56,400	9,116,556	62.4	161.6	$637 billion	$69,904
File:Flag of The Solemias.svg	TS	The Solemias	Lucent		Lyco Sarafina	Acanthio Nadine	12,716.842	4,910	415,226	127.94	331.38	$17.2 billion	$41,492	533.8 m (Mount Solemia)	17 m	Sea level (Sea of Orixtal)
	TO	Toscana	Valentia	San Piero	Zefiro Fraticelli	Evelina Santora	165,215.3	63,790	12,543,816	75.9	196.6	$931 billion	$74,182	3,762 m (Monte Nero)	342.6 m	215.3 m (Collina di cristallo)
	TR	Trentino	Aquilonia	Valencia	Veronica Stella	Asiah Menes	33,074.2	12,770	8,790,145	265.8	688.3	$636 billion	$72,386	2,809 m (Mount Alesso)	640.1 m	64.3 m (Carrol River)
File:Flag of the State of Treviso.svg	TV	Treviso	San Lucas	Costa Mesa	Evelina Rivera	Christiano Rei	104,609.6	40,390	7,926,018	75.7	196.2	$540 billion	68,154	807.7 m Nivea Hills	76.1 m	Sea level (Urlazio Sea)
	VE	Venice	Arlington	Anapolis	Aarón Morillo	Miguel Saavedra	171,250	66,120	15,148,180	88.5	229.1	$1.06 trillion	$70,193	462 m Mount Rolima	26 m	Sea level (Odoneru Ocean)
	VA	Verona	Georgetown	Sierra	Alícia Rosa	Michael Santander	392,927.1	151,710	76,239,415	194	502.5	$5.83 trillion	$76,514	4,529.6 m Mount Amnesty	793 m	Sea level (Urlazio Sea)

Municipal divisions

Counties

The states are divided into smaller administrative regions, called counties (comarcas) in all but two states and one territory. In Milan, Montecarlo, Porta Bianca, and Santa Elena, the county equivalents are called parishes while Providência refers to them as municipios (municipalities). These are, nonetheless, treated as counties by the federal government. Counties have varying degrees of political and legal significance. In some states, mainly in Cambria, they are primarily used as judicial districts. In other states, counties have broad powers in housing, education, transportation and recreation.

Counties may contain a number of cities, towns, or villages, or sometimes just a part of a city. Some cities are consolidated with, and coterminous with, their counties, like Lahua—that is to say, these counties consist in their entirety of a single municipality the government of which also operates as the county government. Some counties, such as Malta County, Alexandria, do not have any additional subdivisions. Some states, mainly Acara and Treviso, contain independent cities that are not part of any county.

Cities, towns, and villages

Cities are defined differently by the governments of each state and territory but typically are incorporated municipalities with some urban character of a certain population (e.g., 10k people). Some cities are independent cities, which mean that they are separate from, and independent of, any county they may be near or within. Thus, these cities are the equivalent of counties as they have no higher local government intervening between them and the state government. Independent cities also should not be confused with consolidated city-county governments. An independent city is not part of any county, whereas a consolidated city and county is both a municipal corporation (cidade or city) and an administrative division of the state (comarca or county). There are also incorporated cities, which are a part of and operate under a county system. These are the most common form of city government found in Cartadania. Some incorporated cities overlap county borders. Cities are typically responsible many services in their jurisdiction. Some states are composed solely of cities (i.e., Milan, Venice, and Verona) and contain no towns or villages. Areas outside of cities are unincorporated areas of the county.

Towns are very similar in nature to cities. The difference typically lies in the area and population of the municipality. Towns are always part of a county and cannot form independent governments. Some states allow towns to reincorporate as cities once they achieve a specific population. Some states may say large areas have no general-purpose local government below the county level (as is the case in Sanova despite the existence of some "cities").

Villages are areas of counties that are basically towns but have no general-purpose local government. They may exist in states that don't have subdivisions below the county with an official government or in states that do have cities and towns to fill space that would normally be unincorporated. Santiago is known to have cities, towns, villages, and unincorporated areas, each with different purposes. For this specific case, villages are essentially neighborhoods.