Administrative divisions of Latium

The administrative divisions of the Latium are concerned with the institutional and territorial organization of Latin territory. There are many administrative divisions, which may have political (local government), electoral (districts), or administrative (decentralized services of the state) objectives.

Devolved administrations

Devolved local governments were first proposed in the 1970s by Consul Felix Verruscosi as a means of placating ethnic, and linguistic minorities within Latium. The original proposal sought the creation of a first level government administration for the capital region including Castellum and its surrounding counties; Hellenic speaking counties; and Gelonian speaking counties. It was not until 1974 that the Castellum Local Government Act was passed, and established a regional assembly known as the Greater Alba Assembly, and the creation of an elected mayor – though still retaining Crown appointed propraetors for the city and its constituent counties. A proposal for the Hellenic speaking communities was passed by the Senate, though refused by voters; and the proposed creation of a Gelonian assembly was shelved entirely following Verruscosi's assassination in 1973.

The topic was sparingly addressed again until 2017 and a growing call for greater autonomy in the Byzantic-speaking counties and the historical province of Gelonia. In November 2017, a referendum was held where voters approved of a Gelonian assembly, but not a Byzantic assembly. All devolved governments generally share the same powers, most notably discretionary power over infrastructural spending, e.g., education, public transit, universities and research, and assistance to business owners. However, the assemblies lack separate legislative authority and cannot write their own statutory law, or legislate policies which are reserved by the central Imperial government such as domestic policy, fiscal policy, foreign policy, national service, etc. However, they may levy their own taxes and, in return, receive a decreasing part of their budget from the central government, which gives them a portion of the taxes it levies. Each regional government is led by an appointed Exarch, or elected Mayor in Castellum, who serves as the Monarch's chief representative. An exarch presides over the regional assembly, may exercise veto on legislative proposals upon consultation with the Monarch, and may advise the Monarch to exercise his right to dissolve the assembly.

Flag	Division Local name	Seat	Population	Divisons	Leader	Seats in local council
	Greater Alba Alba Major	Velia	4,336,915	21 districts	Flavia Lepera Mayor of Castellum	68

Regions

Regions are currently an unofficial administrative division within Latium ; however, prior to 2001 regions only held limited powers relating to coordinating policies with city and county officials within their boundaries. In their current form, regions are primarily utilized for statistical and few administrative purposes. someshit about proposals to turn regions into devolved entities

Emblem	Region Local name	Population	Counties	Other infothing	Largest metropolitan area
<imgur w=50>.png</imgur>	Greater Adrianople Adrianpolis Major		1 metropolitan 3 non-metropolitan 1 unitary authority		Adrianople
<imgur w=50>.png</imgur>	Northwest Septentrioccidens		1 metropolitan 7 non-metropolitan 2 unitary authorities		Aarhusium
<imgur w=50>.png</imgur>	Grey Coast Litus Grisei		1 metropolitan 11 non-metropolitan 1 unitary authority		Borea
<imgur w=50>.png</imgur>	Southwest Meridiem occidens		1 metropolitan 9 non-metropolitan 2 unitary authority		Utica
<imgur w=50>.png</imgur>	Southcentral Centralis Meridionalis		8 non-metropolitan 1 unitary authority		city
<imgur w=50>.png</imgur>	Central Centralis		1 metropolitan 9 non-metropolitan		Kallipolis
<imgur w=50>.png</imgur>	Southern Hills Australcollis		1 metropolitan 6 non-metropolitan		Ravenna
<imgur w=50>.png</imgur>	South Meridionalis		1 metropolitan 6 non-metropolitan		Heraclea
<imgur w=50>.png</imgur>	North Septentrio		10 non-metropolitan 3 unitary authorities		city

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Internal Divisions of Latium featuring the 3 devolved governments, 9 regions, and counties.

Secondary level divisions

Second level administrative divisions in Latium are the first level of local government which receive functional governmental powers. These second level divisions consist of either counties or unitary authorities. These county divisions are largely based upon more ancient or medieval ceremonial counties which served as functional local governments prior to the Social War. All second-level divisions are governed by an elected county council of anywhere from 50 to 163 councillors and a Lord-Lieutenant appointed by the Monarch.

Counties

Counties can be broken down into metropolitan counties or non-metropolitan counties. A metropolitan county typically covers a wide population area of anywhere from 1.3 million to 5 million inhabitants, usually consisting of large urban areas and their metropolitan area. These metropolitan counties are then divided into districts and the city proper. An example would be the county of Greater Adrianople, which consists of 5 subdivisions: 4 districts and the City of Adrianople. Metropolitan counties universally have the smallest county councils, with most powers being delegated to larger, local district and city councils. These city or district councils provide most government services including arts, civil defense, planning, trading standards, parks, tourism, archives, industrial assistance, highways with the smaller county councils controlling public transportation and police or fire safety; however, police can be and is often delegated to large cities within a given county.

Non-metropolitan counties are all other counties that are not metropolitan and in nearly all cases have much stronger county-level councils than their metropolitan counterparts. This form of county is subdivided into districts. Non-metropolitan counties are afforded far less power than the county level government, most often controlling only parks, housing, and waste with county councils holding all other local powers.

Unitary authorities

Unitary authorities are essentially non-metropolitan counties with only one level of local government, meaning that county councils hold all local government functions. This is opposed to the multi-level distribution of powers among a district and county level offices in other forms of counties. Unitary authorities also have an . This form of government is usually provided to more rural areas or those where a large presence of ethnic or lingual minorities are present.