Administrative divisions of Kalșeri

Kalșeri is a federation of fourteen cantons; the cantons themselves are divided into 36 judicial provinces, 592 municipalities and the Mount Takal Special Territory. Municipalities may be subdivided into smaller divisions, whose names change by canton. Each canton is completely free to decide on its own administrative structure, with no nationwide approval required.

The current administrative division system was established with the Carnafarry Statute, passed in 1794; subsequent modifications have since been applied.

On November 8, 2020, Quincollia declared cantonhood by separation from New Lothian; Quincollia became the fourteenth canton of Kalșeri when President Maksimilianus Ureska signed the Act of Cantonal Constitution into law.

Cantons

Main article: Cantons of Kalșeri

The fourteen cantons of Kalșeri

The fourteen cantons (flalia, singular flal), established in 1783, are the member states of the federation. Cantons have virtually unlimited power and responsibility within their borders and their autonomy is protected by Section IV of the Charter of Kalșeri. Their duties include (but are not limited to):

• ownership of non-private property and the exercise of eminent domain;
• education of inhabitants;
• maintenance of hospitals and implementation of welfare programs;
• justice and law enforcement, through provinces;
• management of sub-canton local government;
• maintenance of non-Highway main roads;
• regulation of industry;
• fundraising to support activities;
• management of canton-wide transportation;
• administration of non-federal natural reserves.

Cantons have their own constitution, their own government and their own legislature.

Each canton has three Senate seats, of which two elected, and a variable number of Representatives, depending on its population at the time of election. Section IV of the Charter of Kalșeri also contemplates the partial or total suspension of the autonomy of a canton, after which the involved tasks would be handled directly by the State. The suspension of cantonal autonomy, which requires unanimous approval by Congress, has never been applied so far.

The fourteen cantons are:

Flag	Shield	Canton	Capital city	Governor	Languages	Est.	Area	Pop.	Density	HoR seats	Demonym
		Cape Sundervale (CS)	–	Governor-General William Rothes Mayor Alfred Coombe (BIP)	English (preferred language) Kalhan	1991	211.45 km2 (81.64 sq mi)	159,105	752.45/km2 (1948.84/sq mi)	1	Sundervellian Sundronian
		Cartier Island (CI)	Henriville	President of the Cantonal Council René Rodian (PNC-LDP)	French (preferred language) Kalhan English	1783	7773.06 km2 (3,001.18 sq mi)	533,376	68.62/km2 (177.72/sq mi)	4	Cartierois(e) (French)
		Chalmersville (CH)	–	Mayor Laura Hodgson (SCP)	Kalhan English	1954	163.47 km2 (63.12 sq mi)	680,847	4164.97/km2 (10,787.26/sq mi)	5	Chalmersvillian Chalmie (colloquial) Yarkie (colloquial)
		Evalria (EV)	–	Mayor Ioana Fischer (SCP)	Kalhan English	1783	329.05 km2 (127.05 sq mi)	1,510,686	4591.05/km2 (11,890.83/sq mi)	10	Evalrian
		Janval (JV)	Hutchinson	Albert Schiller (LDP)	Kalhan English German	1783	10282.80 km2 (3,970.19 sq mi)	2,500,177	243.14/km2 (629.74/sq mi)	17	Janvalian
		Kalúen (KL)	Percy	Andréas Kortin Sau (Ind.)	Kalhan English Portuguese	1783	13177.51 km2 (5,087.84 sq mi)	4,611,713	349.97/km2 (906.42/sq mi)	31	Kaluonic Kaluonian
		Lág (LG)	Branbury	Michael O'Toole (SCP)	Kalhan English Italian	1783	7642.04 km2 (2,950.61 sq mi)	3,998,603	523.24/km2 (1,355.19/sq mi)	27	Lágan
		New Kerry (NK)	Carnafarry	Vivian O'Keeffe (NKP-LDP)	Kalhan English Irish	1783	9036.17 km2 (3,488.88 sq mi)	3,214,218	355.71/km2 (921.28/sq mi)	21	New Kerrian
		New Lothian (LN)	Hartleyville	Henry McIntyre (NLPP-LDP)	Kalhan English Scottish Gaelic	1783	8011.34 km2 (3,093.18 sq mi)	2,150,354	268.41/km2 (695.19/sq mi)	14	New Lothianer Loshaner (colloquial)
	–	Quincollia (QN)	Vemín	Tom Kowalczyk (LDP)1	Kalhan English	2020	5634.41 km2 (2,175.5 sq mi)	438,921	77.9/km2 (201.76/sq mi)	3	Quincollian
		San Rafael (SR)	Las Encinas	Antonio Guillén (AC-LDP)	Kalhan English Spanish Miꞌkmaq	1783	11168.66 km2 (4,312.22 sq mi)	1,885,307	168.80/km2 (437.20/sq mi)	13	Rafaelite Rafaelita (Spanish)
		Takalim (TK)	Lennoxton	Frankiskus Navean (SCP)	Kalhan English Italian	1783	12321.80 km2 (4,757.45 sq mi)	3,939,023	319.68/km2 (827.97/sq mi)	26	Takalese
		Tigupoke (TG)	Cowhill	Bobby Blanchard Jr. (L)	Kalhan English Miꞌkmaq	1891	4420.64 km2 (1,706.81 sq mi)	839,933	190/km2 (492.11/sq mi)	6	Tigupokian
		Urgel (UR)	St. Adrian	Viliam Gerna (SCP)	Kalhan English	1783	6195.09 km2 (2,391.93 sq mi)	2,387,702	385.42/km2 (998.23/sq mi)	16	Urgelian

¹ Temporary.

Proposals for new cantons

The formation of new cantons is regulated by Section IV of the Charter. To secede, a candidate canton must have at least 150,000 inhabitants at the time of the declaration of secession, a referendum in the affected territory of the concerned canton must be passed, and a special bill making the secession official must be passed by the Congress and signed by the President; unilateral secession is explicitly prohibited. This right has been exercised thrice, with the creation of the Canton of Tigupoke in 1891, by separation from Janval, of the City-Canton of Chalmersville in 1954, as a means to end the New Lothian-Lág-Urgel dispute over who actually controlled the city, and of the Canton of Quincollia, separated from New Lothian in 2020.

Since 1783, a number of movements for the separation of a territory from a canton have been formed.

Proposed flag	Name	Proposed capital city	First proposed	Supported by	Proposed abbreviation	Territories involved
	Esiskio Islands	Ginfradina, SR	1984	Esiskio Islands Cantonal Movement	EI	The six smaller islands of San Rafael
	Falkor	Falșak, KL	1913	Falkorian Party	FA	The Kaluonic Panhandle
	Lennoxshire	Lennoxton, TK	1988	Several Lennoxtonian legislators	LX	Lennoxton and surrounding municipalities
	Libertas	Westport, NK	1991	Local activists	LB	Roscoe, Westport, Kingsgate and Tullamaloo Counties, New Kerry (the former UK-Kalșeri buffer zone)
	Rularonia	Murphyville, TK	1868	Rularonian Heartland Party	RL	Municipalities east of Evalria within the Saiú, Ganmel, Malnarón and Lág rivers
	Concordia	Evalria and Lennoxton	1894	Concordia Party	CN	Evalria, Lennoxton and the municipalities inbetween
	Lagoceania	Folkestone, TK	1966	Lagoceania Cantonal Movement	LC	Sixteen municipalities between the Atlantic Ocean and the Lág river
	Piligan	Either Welneweg, SR or Levski, TG	1958	Several members of the Kalșerian Miꞌkmaq Association	PI	Western San Rafael or Western Tigupoke
	Newfoundland	St. John's, NL	1932	The Resurrectionist faction of the Movement for Action	NF or NL	Newfoundland

Another plan, proposed in 1981 by Ron Yaruzelsky's pressure group One Ethnicity, One Home, would see Kalșeri divided into several cantons based on ethnic groups, the same way as the Soviet Union was within its borders. This plan was met with negative feedback, mostly due to such a model resembling South Africa's black homelands and the high amount of work required to move large groups of people.

Provinces

Main article: Provinces of Kalșeri

Map showing all the provinces in Kalșeri; violet areas are consolidated province-cantons

The provinces (provinsia, singular: províns) are used as statistical subdivisions and judicial court districts, and take the name of the most populated municipality within the provincial territory. Provinces were established in 1837, to improve local zoning and cantonal law enforcement, as well as to set the boundaries between a canton's judicial districts.

Each province is headed by a magistrate, with five additional judges, all appointed by the Governor of the Canton upon consent of the Minister of Justice and the Order of Judges.

Due to either their small size or low population, Cape Sundervale, Evalria, Chalmersville, Cartier Island and Tigupoke are consolidated province-cantons (CPCs), where the borders of the single province are coterminous with those of the canton.

Quincollia and New Lothian might update their provincial borders in the coming years.

Canton	Provinces	Notes
Cape Sundervale	Cape Sundervale	Coterminous with the canton
Cartier Island	Henriville	Coterminous with the canton
Chalmersville	Chalmersville	Coterminous with the canton
Evalria	Evalria	Coterminous with the canton
Janval
	Bremen
	Calvary Hill
	Gulfport
	Hutchinson
Kalúen
	Falșak
	Goldshore
	Land's End
	Percy
	Rosby
Lág
	Branbury
	Emin
	Piombino
	Rișen
New Kerry
	Carnafarry
	Haywick
	Rinnacade
New Lothian
	Geeseekulkoo
	Hartleyville
	Varșvai
	Vemín
San Rafael
	Las Encinas
	Loskaf
	Welneweg
Takalim
	Folkestone
	Lennoxton
	Murphyville
	Siena
Tigupoke	Cowhill	Coterminous with the canton
Urgel
	Bournemouth
	Caesarea
	St. Adrian
	Whiteriver

Municipalities

Main article: Municipalities of Kalșeri

Map showing all the municipalities in Kalșeri; pink area is the Mount Takal Special Territory

Municipality (Kalhan: șamen) is a collective term used in nationwide procedures to refer to the second-level subdivisions, first codified in the Carnafarry Statute. Municipalities are also called CPBs, from "County, Parish, Borough". Unlike with cantons, the creation, modification or abolition of municipalities only requires a vote to be held in the affected area and special bill to be passed in the canton's legislative body.

The duties of the municipalities include (but are not limited to):

• local zoning;
• taxation;
• registry of births and deaths;
• registry of deeds;
• contracting for local roads and public works;
• local planning and zoning;
• provision of local police, ambulance and fire services;
• local transportation regulation (such as car registration, maintenance of local roads) and traffic control.

Municipalities are usually composed of a single settlement, but it is not uncommon to see clusters of small settlements within a single municipality, especially after the merger of two or more municipalities.

Requirements for creating new municipalities are not universal: some cantons set specific criteria, such as Lág requiring a minimum of 1500 inhabitants and a popular vote on the affected area to be passed, while other cantons have more lenient regulations, such as San Rafael only requiring the proposed municipality to have "a well-defined town center".

There are two types of municipalities: consolidated municipalities, where the government of a settlement within a municipality is also the government of the municipality itself, and traditional municipalities, where the municipal government is distinct from the government of any settlement within the municipal borders. For instance, Sayooville, KL, officially the City and County of Sayooville, is a consolidated municipality, as the city government extends to the county borders, whereas nearby Paisley County is a traditional one, as the county government is distinct from the governments of the towns within it.

Cantons also use the term "city" (rel) to define municipalities or settlements in them that have either reached a certain number of inhabitants or were made cities by presidential decree.

Canton	Name of subdivision	Number of municipalities or equivalents
Cape Sundervale	Borough	4
Cartier Island	Parish (paroisse)	26
Chalmersville	Borough	4
Evalria	Borough	8
Janval	County	66
Kalúen	County	82
Lág	County	63
New Kerry	County	47
New Lothian	County	48
New Lothian	County	38
San Rafael	Parish (parroquia)	48
Takalim	County	68
Tigupoke	County	32
Urgel	County	58
Total		592

Mount Takal Special Territory

The Mount Takal Special Territory (Takalieme Speșalton Flal) is a part of the canton of Takalim not handled by a municipality; it is instead under direct the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Environment.

The Special Territory was created in 1978 following a decree issued by President Jordanus Hoé, resolving a decades-long conflict involving several municipalities. Restrictions on residence, and sometimes access to the area, are imposed, and it may not be claimed by any municipality.

Fourth-level subdivisions

Municipalities may be divided into smaller subdivisions, most commonly called townships, which cover a merely statistical role. Fourth-level subdivisions do not require any cantonal intervention and are handled entirely by the municipalities.

In New Kerry, townlands bear an Irish name, are routinely used in rural post addresses and are also used as a method of subdivision of cities.

Quincollia has yet to establish the name of its fourth-level subdivisions.

Canton (first level)	Second level	Third level	Fourth level
Cape Sundervale (CPC)		Borough
Cartier Island (CPC)		Parish (paroisse)	Circle (cercle)
Chalmersville (CPC)		Borough
Evalria (CPC)		Borough
Janval	Province	County	Township
Kalúen	Province	County	Township
Lág	Province	County	Township
New Kerry	Province	County	Townland
New Lothian	Province	County	Township
San Rafael	Province	Parish (parroquia)	Comarca
Takalim	Province	County	Township
Tigupoke (CPC)		County	Township
Urgel	Province	County	Township

Ceremonial counties

The ceremonial counties of Kalșeri

The ceremonial counties, inherited from the English subdivision system, were established in 1671, two years after the foundation of the Province of Callen. The counties were the main administrative division of Kalșeri up until 1783, when they were replaced with the modern-day cantons and renamed "ceremonial counties". There are currently 19 ceremonial counties.

The naming of the counties was not subject to change after Kalșeri achieved independence; most of them either bear the -shire suffix or pay homage to an "old" county in England or Scotland. Most of the county borders are set at rivers.

The ceremonial counties are governed by a ceremonial leader, called the Lord Lieutenant (/liˌoʊtəˈnɑ̃/), appointed by the mayors of the municipalities of the county; a distinguished person from the area is generally appointed Lord Lieutenant. The Lord Lieutenant enjoys legal immunity for misdemeanors within the county, and the term usually ends upon death or resignation.

Ceremonial counties have little practical purpose and are outside the national administrative infrastructure; however, they are consistently used in several sports imported from the British Isles, such as cricket, Gaelic football and hurling.

Name	Abbr.	County town	Lord Lieutenant	Distinctions	Since	Notes
Calooenshire	Cals.	Goldshore, KL	R. Weston Smith	Science fiction writer	2013
Corfenshire	Corfs.	Percy, KL	Eileen Murago	Artist; LGBT+ rights activist	2019
Jarronshire	Jars.	Calvary Hill, JV	Tom Klinsman	Former Mayor of Calvary Hill	2004
Lagoceania (also Folkestoneshire)	Lago. Folks.	Folkestone, TK	Loretta Barslow, Esq.	Former Governor of Takalim	2008
Malneronshire	Malns.	Haywick, NK	Abigail O'Shea (Abigeál Ó Sé)	Irish-language writer	2011
New Alderney (Nouvelle-Aurigny)	Aurn.	Henriville, CI	René Rodian	President of the Cartier Island Cantonal Council	2017	The President of the Cartier Island Cantonal Council is also the Lord Lieutenant of New Alderney
New Argyll	Argl. Argyll	Welneweg, SR	Jack Hensley	Entrepreneur	1994
New Caithniss	Cthn.	Vemín, NL	Jerry McNamara	Radio personality	2004
New Cornwall	Corn.	Cowhill, TG	Bobby Blanchard Jr.	KALMORA pilot and team owner	2019
New Essex	Esx. Essex	Straughton, LG	Theresa McNally	President of the National Architectural Heritage Association	2015
New Kent	Kent	Hutchinson, JV	Albert Schiller	Governor of Janval	2018	The Governor of Janval is also the Lord Lieutenant of New Kent
New Lothian (also New Lothian Proper)	Lthn.	Hartleyville, NL	Henry McIntyre	Governor of New Lothian	2013	The Governor of New Lothian is also the Lord Lieutenant of New Lothian Proper
New Middlesex	Middx.	Emin, LG	Andy Strachan	Comedian	2005
New Staffordshire	Staffs.	Murphyville, TK	Hon. Janeane Engelmann	Representative for Takalim since 2002	2006
New Warwickshire	Warks.	St. Adrian, UR	Paul Merrick, Esq.	Vice President under Edward R. Schindler	1990
New Wessex	Wesx. Wessex	Chalmersville	Russ Aikens	Teacher	2020
Nooyashire	Noos.	Rosby, KL	Kurt Rawlins	Country singer	2011
Shanwellshire	Shans.	Cape Sundervale	William Rothes	Governor-General of Cape Sundervale	2007	The Governor-General of Cape Sundervale is also the Lord Lieutenant of Shanwellshire
St. Raphael	Raph.	Las Encinas, SR	Orlando Sánchez	Vice President for 2004; Minister of Telecommunications under Alejandra Ríos Soriano	2008