Canton (Kiravia)

In the framework of administrative-territorial formations of the Kiravian Federacy, the canton (Coscivian: trakva), division (Coscivian: theśkra), or generically subprovince (Coscivian: órovalera) is a level of administrative division in some provinces, intermediate between that of the provinces themselves and that of the countyships.

Cantons are most often a feature of large and diverse provinces wherein cantons correspond more closely to the different historic and ethnolinguistic domains within the province's boundaries. Not all provinces contain cantons or subprovinces (most, in fact, do not), and there are some instances where only part of a province falls under the authority of any subprovince, usually as a way to grant a greater measure of self-governance to one distinctive region within the province.

The functions and powers (where applicable) of cantons vary by province. In some provinces, such as Niyaska, subprovinces do not have governments of their own, but are merely administrative demarcations to ensure the equitable distribution of central funds, resources, and offices among subregions of the province. In most subdivided provinces, however, cantonal governments are devolved authority for matters such as education, linguistic and cultural policy, regional planning, social policy (of the welfare kind), housing, and development, while authority over matters such as law and order, commercial law, Imperial prerogatives, highways, reserved lands, and the judiciary are retained centrally by the provincial government. In some provinces, responsibility for policing and emergency services may reside with the cantons, while in others it resides with countyships and localities.

Examples

• Cascada is divided into cantons.
• Etivéra is divided into cantons.
• Ixikéa-Qihuxia is a composite of two cantons: Ixikéa and Qihuxia.
• Kastera is divided into subprovinces.
• Kaviska is mostly divided among regional cantons. In addition, the city of Valēka is subdivided into municipal cantons.
• Niyaska is divided into three divisions, North Niyaska, Central Niyaska, and South Niyaska.
• The Northwest Territory is subdivided into divisions responsible for most local governance, as countyships in the NWT are mostly non-governing and municipal corporations are few and far between.
• Serikorda is the most devolved province in the Federacy, with most governmental functions administered at the cantonal level or below.
• Most of Sydona is divided among eight divisions and one autonomous division (the West Yerduran Autonomous Division). The independent city of Destransar and its suburbs do not belong to any division.