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Regions of Gylias
Regions of Gylias
Also known as:; Régions gyliennes
Category	Federal region
Location	Gylias
Number	20
Populations	185.145 (Makarces) – 2.703.111 (Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk)
Areas	17.001 km² (Sváen) – 141.776 km² (Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk)
Government	Regional council and governor
Subdivisions	Municipalities

Latest revision as of 20:06, 21 August 2020

Gylias is a federal republic made up of 20 regions (French: régions). They were established as geographic entities by the Constitution of Gylias in 1961, and regional governments were established in 1970.

Regions are constituted as federations of municipalities, and form the intermediate level between local and federal government. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, regions exist mainly for coordination and management purposes, and only exercise the responsibilities delegated to them by communal assemblies and municipalities.

Their borders, largely unchanged since establishment, are broadly based on cultural and ethnolinguistic distribution. Regions thus have a distinctive role in Gylian society, possessing regional identities which coexist within a federal framework.

History

Regions were established by the Constitution of Gylias, adopted in 1961. The heritage of the Free Territories left Gylias with a strong focus on direct democracy and local governance. As a result, regions were initially more geographic than administrative entities.

Many region borders follow either rivers, natural features, or the borders of ancient Liúşai League states.

The arrangement of having only two tiers of government caused a growing perception that there was a risk of imbalance between local and federal government. The Darnan Cyras government passed legislation to set up regional governments soon after its re-election. The first regional elections were held in 1970.

The Law on Legislature Sizes of 1989 capped the size of all legislatures to prevent them from growing and usurping the prerogative of direct democracy.

Terminology

During the popular drafting of the Constitution, "regions" was chosen as the term for its perceived neutrality and simplicity. "Provinces" was rejected for its perceived imperialist overtones, and "states" due to the anarchist influence. Other terms were avoided due to perceived centralising connotations or simply did not find mass acceptance.

Responsibilities

Regions handle matters at the local matter which require greater amounts of coordination and planning than municipalities can provide.

In addition to coordination and management responsibilities, they have an executive function, carrying out the implementation of policies made at the municipal or federal level. Their governments collaborate with municipal and federal governments in delivering public services and social security, and convene regional advisory councils to exercise cooperative democracy.

Their responsibilities include:

Regional healthcare and educational organisation
Transport planning and regional infrastructure
Environmental and conservation policies
Regional development and planning
Overseeing the deposit-refund systems
Agricultural policy and land management

Regions finance themselves through regional taxes (including currency transaction taxes, financial transfer taxes, and Pigovian taxes) and regional currencies. In addition, they request funds from municipalities to cover regional projects, and receive equalisation payments at the federal level.

Government

Each region elects an assembly, known as the regional council (conseil régional), as well as a separate governor (gouverneur). Regional government members, heading specific departments, are known as prefects.

As with all other legislatures, councils are popular legislatures. Council sizes vary based on region population.

Regional elections feature strong representation for regionalist parties.

Region	Council	Seats	Region	Council	Seats
SL	Salxar Regional Council	70	EL	Elena Regional Council (Synedrion)	150
MK	Makarces Regional Council	60	AS	Arsad Regional Council	70
GC	Gacar Regional Council	60	EN	Envadra Regional Council	80
GE	Gerşyr Regional Council	70	NE	Nezyál Regional Council	130
AR	Arxaþ Regional Council	80	TO	Tomes Regional Council	160
AŢ	Alţira Regional Council	80	ḐR	Ḑarna Regional Council	120
TA	Tandar Regional Council	70	AÐ	Aðuna Regional Council	130
KA	Kausania Regional Council	120	HE	Herlan Regional Council	140
MŞ	Mişeyáke Regional Council	190	NA	Nauras Regional Council	120
SV	Sváen Regional Council	100	NID	Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk Regional Council	200
Total: 2200

Culture

With English and French used as federal official languages, regions and municipalities play an important role in officially recognising and accommodating all other languages spoken in Gylias.

Regional boundaries broadly follow cultural and ethnic boundaries, thus giving regions a notable role in local identities. Elena is notable as one of the few regions with a non-Gylic plurality, having a Hellene plurality.

Regions adopt flags and symbols to reflect their identity, which are given equal prominence to the federal flag and seal in official contexts.

Regional flags draw from various sources of symbolism: Tandar's flag alludes to the Quliyasi Jihad and the Tanan Wall; Salxar to its role as the origin of the Free Territories; Elena's nine stripes represent the syllables of the motto Eleutheria e thanatos (Hellene reformed: Ελευθεʀία έ θάɴατος; "freedom or death").

List

Flag	Region	Abbr.	Capital	Area (km²)	Population
	Salxar	SL	Şet	77,390	202.425
	Makarces	MK	Jaţe	52,925	185.145
	Gacar	GC	Razyn	58,362	199.956
	Gerşyr	GE	Mytin	61,453	207.362
	Arxaþ	AR	Xakalen	105,906	878.820
	Alţira	AŢ	Senik	83,733	920.786
	Tandar	TA	Sænor	96,738	802.293
	Kausania	KA	Dáuzas	104,466	1.555.215
	Mişeyáke	MŞ	Zaul	112,408	2.653.739
	Sváen	SV	Lænas	17,001	1.160.239
	Elena	EL	Argyrokastron	65,344	1.826.760
	Arsad	AS	Keraþ	108,304	713.424
	Envadra	EN	Mayt	113,781	962.752
	Nezyál	NE	Kyman	65,451	1.486.094
	Tomes	TO	Iásas	132,662	1.974.876
	Ḑarna	ḐR	Deðras	87,464	1.550.277
	Aðuna	AÐ	Tavis	92,421	1.579.901
	Herlan	HE	Arnak	70,941	1.752.702
	Nauras	NA	Nyretak	59,801	1.370.070
	Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk	NID	Eyþer	141,776	2.703.111
Data from the 2020 census conducted by the Bureau of Statistics and Accounting.

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 | territory = [[Gylias]]
 | current_number = 20
-| population_range = 166.547 ([[Makarces Region|Makarces]]) – 2.456.347 ([[Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk Region|Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk]])
+| population_range = 185.145 ([[Makarces Region|Makarces]]) – 2.703.111 ([[Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk Region|Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk]])
 | area_range = 17.001 km² ([[Sváen Region|Sváen]]) – 141.776 km² ([[Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk Region|Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk]])
 | government = Regional council and governor
@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 Regions were established by the [[Constitution of Gylias]], adopted in 1961. The heritage of the [[Free Territories (Gylias)|Free Territories]] left Gylias with a strong focus on [[Politics of Gylias#Direct democracy|direct democracy]] and [[Local government in Gylias|local governance]]. As a result, regions were initially more geographic than administrative entities.
-The arrangement of having only two tiers of government caused a growing perception that there was a risk of imbalance between local and federal government. The [[Darnan Cyras government]] passed legislation to set up regional governments soon after [[Gylian federal election, 1969|its re-election]]. The first regional elections were held in [[Gylian regional elections, 1970|1970]].
+Many region borders follow either rivers, natural features, or the borders of ancient [[Liúşai League]] states.
+The arrangement of having only two tiers of government caused a growing perception that there was a risk of imbalance between local and federal government. The [[Darnan Cyras government]] passed legislation to set up regional governments soon after [[Gylian federal election, 1969|its re-election]]. The first regional elections were held in [[List of Gylian regional elections#1970|1970]].
 The [[Law on Legislature Sizes of 1989]] capped the size of all legislatures to prevent them from growing and usurping the prerogative of direct democracy.
@@ Line 46: / Line 48: @@
 Each region [[Elections in Gylias#Regional elections|elects]] an assembly, known as the regional council (''conseil régional''), as well as a separate governor (''gouverneur''). Regional government members, heading specific departments, are known as {{wpl|prefect}}s.
-[[Politics of Gylias#Government|As with all other legislatures]], councils are {{wpl|citizen legislature|popular legislatures}}.
+[[Politics of Gylias#Government|As with all other legislatures]], councils are {{wpl|citizen legislature|popular legislatures}}. Council sizes vary based on region population.
-Council sizes vary based on region population. The smallest, [[Makarces Region|Makarces]], elects 60 members. The largest, [[Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk Region|Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk]], elects 200 members.
+Regional elections feature strong representation for [[Politics of Gylias#Local|regionalist]] [[List of political parties in Gylias#Regional parties|parties]].
-Regional elections feature strong representation for [[Politics of Gylias#Local|regionalist]] [[List of political parties in Gylias#Regional parties|parties]].
+<center>
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size: 80%;"
+! Region
+! Council
+! Seats
+! Region
+! Council
+! Seats
+|-
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Salxar Region|SL]] || Salxar Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|70
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Elena Region|EL]] || Elena Regional Council (''Synedrion'') ||style="text-align:center"|150
+|-
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Makarces Region|MK]] || Makarces Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|60
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Arsad Region|AS]] || Arsad Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|70
+|-
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Gacar Region|GC]] || Gacar Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|60
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Envadra Region|EN]] || Envadra Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|80
+|-
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Gerşyr Region|GE]] || Gerşyr Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|70
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Nezyál Region|NE]] || Nezyál Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|130
+|-
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Arxaþ Region|AR]] || Arxaþ Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|80
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Tomes Region|TO]] || Tomes Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|160
+|-
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Alţira Region|AŢ]] || Alţira Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|80
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Ḑarna Region|ḐR]] || Ḑarna Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|120
+|-
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Tandar Region|TA]] || Tandar Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|70
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Aðuna Region|AÐ]] || Aðuna Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|130
+|-
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Kausania Region|KA]] || Kausania Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|120
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Herlan Region|HE]] || Herlan Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|140
+|-
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Mişeyáke Region|MŞ]] || Mişeyáke Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|190
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Nauras Region|NA]] || Nauras Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|120
+|-
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Sváen Region|SV]] || Sváen Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|100
+|style="text-align:center"|[[Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk Region|NID]] || Nerveiík-Iárus-Daláyk Regional Council ||style="text-align:center"|200
+|-
+|colspan=6 style="text-align:center"|'''Total''': '''2200'''
+|}
+</center>
 ==Culture==
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 Regions adopt flags and symbols to reflect their identity, which are given equal prominence to the [[Flag of Gylias|federal flag]] and [[Seal of Gylias|seal]] in official contexts.
-Regional flags draw from various sources of symbolism: [[Tandar Region|Tandar]]'s flag alludes to the [[Southern missions]] and [[Tanan Wall]]; [[Salxar Region|Salxar]] to its role as the origin of the [[Free Territories (Gylias)|Free Territories]]; [[Elena Region|Elena]]'s nine stripes represent the syllables of the motto ''Eleftheria e thanatos'' ({{wpl|Hellene language|Hellene}} [[Gylian languages reform of 1958–1959#Hellene|reformed]]: Ελευθεʀία έ θάɴατος; "freedom or death").
+Regional flags draw from various sources of symbolism: [[Tandar Region|Tandar]]'s flag alludes to the [[Quliyasi Jihad]] and the Tanan Wall; [[Salxar Region|Salxar]] to its role as the origin of the [[Free Territories (Gylias)|Free Territories]]; [[Elena Region|Elena]]'s nine stripes represent the syllables of the motto ''Eleutheria e thanatos'' ({{wpl|Hellene language|Hellene}} [[Gylian languages reform of 1958–1959#Hellene|reformed]]: Ελευθεʀία έ θάɴατος; "freedom or death").
 ==List==

v t e Gylias
History	Liúşai League Colonisation War Xevden Rebellion of 1749 Gylian ascendancy Revolution of 1848 Glorious Rebellion Alscia Liberation War (Free Territories Nerveiík Kingdom Tymzar–Nalo regime) National Obligation period Golden Revolution Wretched decade Ossorian war crisis Contemporary history
Geography	Climate Environment Flora and fauna Hydrography Topography
Politics	Cabinet (Prime Minister) Civil service Constitution Communal assemblies Elections (Election Day) Foreign relations Human rights Judiciary Law Law enforcement Local government (Municipalities Regions) Parliament (Chamber of Deputies Senate) Political culture Political parties President Self-Defense Forces
Economy	Agriculture Banking (Central bank) Cooperatives (National Cooperative Confederation) Currencies (Þaler) Industry Markets (Community markets) Merchants Planning (Hermes Programme) National Prices Board Public policy (Gylian consensus Gylian National Investment Fund National Capital Investment Board) Services Stock exchange Trade unions (General Council of Workers' Unions and Associations) Transport Tourism
Society	Crime Demographics Drugs Education Gender and sexuality (Prostitution Pornography) Georgettes Health Internet Religion Scouting Social security Socialised luxury
Culture	Adversary–enemy distinction Art (Gauchic) Cinema (Gylianime) Clothing Comics Cuisine Economic practices Gehenta Good Practices Code Literature Media Music Public holidays Sport Symbols (Flag Seal Anthem Ana Lisa) Wicked–evil distinction

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