States of Tarper

The Federal Republic of Tarper is a federation of twelve states. As the descendants of formerly sovereign states, the states retain a degree of sovereignty and self-government and maintain administrative independence from the Federal government, including independent legislatures and judiciaries.

Under the Articles of Federalization, certain policy areas, such as foreign affairs and defence, are the exclusive power of the Federal Assembly, while others fall under shared authority; the states retain all other powers not assigned to the Federation or expressly denied to them by the Articles of Federalization. Republics therefore have taxation power and responsibility over several other services.

Republics form the basis for apportioning the Federal Assembly and form constituencies for elections. Additionally, in areas under the states’ legislative authority, states have the power to enter into compacts among each other and, subject to parliamentary approval, treaties with foreign states.

History

The twelve current states are within the boundaries of historical kingdoms, counties, and regions. For example the state of Austerfluss retains the border of the Electorate/Kingdom of Austerfluss, meanwhile the states of Meerland and Vastridge are in historical regions that were never independent polities.

The total number of states has fluctuated over the years from three to twenty. When the United Kingdoms was founded the subdivisions included the Strander Kingdom, Kingdom of Astra, and Kingdom of Austerfluss; this number would increase to five after the East Plamyadien Crisis which saw the addition of the Archduchy of East Plamyadia and Duchy of Outer Comico. During the communist revolution, there came about 20 subdivisions due to the sheer amount of communist republics declaring independence. In 1923, the CTCR, reformed the Socialist Autonomous Republics into 10 states. During the republican period there was no change to the borders of the states, but archived documents tell of a plan to progressively remove the existence of the states by unifying them into one entity to give Mans Hinder full control. After the Second Tarperti Civil War, the decision to keep Terraum and Bergfeld sovereign from Astra and Nordstrand, respectively, was tossed around and soon accepted, bringing the total to 12 states in a federal system.

Structure

Main article: Tarperti Territorial Categories

Each Tarperti state operates as a unitary parliamentary republic with differing amounts of state authority according to the state's respective category.

The categories in order of greater to lesser state authority are as follows:

• Core Territories or Free States: Encompasses the main realms of the founding kingdoms of the United Kingdoms of Tarper. Federal and state power is divided 50/50.
• Cultural Territories or Autonomous Republics: Encompasses states that contain non-Tarperti majority populations. Thanks to constant petitioning state authority has increased from a 10/90 state-federal power share to a 40/60 power share.
• Satellite Territories or States and Free Cities: Encompasses territories that were conquered by the founding kingdoms. State-federal power share is 25/75.

List

State	Code	Integrated	Capital	Population	Area (km²)	Density	Official languages	Territorial Category
Astra	AT	21 June 2002	Himmelstadt	6,801,954	66,101	105	English	Core
Austerfluss	AS	21 June 2002	Midflow	13,203,592	70,550	180	English	Core
Bergfeld	BR	12 September 2001	Bergfeld	663,567	419	1,620	English	Satellite
Citrone	CR	12 September 2001	—	1,904,212	755	2,465	English	Satellite
East Plamyadia	EP	5 March 2002	Port de l'Est	16,281,572	58,176	275	English, French	Cultural
Longrove	LG	21 June 2002	Hunters-Inn	6,313,614	21,100	293	English	Satellite
Meerland	ML	12 September 2001	Croydon	2,936,486	15,763	180	English	Satellite
Nordstrand	NS	12 September 2001	Long Beach	8,045,829	47,614	167	English	Core
Outer Comico	OC	5 March 2002	Hellwald	4,036,369	18,416	220	English, Comican	Cultural
Terraum	TA	5 March 2002	—	3,689,708	892	4,008	English	Satellite
Vastridge-Netherstrand	VN	12 September 2001	St. Constantine	1,605,259	23,174	70	English	Satellite
Whylsental	WT	12 September 2001	Great River	17,944,923	34,084	525	English	Satellite
Tarper	TR	—	Terraum	82,719,540	357,168	232	English, French	—

Former States

State	Integrated	Abolished
Kingdom of Astra	1 March 1901	19 May 1914
Kingdom of Austerfluss	1 March 1901	19 May 1914
Kingdom of the Strand	1 March 1901	19 May 1914
Archduchy of East Plamyadia	11 September 1904	19 May 1914
Duchy of Outer Comico	15 September 1904	19 May 1914
Autonomous Socialist Republic of the Lake	12 April 1912	1 May 1923
Tapia Socialist Autonomous Republic	12 April 1912	1 May 1923
Vastridge Sovereign Communist State	12 April 1912	1 May 1923
Netherstrand Socialist Republic	12 April 1912	1 May 1923
Socialist Republic of the Badlands	12 April 1912	1 May 1923
Black Forest Autonomous People's Republic	12 April 1912	1 May 1923
Midland Communist Region	12 April 1912	1 May 1923