Provincia (Nova Roma)

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Nova Roma has a worldwide, international central administration and a territorial organization, consisting of provincial, regional and urban subdivisions. The provincia is the highest level of the territorial organization.

The Nova Roman Republic is divided into a number of provinciae. A provincia can comprise a single country or several, or on the other end of the spectrum, can be made up of sub-national units from a single country.Unlike provinces of Canada or American states, Nova Roman provinciae are creations of the senate, the 'national' governing body. The senate, under the lex Vedia provincialis, can create a new provincia or combine existing ones by senatus consultum. The same lex outlines the powers and duties of the provincial governors. The senate also has the power to appoint and replace governors who appoint the provincial administration and may sub-divide their provincia into regiones for administrative purposes as they deem it necessary.

Contents 1 Governance 2 Italia and the current Provinces of Nova Roma 3 Current Provinces by Geographic Region 3.1 Europe 3.2 America 3.3 Asia and Australia 4 Previous provinces of Nova Roma

Governance

The structure of the provincial government varies greatly depending upon the existing conditions of the provincia. Several provinces cross national and linguistic boundaries and thus officials may be appointed to reflect this. Other provinces are geographically large or have isolated populations. There are no real laws concerning organization of provincial government other than the lex Vedia provincialis. This creates a flexible framework for the varying realities of the provinciae.

The governor of the province can be variously termed, consul, proconsul, praetor, propraetor, or legatus pro praetore; the title depends on previous offices held by the governor. There are some exceptional terms in use, too: the mixed title propraetor pro consule describes a former praetor who was given consular power within his province instead of the usual praetorian power. The title quaestor pro praetore indicates a temporary governorship when the quaestor of a province is standing in for the previous governor by the will of the senate until a permanent successor is found. The title dux distinguishes the chief-governor of a dioecesis, a cluster of provinces temporarily combined together for reorganization. The "governor" of Italia Nova Romana is called praefectus Italiae. All provincial governors are subordinate to the senate and to the central magistrates.

Both the administrative office of the governor and the headquarter of the provincial administration are called the praetorium. The governor's staff personnel, the cohors praetoria, consist of various officials executing the orders of the governor and may include legates, prefects and scribes, more rarely a provincial quaestor or proquaestor, sometimes a curator aranearius and a provincial sacerdos.

In some provinces, the governor shares his power with a provincial council, the consilium provinciae, sometimes mistakenly called curia, but in most of the provinces it is just an advisory body to assist the governor, and there are also provinces where there is no consilium provinciae at all.

It is a very important point to note, however, that provincial administrations are not territorial "self-governments"; Nova Roman provinciae are not independent or autonomous, nor free from the strict control of the central administration, but, on the contrary, they are tools of the central government to take directives and execute orders and instructions given from the senate and the consuls. The provinces of Nova Roma, just like those in the ancient republic, are a means for unity and effective administrative action, and not a provision for federalism or territorial autonomy.

Italia and the current Provinces of Nova Roma

	Name	Countries (links to provincial lists/web pages included)	Current governor
1	Italia	Italy, Vatican, San Marino, and Malta	Praefectus Italiae Cn. Cornelius Lentulus
2	America Cismississippiana	USA - Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida.	Propraetrix M. Hortensia Maior Fabiana Faustina
3	America Hispanica	USA - Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.	Proconsul C. Tullius Valerianus Germanicus
4	America Noveboracensis et Mediatlantica	USA - Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia	Proconsul T. Domitius Draco
5	America Transmississippiana	USA - Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas	Quaestor pro praetore Cn. Cornelius Lentulus
6	Australia	Australia and New Zealand	Praetor D. Aurelius Ingeniarius
7	Brasilia	Brazil	Quaestor pro praetore Cn. Cornelius Lentulus
8	Britannia	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Ireland	Dux et legatus pro praetore Cn. Cornelius Lentulus
9	California	USA - California, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Hawaii	Proconsul Q. Fabius Maximus
10	Canada	Canada	Proconsul C. Claudius Quadratus
11	Dacia	Romania and Moldavia to river Dniestr	Legatus pro praetore Cn. Cornelius Lentulus
12	Gallia	Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Monaco, and French overseas territories.	Dux et legatus pro praetore Cn. Cornelius Lentulus
13	Germania	Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.	Dux et legatus pro praetore Cn. Cornelius Lentulus
14	Hispania	Portugal and Spain	Propraetor pro consule Q. Lutatius Catulus
15	Lacus Magni	USA - Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky	Legatus pro praetore Cn. Cornelius Lentulus
16	Marcomannia	Czechia and Slovakia	Legatus pro praetore Ti. Iulius Nerva
17	Nova Britannia	USA - Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island	Legatus pro praetore A. Iulius Paterculus
18	Nova Hispania	Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama	Quaestor pro praetore Cn. Cornelius Lentulus
19	Pannonia	Slovenia and Hungary	Legatus pro praetore Cn. Cornelius Lentulus
20	Sarmatia	Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and the Transnistria (East Bank of river Dniestr)	Propraetor T. Flavius Severus
21	Thule	Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland	Dux et legatus pro praetore Cn. Cornelius Lentulus
22	Thracia	Bulgaria	Legatus pro praetore A. Vitellius Celsus

Note :

• When, in addition to its wiki page, a province has an official web site or discussion list, a link is included in the column "countries".
• Except for Italia, all provinces are called "provinciae" (provinces). Italia is called "praefectura".
• Governors are called "legatus pro praetore", "praetor" or "consul", "propraetor" or "proconsul", except the governor of Italia who is always called "praefectus".
• The new maps below update the provincial organization of Nova Roma on a.d. VIII Id. Oct. Q. Arrio (II) T. Domitio (III) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXIII a.u.c.
• Regions in light grey are territories not yet organized in provinces.

Current Provinces by Geographic Region

Europe

America

Asia and Australia

Previous provinces of Nova Roma

	Name	Countries	Status
1	Alasca et Havaia	USA states of Alaska and Hawaii	Merged
2	America austroccidentalis	U.S.A. states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah	Extinct
3	America austrorientalis	U.S.A. states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississipi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia,North and Sth Carolina and Florida	Extinct
4	America boreoccidentalis	U.S.A. states of Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Alaska	Extinct
5	California	U.S.A. states of California, Nevada, and Hawaii	Extinct
6	America Deserta	USA states of Arizona, Nevada and Utah	Merged
7	America Gallica	USA states of Arkansas and Louisiana	Merged
8	Hibernia	Island of Ireland (Rep. of Ireland and U.K. Northern Ireland)	Extinct
9	America Mississippiensis	USA - Mississippi and Alabama	Merged
10	America Missuriensis	USA - Iowa and Missouri	Merged
11	America Montana	USA - Montana and Wyoming	Merged
12	America Nebrascensis	USA - Nebraska and Kansas	Merged
13	America Noveboracensis	USA - New York and New Jersey	Merged
14	America Oregonensis	USA - Idaho, Oregon and Washington	Merged
15	America Texia	USA - Texas and Oklahoma	Merged
16	America Transappalachiana	U.S.A. States of USA - Tennessee and Kentucky	Merged
17	Argentina	Argentine, Paraguay and Uruguay	Extinct
18	California Angelensis	USA - California south of Paso Robles and Delano	Merged
19	California Franciscensis	USA - California north of Paso Robles and Delano	Merged
20	Canada Citerior	Canada - Ontario, Québec, Labrador-Terre Neuve, New Brunswick and New Scotland	Merged
21	Canada Ulterior	Canada - Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest and Nunavut	Merged
22	Carolina	USA - North Carolina and South Carolina	Merged
23	Columbia	USA - Maryland and the District of Columbia	Merged
24	Dacota	USA - North Dakota and South Dakota	Merged
25	Georgia Florida	U.S.A. USA - Florida and Georgia	Merged
26	Guria	North Korea and South Korea	Extinct
27	Mediatlantica	USA - Pennsylvania and Delaware	Merged
28	Minnesota	USA - Minnesota	Merged
29	Nipponia	Japan	Extinct
30	Nova Britannia Citerior	USA - Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont	Merged
31	Nova Britannia Ulterior	USA - Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.	Merged
32	Ohio	USA - Ohio	Merged
33	Venedia	Poland	Extinct
34	Virginia	USA - Virginia and West Virginia	Merged
35	ARCHIVAL PAGE FOR Lacus Magni	U.S.A. states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia	Reformed
36	ARCHIVAL PAGE FOR Mediatlantica	U.S.A. states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia	Reformed