Provinces of New Duveland

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New Duveland has eight provinces—Devereaux (DVR), Lapérouse (LPR), Montmaneu Islands (MIS), New Caledonia (NCD), Moanarua‎ (NMS), McKenzie (NUS), Norfolk (NFK), Tasman (TSM)—one mainland territory—the Macquarie Capital Territory (MCT)-and one dependent territory-Avaiki (AVA). In turn, these may be grouped into two distinct regions, the South; majority English speaking provinces (Moanarua‎, McKenzie, Norfolk and Tasman) and the North; majority French speaking provinces (Lapérouse, Devereaux and New Caledonia). The Montmaneu Islands are geographically grouped into the North while historically has more similarities with the south, due to the English taking over the islands from Arriola in the late 19th Century and is the only province where a large minority speaks another language other than English or French, with Catalan being common across the islands. The MCT on the other hand is generally grouped into the English speaking region, as the region was historically a part of the Province of Moanarua‎, but from the government's perspective the capital territory belongs to both regions, as it is considered a bilingual city (~80% of the city can speak both English and French fluently). In most aspects the capital territory function as a province in it's own right, but the Commonwealth can override any legislation of their parliament. By contrast, federal legislation overrides provincial legislation only in areas that are set out in Section 49 of the New Duveland Constitution; provincial parliaments retain all residual legislative powers, including those over schools, police, judiciary, roads, public transport and local governments, since these do not fall under the provisions listed in Section 49.

The largest province in terms of both total population and population density is Moanarua‎, which also hold's the nation's largest city, Tasbury. The largest province by area is Lapérouse, which is comparable in size to the American state of Montana. The Montmaneu Islands are the smallest province by area and are also the least populated. New Caledonia is newest province, having joined the Commonwealth via referendum in 2018.

Each province and territory has its own parliament—unicameral in Avaiki, and the MCT—and bicameral in the provinces. The provinces are sovereign entities, although subject to certain powers of the Commonwealth as defined by the Constitution. The lower houses are known as the Legislative Assembly; the upper houses are known as the Legislative Council. The head of the government in each province is the Premier and in each territory the Chief Minister. The Queen is represented in each province by a Governor; and in Avaiki, the Administrator. In the Commonwealth, the Queen's representative is the Governor-General.

Provinces & Mainland Territories

The 8 Provinces of New Duveland

Name	Code	Flag	Coat of Arms	Date of Provincehood	Total area (km/2)	Population	GDP ($Millions)	GDP Per Capita	HDI	Capital City	Capital Population
Devereaux‎‎ Pōike-Pāmu	DVR			25th of March, 1963	214,069	5,549,212	$267,983	$48,292	.933	Toulon	2,146,889
Lapérouse Katoakoiarā Tātauhiahia	LPR			25th of March, 1963	368,570	7,240,253	$419,496	$57,939	.944	Esperance	3,636,495
Macquarie Te Taonanui-ki-Hauauru	MCT			25th of March, 1963	674	908,946	$60,256	$66,292	.960	Macquarie	908,946
McKenzie Tangitu	MCK			1st of August, 1890	194,966	4,609,304	$240,277	$52,128	.938	Lisburn	2,403,040
Moanarua‎	MOA			1st of August, 1890	119,610	6,111,306	$378,955	$62,008	.940	Tasbury	4,293,980
Montmaneu Islands Karanga o Māui	MMI			25th of March, 1963	2,846	215,989	$13,045	$60,402	.951	Santandria	145,576
New Caledonia	NCD			19th of May, 2015	18,576	293,837	$13,020	$44,310	.901	Nouméa	196,875
Norfolk Whakarerorero	NFK			1st of August, 1890	77,591	1,928,288	$92,344	$47,889	.914	Cascade	736,965
Tasman Rātūmahatanga	TSM			8th of June, 1907	104,294	2,443,790	$143,663	$58,786	.925	Plymouth	1,513,268
New Duveland Kāinga Motu	NDL			N/A	1,101,196	29,334,448	$1,630,000	$55,586	.944	Macquarie	908,946

Dependent Territories

Dependent Territories of New Duveland

Name	Code	Flag	Coat of Arms	Date of Creation	Total area (km/2)	Population	GDP ($Millions)	GDP Per Capita	HDI	Capital City	Capital Population
Avaiki	AVA			10th of January, 1920	411	67,046	$1,449	$21,615	.901	Motunui	51,346

Dependencies

Dependencies of New Duveland

Name	Code	Flag	Date of Creation	Total area (km/2)	Population	GDP ($Millions)	GDP Per Capita	HDI	Capital City	Capital Population
Oates Dependency	ODY		14th of May, 1933	680,000	504	N/A	N/A	N/A	Oates Base	150

Former Territories

Former Territories of New Duveland

Name	Code	Flag	Date of Creation	Date of Disestablishment	Total area (km/2)	Population	Capital City
Neu Westfalen	NWF		14th of May, 1933	16th of June, 1938	360,138	2,000,000	Port Lantea

Outlying Islands

Several islands within New Duveland's territory lay some hundreds of kilometres from the mainland, including, but not limited to: the Auckland Islands and Macquarie Island, part of McKenzie; Norfolk Island, part of Norfolk; Ball's Pyramid, Elizabeth Reef, Lord Howe Island and Middleton Reef, part of Tasman; the Matthew and Hunter Islands, and the Chesterfield Islands, part of New Caledonia.

Recent movements on both Norfolk Island and Puiatahi Island are calling for greater autonomy, due to the island's distance from the main island of Norfolk (Rua Whenua), although this will be up to the federal government and cannot be decided by local referendum, which was rulled out by both the Norfolk government in 2015, and the federal govermnet in 2016. Local movements still persists to this day. If succesful, they may become dependent territories within the Commonwealth Realm of New Duveland, alongside Avaiki.