List of states and territories of Cygnia (Joan of What?)

A map of Cygnia showing its 21 states

The United Cygnian States is a federation consisting of 21 States, a Federal Territory (Swan, which comprises the federal capital, Northam), and five External Territories. The 13 contiguous states and the Territory of Swan are located on the mainland of Australia. The state of Tasmania lies to the south of Victoria across the Bass Strait. Aotearoa is southeast of both the mainland and Tasmania, across the Tasman Sea. Papua and New Guinea occupy the island of New Guinea to the north of New Zealand, and the other four states are located on islands to the northeast of the mainland, including Fiji, New Caledonia, the New Hebrides and the Solomon Islands. Cygnia also possesses six external territories, which are small islands lying to the northwest and northeast of the mainland.

All the States are partially self-governing, and are represented in the Cygnian Congress; the External Territories, on the other hand, are administered exclusively by the federal government. four of the external territories are inhabited; the others are uninhabited, apart from non-permanent scientists.

New Albion is the most populous state, with 23,687,400 residents (as of 2016); Gascoyne is the least populous, with an estimated 231,420 residents. The Territory of Swan, with an estimated 403,468 residents as of 2016, has a higher population than two states. The largest state by area is New Zealand, encompassing 1,852,642 square kilometres (263,983 square miles), while the smallest is the New Hebrides, encompassing 12,189 square kilometres (4,706 square miles). The first state to ratify the Imperial Constitution was Carolina, which it did on 2 January 1792. The newest state is New Caledonia, which was admitted into the Federation on 5 May 1999.

The most recent entity to come under the sovereignty of Cygnia in its current form is the Heard Island and McDonald Islands, which formally became an External Territory in 1910.

States

The table below lists the 21 states, with their current capital, largest city, the date they ratified the Imperial Constitution or were admitted to the Federation, population and area data, and number of representatives in the Cygnian House of Representatives (Each state is entitled to at least one Representative. Current law limits the number of representatives to 300, which are then apportioned among states every five years according to their relative population. Each state is also entitled to four Senators.)

States of the United Cygnian States

State & postal abbrieviation		Cities		Statehood		Population	Area in km2 (mi2)	Rep(s)
		Capital	Largest	#	Date	(2020 est)
Aotearoa	AO	Wellington	Auckland	9th	1 January 1824	5,094,860	268,021 (103,483)	25
Auralia	AU	Esperance	Kalgoorlie	14th	23 April 1905	530,220	770,488 (297,487)	2
Avon	AV	Charlotte		4th	26 April 1792	2,329,550	1,043,514 (402,903)	12
Carolina	CA	Perth		1st	2 January 1792	5,751,300	161,510 (62,359)	29
Darwin	DA	Palmerston		13th	1 October 1900	1,083,500	1,420,970 (548,640)	6
East Georgia	EG	Albany		3rd	6 February 1792	1,320,230	39,007 (15,061)	7
Fiji	FJ	Suva		16th	25 February 1950	1,002,340	18,274 (7,056)	4
Gascoyne	GA	Carnarvon		12th	2 September 1890	231,420	138,000 (53,000)	1
Gibson	GI	Geraldton		15th	14 October 1906	813,450	472,336 (427,336)	4
Kimberley	KI	Broome		8th	19 September 1820	583,590	423,517 (163,521)	3
New Albion	NA	Sydney		7th	6 June 1795	9,539,230	811,870 (313,465)	47
New Caledonia	NC	Noumea		21st	5 May 1999	271,407	18,576 (7,172)	2
New Guinea	NG	Port Moresby		18th	16 September 1975	8,935,000	462,840 (178,700)	44
New Hebrides	NH	Port Vila		20th	30 July 1980	307,815	12,189 (4,706)	1
New Zealand	NZ	Brisbane		5th	23 May 1792	6,052,190	1,852,642 (263,983)	30
Papua	PA	Numbay		17th	15 August 1963	5,399,000	420,540 (162,371)	27
Pilbara	PI	Port Hedland		11th	16 January 1885	753,400	507,896 (193,826)	3
Solomon Islands	SI	Honiara		19th	7 July 1978	652,857	28,400 (11,000)	2
Tasmania	TA	Hobart		6th	1 June 1792	1,079,180	68,401 (26,410)	5
Victoria	VA	Melbourne		10th	5 September 1860	7,838,350	237,659 (91,671)	38
West Georgia	WG	Bunbury		2nd	9 January 1792	1,184,400	23,970 (9,255)	6

Federal Territory

Federal Territory of the United Cygnian States

Name & postal abbrieviation		Established	Population (2016 est)	Area in km2 (mi2)	Rep(s)
Territory of Swan	TS	12 March 1800	426,704	6,648 (2,567)	2

External Territories

Inhabited External Territories of the United Cygnian States

Territory & postal abbrieviation		Capital	Acquired	Population (2016 est)	Area in km2 (mi2)	Administration
Christmas Island	CX	Flying Fish Cove	1888	2,072	135 (52)	Administrator of the Indian Ocean Territories
Keeling Islands	KE	West Island	1857	596	14 (5)
Nauru	NU	Yaren	1886	10,084	21 (8)	Administrator of Nauru
Norfolk Island	NO	Kingston	1788	1,965	35 (14)	Administrator of Norfolk Island

Uninhabited territories

Territories of Cygnia with no permanent population

Territory	Acquired	Area in km2 (mi2)
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	1881	199 (77)
Cygnian Antarctic Territory	1908	1,709,400 (660,003)
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	1910	368 (142)

Administration

The table below presents a comparison in terminology used for the various administrative institutions in the Cygnian federal government, the States and the Territories.

Entity	Type of entity	Tie to the President	Domestic administrator	Head of Government	Upper House of Parliament	Lower House of Parliament	Member of Legislature
							Upper house	Lower house
The Union	Federal government	Direct	President	Chancellor	Congress		Senator	Representative or MC
					Senate	House of Representatives
Territory of Swan	Federal Territory	Direct	Chief Minister		Legislative Assembly		MLA
Aotearoa	Federated state	Direct	Governor	Premier	Parliament		MP
Auralia					Legislative Council	Legislative Assembly	MLC	MLA
Avon						House of Assembly		MHA
Carolina						Legislative Assembly		MLA
Darwin					Legislative Assembly		MLA
East Georgia
Fiji
Gascoyne
Gibson
Kimberley
New Caledonia					Parliament		MP
New Guinea
New Hebrides
New Zealand					Legislative Assembly		MLA
New Albion					Legislative Council	Legislative Assembly	MLC	MLA
Papua					Legislative Assembly		MLA
Pilbara
Solomon Islands					Parliament		MP
Tasmania					House of Assembly	MHA
Victoria					Legislative Council	Legislative Assembly	MLC	MLA
West Georgia						Legislative Assembly		MLA
Christmas Island	External territory	Indirect (through Administrator)	Administrator	Shire President	Council		Councillor
Keeling Islands
Nauru
Norfolk Island