Tavaris: Difference between revisions

==Geography==

===Political geography===

[[File:2022 tavaris provinces.png|left|thumb|300px|A map of Tavari provinces as of the Province Reorganization Act of 2022, which abolished the pre-existing provincial governments and replaced them with fourteen new ones, some with the same names as previous provinces. Inset is to scale.]]

Tavaris is divided into 14 provinces for the purpose of civil administration. The provinces are units of civil government established by the Diet, with the current system established by the Province Reorganization Act of 2022 having replaced a relatively unpopular system organized in 1961. While most power in civil government resides with the national government in Nuvrenon, the provinces have the power to set income taxes, regulate certain businesses and industries, and establish public school systems, among other responsibilities. Each province elects a unicameral Legislative Council, from which a government headed by a First Councillor is appointed. The 2022 changes did not significantly alter the powers held by the provincial governments, with one exception in the regulation of death services (such as funeral homes, crematoriums, and hospice care facilties), which was removed from provincial jurisdiction and reserved for the National Diet in response to renewed violence over inter-religious differences in death rituals that were part of the lead up to Acronian independence.