Provinces of Caldera

Caldera is divided into 3 first-level administrative subdivisions called provinces. Each of these provinces were created based around the historically largest city in that region, and differences in that region's culture and economy.

Flag	Province	Other name(s)	Official language(s)	Capital	Population	Majority Party	Based around	Largest Ethnic Group	Recognized Minority Ethnic Groups	Largest Export
	Western Province	Factoria Factory Province	Volin Gothic Ænglish	Ironport	359,527	Yellow Party	Ironport	Goths	Ænglish Volins	Naval ships
	Northeastern Province	Bavogia Volin Province Paradise Province	Volin	Movingwater	6,540,000	No Majority	Leedstown	Volin	Goths	Baskets and clothing
	Southeastern Province	Capital Province	Gothic	Little Caldera	3,100,473	Volkspartei	Neu Maessen	Goths	Volins	Military goods

History

Being a relatively small country, Joeseph Seuber, the founder of the government of Caldera, did not see a need to divide the country into provinces. It wasn't until the 1650s that traction in the Volkspartei began to establish a province for the different ethnic groups of Caldera. On July 1st, 1658, three provinces were created for the three major ethnic groups. The Southeastern Province was dedicated to Gothics, the Northeastern Province was originally founded as a Volkspartei directed province to collect Indigeno-Calderans, but by 1735 the Volkspartei had already been voted out of power. Because of this, there was a small movement to dedicate the Northeastern province to Ænglish immigrants, but the Anglei Minority Party only won a single major victory with Winstin Stewson being elected the Plaza Head for 2 terms. The last province, the Western Province, was dedicated for any other minorities which weren't Gothic or Volin.