Provinces of Carloso

Province
Category	First-level administrative division
Location	Carloso
Number	24
Populations	Smallest: Cadena Islands Largest: Madrigal
Areas	Smallest: Cadena Islands Largest: Cartalusia
Government	Provincial council
Subdivisions	Circuit

Provinces are the first-level administrative division in Carloso. Provinces are divided into circuits, the number of which are vary hugely. For example, the province of Tascay has 19 circuits, while Cadena Islands has one at-large circuit. Traditionally, provinces are divided between twenty 'regular' provinces and four metropolitan ones; the provinces of Madrigal, Secano, Toro and Ebon, though in actuality there is no difference in the powers afforded to them. Each province has a unicameral a legislative assembly and is governed by a provincial or metropolitan council, headed by a Chief Minister.

While de jure Carloso is a federal state, in reality the central government in Madrigal, as well as the National Assembly, ultimately has final say in the administration of the provinces, though generally allow the Provincial Councils to get on with the day-to-day running of services that have been devolved to them as set out in law. On foot of approval from the National Assembly, the President of Carloso has reserve powers to dismiss the government of a province and appoint a commissioner to directly administer the province should he reasonably believe the province is being misgoverned.

List

Layers of government in Carloso

Flag	Arms	Name	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Population density (per km2)	Capital	NAs
		Aranse	AR	8,823	5,023,866	569.4	Portadia	21
		Arascay	AS	11,138	10,599,564	951.7	Virona	42
		Badasca	BA	60,710	7,398,506	121.9	Visa	30
		Cadena Islands	CI	153	720,409	4,708.6	Sabacante	3
		Cartalusia	CA	77,632	4,755,562	61.3	Estara	21
		Castirin	CS	19,482	4,570,288	234.6	Hospires	18
		Colusia	CO	30,875	2,798,190	90.6	Arteina	9
		Ebon	EB	7,048	14,382,277	2,040.6	Ebon	57
		Gagon	GA	31,436	1,891,723	60.2	Reras	6
		Lagosa	LA	23,083	5,095,562	220.7	Lagosa	21
		Madrigal	MA	2,642	20,891,391	7,907.4	Madrigal	72
		Marindra	MR	53,652	9,825,958	183.1	Mostolt	39
		Menerissa	ME	27,061	19,879,876	734.6	Menerissa	72
		Mercurea	MC	38,362	6,180,368	161.1	Reguena	27
		Muron	MU	15,025	4,999,264	332.7	Calaston	21
		Rioron	RI	28,336	5,700,756	201.2	Penagal	24
		Sargos	SA	14,759	5,698,432	386.1	Santara	24
		Secano	SE	2,060	12,509,802	6,072.7	Secano	51
		Sirune	SI	36,944	8,381,489	226.9	Edessa	33
		Tascay	TA	26,887	11,966,734	445.1	Estregal	48
		Toro	TO	1,979	11,271,577	5,695.6	Toro	45
		Valender	VA	16,320	19,512,543	1,195.6	Tadrid	70[a]
		Viruna	VI	10,016	11,624,242	1,160.6	Valderosa	48
		Zararcia	ZA	42,554	14,048,018	330.1	Amarda	57
Total				600,054	219,726,397	366.2	Madrigal	859
a The current Speaker of the National Assembly is Jorge Moran, who is an NA for Mostona, a constituency in Valender. Therefore, Mostona gains an extra seat to make up for the loss in representation.

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Population by province, 2017

  1.1M–5M

  5M–10M

  10M–20M

  20M–30M

  30M+

Chief Ministers of Carloso

Province	Portrait	Chief Minister Date of birth	Party		Took office	Time in office	Election(s)	Current cabinet
Aranse				National Salvation	4 July 2022	2 years, 141 days	2022
Cadena Islands		Nicolas Aranda		National Salvation	4 July 2017	7 years, 141 days	2017 2022	Second Aranda
Madrigal		Oier Linares		National Salvation	4 July 2012	12 years, 141 days	2012 2017 2022	Third Linares
Zararcia		Miró Aradan (1959-02-14) 14 February 1959		Líga Zararcía	4 July 2017	7 years, 141 days	2017 2022	Second Aradan <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:; color:;border:1px solid silver;">