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

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); New Caledonia is the least populous, with an estimated 268,767 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 ten 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	(2016 est)
Aotearoa	AO	Wellington	Auckland	9th	1 January 1824	4,899,660	268,021 (103,483)	10
Auralia	AU	Esperance	Kalgoorlie	14th	23 April 1905	6,829,000	770,488 (297,487)	13
Avon	AV	Charlotte		4th	26 April 1792	7,259,100	1,043,514 (402,903)	12
Carolina	CA	Perth		1st	2 January 1792	21,427,000	161,510 (62,359)	35
Darwin	DA	Palmerston		13th	1 October 1900	4,952,308	1,420,970 (548,640)	9
East Georgia	EG	Albany		3rd	6 February 1792	5,380,299	39,007 (15,061)	9
Fiji	FJ	Suva		16th	25 February 1950	898,760	18,274 (7,056)	3
Gascoyne	GA	Carnarvon		12th	2 September 1890	18,420,000	138,000 (53,000)	25
Gibson	GI	Geraldton		15th	14 October 1906	1,352,920	472,336 (427,336)	4
Kimberley	KI	Broome		8th	19 September 1820	5,683,590	423,517 (163,521)	11
New Albion	NA	Sydney		7th	6 June 1795	23,687,400	811,870 (313,465)	47
New Caledonia	NC	Noumea		21st	5 May 1999	268,767	18,576 (7,172)	2
New Guinea	NG	Port Moresby		18th	16 September 1975	8,084,999	462,840 (178,700)	15
New Hebrides	NH	Port Vila		20th	30 July 1980	270,402	12,189 (4,706)	1
New Zealand	NZ	Brisbane		5th	23 May 1792	9,352,190	1,852,642 (263,983)	29
Papua	PA	Numbay		17th	15 August 1963	5,399,000	420,540 (162,371)	10
Pilbara	PI	Port Hedland		11th	16 January 1885	7,534,190	507,896 (193,826)	13
Solomon Islands	SI	Honiara		19th	7 July 1978	599,419	28,400 (11,000)	2
Tasmania	TA	Hobart		6th	1 June 1792	1,566,000	68,401 (26,410)	5
Victoria	VA	Melbourne		10th	5 September 1860	19,076,700	237,659 (91,671)	36
West Georgia	WG	Bunbury		2nd	9 January 1792	9,523,101	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	403,468	6,648 (2,567)	3

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	1,748	35 (14)	Administrator of Norfolk Island

Uninhabited territories

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.

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