A map of Cygnia showing its 23 states and the Imperial City of Swanstone
The Empire of the United Cygnian States is a federation consisting of 23 States (one of which uses the term Union rather than State in its full, legal state name), an Imperial City (Swanstone, the capital of Cygnia), and five External Territories. The 10 contiguous states and Swanstone are in the western two thirds of Australasia, lying to the west of Australie. The states of West Java, Central Java, East Java, Jayakarta, Solonia and Yogyakarta are on the island of Java, and the state of Samudra occupies its own island lying to Java's northwest. Singapore is in turn to the northeast of Samudra. The remaining states are largely concentrated in an archipelago to the east of Java; the External Territories lie to the northwest of contiguous Cygnia.
All the States are partially self-governing, and are represented in the Imperial Congress; the External Territories, on the other hand, are administered exclusively by the federal government. Two of the external territories are inhabited; the others are uninhabited, apart from non-permanent scientists.
West Java is the most populous state, with 55,434,087 residents (as of the 2010 Census); Solonia is the least populous, with an estimated 499,377 residents. The Imperial City of Swanstone, with an estimated 27.6 million residents as of 2016, has a higher population than many of the states, surpassed only by West Java, Samudra, East Java and Central Java. The largest state by area is Campbell, encompassing 1,043,514 square kilometres (402,903 square miles), while the smallest is Singapore, encompassing 719 square kilometres (278 square miles). The first state to federate was Peel, which it did at 7:00am on 1 January 1784, while the newest state is Sumbawa, which was admitted into the Federation on 5 September 2017.
The most recent entity to come under the sovereignty of Cygnia in its current form is Christmas Island, which formally became an External Territory on 1 July 1992.
States
The table below lists the 18 states, with their current capital, largest city, the date they federated 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 480, which are then apportioned among states every ten years according to their relative population. Each state is also entitled to four Imperial Senators.)
| State & postal abbrieviation | Cities | Statehood | Population | Area in km2 (mi2) | Rep(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital | Largest | (2016 est) | |||||
| Auralia | AU | Esperance | Kalgoorlie | 23 Apr. 1910 | 6,829,000 | 639,250 (246,816) | 15 |
| Bali | BL | Denpasar | 1 Sep. 2017 | 4,225,384 | 5,780 (2,230) | 8 | |
 Campbell
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CA | Port Adelaide | 1 Jan. 1784 | 7,259,100 | 1,043,514 (402,903) | 18 | |
 The Capes
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CP | Augusta | Bunbury | 1 Jan. 1784 | 16,648,000 | 62,977 (24,316) | 26 |
 Central Java
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CJ | Semarang | 15 Aug. 1950 | 33,253,686 | 30,142 (11,638) | 41 | |
 East Java
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EJ | Surabaya | 25 Feb. 1950 | 38,529,481 | 47,800 (18,456) | 38 | |
| Flores | FL | Maumere | 2 Sep. 2017 | 1,381,000 | 13,540 (5,230) | 4 | |
| Gascoyne | GA | Carnarvon | 1 Jan. 1784 | 18,420,000 | 381,885 (147,447) | 26 | |
 Jayakarta
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JA | Jayakarta | 30 Oct. 1948 | 9,606,787 | 662 (256) | 16 | |
 Kaleep
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KA | Darwin | 19 Sep. 1859 | 4,952,308 | 1,420,970 (548,640) | 12 | |
 Kimberley
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KI | Derby | 1 Jan. 1784 | 8,530,000 | 308,624 (119,160) | 17 | |
| Moluccas | ML | Ambon | 3 Sep. 2017 | 1,708,190 | 46,914 (18,114) | 3 | |
 New Cambridgeshire
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NC | Geraldton | 14 Oct. 1823 | 6,720,000 | 189,624 (73,214) | 15 | |
 Peel
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PE | Fremantle | Mandurah | 1 Jan. 1784 | 21,427,000 | 155,209 (55,926) | 37 |
 Pilbara
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PI | Theodora | 1 Jan. 1784 | 18,750,291 | 683,715 (263,983) | 20 | |
| Samudra | SA | Palembang | Medan | 12 Sep. 1950 | 50,613,947 | 473,481 (182,812) | 52 |
 Singapore
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SG | Singapore | 15 Aug. 1963 | 5,399,000 | 719 (278) | 13 | |
| Solonia | SO | Surakarta | 16 Jan. 1951 | 499,337 | 2,658 (1,026) | 7 | |
| Sumba | SU | Waingapu | 4 Sep. 2017 | 685,186 | 11,153 (4,306) | 3 | |
| Sumbawa | SM | Mataram | 5 Sep. 2017 | 1,391,340 | 15,214 (5,874) | 5 | |
| West Java | WJ | Bandung | 14 July 1950 | 55,434,087 | 45,041 (17,390) | 54 | |
| West Kimberley | WK | Broome | 13 Feb. 1871 | 9,523,101 | 114,893 (44,360) | 14 | |
| Yogyakarta | YO | Yogyakarta | 12 November 1950 | 3,594,290 | 3,133 (1,210) | 16 | |
Imperial City
| Name | Abbr. | Date established | Population (2016 est) |
Area in km2 (mi2) | House seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swanstone | SW | 3 June 1929 | 27,639,290 | 11,700 (4,517) | 20 |
External Territories
| Territory & postal abbrieviation | Capital | Acquired | Population (2016 est) | Area in km2 (mi2) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas Island | CX | Flying Fish Cove | 1888 | 2,072 | 135 (52) |
| Cocos Islands | CC | West Island | 1857 | 596 | 14 (5) |
Uninhabited territories
| Territory | Acquired | Area in km2 (mi2) |
|---|---|---|
| Ashmore and Cartier Islands | 1881 | 199 (77) |
| Empress Alexis Land | 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 Emperor | Domestic administrator | Head of Government | Legislature | Member of Legislature | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper house | Lower house | Upper house | Lower house | |||||
| The Empire | Federal government | Direct | Emperor | Chancellor | Imperial Congress | Imperial Senator | Representative or MC | |
| Imperial Senate | House of Representatives | |||||||
| Swanstone | Imperial City | Direct | Lord Mayor | General Council | Councillor | |||
| Auralia | Federated state | Direct | Governor General | Prime Minister | Parliament | MLC | MLA | |
| Legislative Council | Legislative Assembly | |||||||
| Bali | Legislative Assembly | MLA | ||||||
| Campbell | Parliament | MHC | MHA | |||||
| House of Councillors | House of Assembly | |||||||
| The Capes | Union Council | Union Senator | MHA | |||||
| Senate | House of Assembly | |||||||
| Central Java | Parliament | MLC | MLA | |||||
| Legislative Council | Legislative Assembly | |||||||
| East Java | Parliament | |||||||
| Legislative Council | Legislative Assembly | |||||||
| Flores | Legislative Assembly | MLA | ||||||
| Gascoyne | Legislature | |||||||
| Legislative Council | Legislative Assembly | |||||||
| Jayakarta | State Council | Councillor | ||||||
| Kaleep | Legislative Council | MLC | ||||||
| Kimberley | Parliament | MP | ||||||
| Moluccas | Legislative Assembly | MLA | ||||||
| New Cambridgeshire | State Diet | MSC | MSA | |||||
| State Council | State Assembly | |||||||
| Peel | Senate | MLC | MLA | |||||
| Legislative Council | Legislative Assembly | |||||||
| Pilbara | Parliament | |||||||
| Legislative Council | Legislative Assembly | |||||||
| Samudra | General Assembly | MHC | MHR | |||||
| House of Councillors | House of Representatives | |||||||
| Singapore | Parliament | MP | ||||||
| Solonia | Parliament | MLC | MLA | |||||
| Legislative Council | Legislative Assembly | |||||||
| Sumba | Legislative Assembly | MLA | ||||||
| Sumbawa | Legislative Assembly | MLA | ||||||
| West Java | Legislative Council | MLC | ||||||
| West Kimberley | Parliament | Senator | Deputy | |||||
| Senate | Chamber of Deputies | |||||||
| Yogyakarta | Council | Councillor | ||||||
| Christmas Island | External Territory | Indirect (through Administrator) | Administrator | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Cocos Islands | ||||||||
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