Province Types of the Kiravian Empire

All of Kiravian territory is divided into provinces. What contstitues a province is decided based on geography, economics, military strategy, and human geography.

Colonies

Most colonies elect thier own governments legislatively, but are led by a Governor, like Kesta. Larger colonies like Xirya and Scaeve do not have a governor, but instead have a local government as a department of the Empire. The largest, earliest colonies, Karrakar for example, are governmentally independant but subject to Imperial rulings.

Allied Provinces

Allied Provinces are allowed to retain their own leaders and government, but are subject to Imperial policy and must provide military service to the Empire. They also must drop trade restrictions with other allied provinces,

Compound Provinces

Compound Provinces, due to their mixed nature, have mixed governmental types. The colonial portions of a Compound Province are governed as a colony would. The other matters are handled as if by the authourity of a Governate, Conquerate, or Tributary.

Territories, Dependancies, & Posessions

Territories of the Empire have home rule, and conduct international matters freely. The Empire is responsible for their defence. They differ from a dominion in that they are inhabited by Kiravians, and can vote in Imperial rulings. Dependancies are genrally small colonies without a governor. They have no home rule, and are soveriegn only in small. local, administrative matters. Posessions are provinces that are under Kiravian rule and, for the most part, under military occupation, or insignificant holdings that are used only as civil bases or are completely uninhabited. Both types of posessions are administered directly from Kartika.

Mandates

Mandates are initially unstable or hostile areas annexed by the Empire to stabilize a region. They have no governor, but rather a Mandatory Administrator, who carries out the day-to-day tasks of government.

Protectorates

Protectorates are nations that Kirav operates for their own defence or development. Some small nations, generally those with resources and hostile neighbours, ask the Empire to become a protectorate. In other cases, the Empire may take an interest in protecting a culturally unique, or particularly amiable threataned nation. THey differ from Vassal States as they do not pay for protection.

Trust Territories

Trust Territories are Kiravian-governed areas granted to the Empire by the U.N. Usually, they are newly independant, or recently disaster-stuck nations in need of aid. They are meant to be returned to home rule at a certain point, but the EMpire tends to retain sovereignity.