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Provincial States



The Provinces of Liminyj


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Overview

The Federation of Liminyj is subdivided into provinces which are administered by governors. These states are located around the Okhotsk Sea. Provinces have a degree of autonomy from the federal government and can mandate their own laws. There are 12 provinces in total.

Geography

Provinces are located in the Okhotsk Sea area, being on the Kuril Island archipelago, northern Hokkaido, eastern Sakhalin, and southern Kamchatka. Half of the provinces(6/12) are on the Kuril Island chain alone and 38 out of 56 of the islands in the chain are inhabited. The other half are mainly from Sakhalin and Hokkaido, with 2 states being on Sakhalin, 3 on Hokkaido, and a singular state from Kamchatka where military occupation of Russian territories is ongoing. Other than the 12 official states, there is a unofficial 13th state on Hokkaido whose existence is disputed between the Limicitian and Japanese governments and is under constant conflict.
Most states are mountainous and as a result have many of their population centers along the coast.

Governors & Co-governors

Provinces are ruled over by governors, who are elected into office for a term by residents in their provinces and the executive cabinet in Kosaul. These governors are partially autonomous and can rule their province independent from Kosaul to a degree. The co-governor is usually a person who has served in the military as a high ranking official(whether it be a general, lieutenant, etc.) or a high ranking civil servant. The co-governor acts as an advisor to the governor and makes sure the governor is acting within the interests and laws of the federation. The co-governor acts in the stead of the governor in the case the governor is incapacitated, dead, or otherwise unfit to rule and will replace the governor if they are found to have committed a crime during their office.

History

From the beginning of the federation to current day, the Liminyjian Federation has been acquiring territory through diplomacy or conflict with its neighbors, the Russian Federation, the numerous Kamchatkan republics, and the State of Japan. Almost all of these gained territories have been integrated into the administrations of nearby provincial governments or have been made into new provinces, with the latter option having occurred more often in the federation's early history.

4 of the 12 provinces were established on April 27 with the founding of the Liminyjian Federation as part of a peace treaty with the USSR following a conflict over the independence of separatists across the Kuril Islands

Order of States in Incorporation

  • Kosaul, Kunashir, Onekotantshei, Simushir: 1980 April 27

  • Urup: 1980 April 28

  • Gorinyj: 1980 October 4

  • Itsurup: 1981 January 1

  • Nemuro: 1982 March 10

  • Paramushir: 1985 April 27

  • Kushiro, Kitami: 1999 April 27

  • Lopatka: 2008 May 15

List of Provinces(From East to West)

Area

Province

Largest City

Population

Kamchatka

Lopatka

Lopatka Kamchatskiy

77,341

North Kuril

Paramushir

Severo-Kurilsk

143,125

North Kuril

Onekotantshei

Akayotshe-tochki

76,572

North Kuril

Simushir

Okokuyugori

39,003

South Kuril

Urup

Urutshegori

213,948

South Kuril

Itsurup

Etorofu, Etsoko-tochki

154,920

South Kuril

Kunashir

Tochtrava, Proliport

243,586

Hokkaido

Nemuro

Nemuro

250,013

Hokkaido

Kushiro

Kushiro

~500,000

Hokkaido

Kitami

Kitami

~500,000

Sakhalin

Gorinyji

Medvedevsketoch

1,264,739

Sakhalin

Kosaul

Kosaul-tochki, Yuzhno Sahalinsk-tochki, Severosaporo

1,502,933

Provinces

Grey: urban/industrially developed areas (cities with over 10 thousand residents)
Light grey: suburban/fairly developed areas (towns, minor cities with over 1 thousand residents)
Green: rural/underdeveloped areas (villages, towns with under 1 thousand residents)

Minor villages and towns are not named on maps, though clusters of towns are merged into areas of light grey.


Lopatka, or the Lopatka State, is an authoritarian province that is the northernmost state in the federation. The province is made up of mainly ethnic Russian Slavs who are ruled under an iron fist by the provincial government. The state was established in 2008 following an insurrection against the federal government and formerly held dissenters as a penal colony, but the state's status as a penal colony would be removed in the following years as Lopatka would become an economically important part of the federation.

Capital: Lopatka-Kamchatskiy
Major Cities: Lopatka-Kamchatskiy, Tsentral, Yug, Vostok, Sever, Zapad, Ozero
Major Transportation Systems: The Lopatka Highway System, The Port-Ozero Railway

History
Lopatka before the federation was mainly rural land with only a few sparse settlements nearby. The area was home to the Kamchatka Ainu and remained home to them until the Soviet Army displaced these inhabitants from the area in 1945 when the USSR invaded the Japanese-owned Kuril Islands. The area became sparsely inhabited by Russian Slavs afterward and remained so until the early 1980s after the Liminyjian Federation's founding, in which the recently founded Liminyjian Military performed multiple incursions into Kamchatka to take advantage of the USSR's instability at the time. Lopatka would become a territory of the federation by 1983 and people from the Kuril Islands, especially Paramushir, would arrive and settle in the area, forming what would become Sever and Port.

In 2008, political instability in the federation led to a coup by various extremist groups and then a countercoup by the military. This upset of the system brought Lopatka into attention and the provisional government under the military legislated Lopatka into existence, using it as a penal colony and sending thousands of convicted extremists mine the coal and metal reserves in their part of Kamchatka. The decision would not come without some problems, as groups of convicts were able to escape and form outlaw republics
north of Lopatka's official borders, with some of them reportedly being as far north as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy. Lopatka would serve as a penal colony for 7 more years until 2015 when the Lomhil administration upgraded Lopatka into a proper part of the federation, becoming the most recent province.

In 2021, the local government of Lopatka along with the Liminyjian federal government came into conflict with the Russian Federation over the settlement of Kholmysk, an exclave of Lopatka, when the Liminyjian military formed a link between Kholmysk and Lopatka proper with Kholmynyj. This annexation of land brought the Russian government to condemn Liminyj for such an action and to demand the relinquishing of Lopatka along with Paramushir as these 2 provinces were not recognized by a treaty as part of Liminyj. As of current times, none of the governments have taken action though the Russian government continues to state that Lopatka and Paramushir belong to Russia.


Paramushir, or the Paramushir-Kurilsk Republic, is a highly-free province that is the northernmost state in the North Kuril Area(NKA). The province is comprised of mainly Russian Slavs, but also an Ainu minority, these ethnic groups are ruled over most of the time benevolently by the provincial government. The province was established in 1983 after Limicitian military forces took the islands in and was not incorporated until 1985.

Capital: Severo-Kurilsk
Major Cities: Severo-Kurilsk, Zelennyyetochk, Kamurietoch
Major Transportation Systems: The Paramushir Highway System, The Trans-Paramushir Ferry

History
Before the federation, Paramushir was some of many islands ruled under the Russian Empire and was home to some fisheries. The island along with others surrounding would be given to the Japanese in the 1870s under the Treaty of St. Petersburg and had some settlement by the Japanese and Ainu. Paramushir would remain Japanese until 1945 when the USSR invaded and the islands would serve the Soviet Navy for decades following the acquisition, though the naval presence would slowly decay along. By the late 1970s, many naval bases on the island were undermaintained and/or rusted out, and this along with the social instability in the area would lead the islands to fall under Liminyjian control in 1983. The islands' population before the invasion would decline as people left to find home in the mainland of the USSR. Those who remained became citizens of Liminyj and in 1985, Paramushir would become a province of the federation.

Novebusan
Novebusan, or the Novebusan Autonomous Republic, is a subprovince of Paramushir that was established in 2011 as a territory independent of control from the province it is part of, effectively making it a province in all but name. The state was made for the 40 thousand citizens of Korean descent in the country, intended to give representation to that group of people and to maintain the policy of multiculturalism. The subprovince's creation prompted a controversy in which many people criticized the government for catering to one minority group instead and not providing representation to other minorities such as the Ainu and Nivkh while some claimed it would lead to the Balkanisation of the federation by ethnic boundaries. The state regardless of criticism has been maintained by current administrations and is run from the administrative capital of Oebusan.


The Onekotantshei Administrate, or Akatshe-Onekotan Administrate, is a relatively democratic province that is the middle island of the North Kuril Area. The population of the main island(Akatshei/Onekotan) is divided between Yamato and Russian Slavs, while other islands in the state are taken by Ainu or Russians. The provincial government rules over the people with a light hand, providing a decent amount of jobs and welfare compared to other provinces. The administrate was formed in 1978 during an independent insurrection and became part of the federation in 1980.

Capital: Onekotantshetochki
Major Cities: Onekotantshetochki, Kharikotantshetochk, Tshegoresochk
Major Transportation Systems: The Mikanrush-Shyashkotan Ferry

History
Onekotantshei and its multiple islands were lands of the Ainu who had inhabited the Kuril Islands for centuries with little to no contact with other groups of people until the 1700s when the Russian Empire noticed the islands and converted the local Ainu to Russian Orthodoxy, afterwards claiming the islands. Not much activity occurred until 1875 when the Treaty of St. Petersburg was signed between Japan and the Russian Empire, in which the claims over the Kuril Islands were handed over to Japan and in 1884, the Ainu inhabitants of Onekotan, Kharinkotan, and surrounding islands were relocated by the Japanese to southerner parts of the Kuril Islands, to Shikotan. The islands became mostly uninhabited and during the Second World War, had small garrisons of Japanese who then surrendered to the Soviet Army when the invasion upon the Kuril Islands occurred in 1945. Onekotantshei would mostly be a garrison for the USSR up until 1978 during the USSR's economic stagnation, when the garrison on Onekotan mutinied and formed the state of Free Onekotan. This state drew the attention of insurrectionists in Sakhalin and the Free Onekotan would be bolstered with militias serving until the mutineers. When the garrison on Paramushir attempted to land on Onekotan to apprehend the mutinied garrison, it was forced to withdraw due to resistance and the Free Onekotan was not dealt with due to other insurrections across the Okhotsk. In 1980 when the Liminyjian Federation was established, Free Onekotan joined and became a province of the federation, getting renamed to Onekotantshei(Onekotan Islands).


Simushir, or the Tsuotshei-Simushir, is the southern province in the North Kuril Area. The zone is home to a Russian majority and Yamato minority in the state. The zone was made into the federation at its founding by militias who established an administrative capital on the main island.

Capital: Zalivshteroetoch
Major Cities: Zalivshteroetoch, Milnaetochk, Lodnosmertetochk
Major Transportation Systems: The Central Islands Airways

Simushir was land inhabited by the Ainu for centuries before contact with Russian explorers. The lands were considered unclaimed until the 1650s when the Japanese claimed it and Simushir was considered Japanese until the 1700s when the Russian Empire claimed the Kuril Islands with Japan handing over the territory. Simushir would swap hands between the Russian Empire and Japan multiple times in the course of over a century afterward, with the island and other islands north of it finally settling their status as part of Japan in the Treaty of St. Petersburg which handed over the Kuril Islands to Japan. The agreement between the 2 powers led to the settlement of Japanese on the Kuril Islands including Simushir, and lead to multiple towns and villages being established on the islands. Simushir would continue being under the sovereignty of Japan until the Second World War. Soviet forces in 1945 invaded the Kuril Islands and had mostly taken the islands without resistance, but Simushir wouldn't be like that as Japanese garrisons on the islands accumulated to hold a defense on Ketoi to prevent further advances south to Simushir. When Soviet forces landed on Ketoi Island, they were met with heavy resistance and were unable to circumvent the garrison on Ketoi due to anti-naval and anti-aircraft emplacements on Ketoi along with a Japanese navy defending the Japanese Okhotsk. It was until August 23 when Japan officially announced its surrender that the garrison on Ketoi fell. Simushir would fall under the administration of the USSR and was depopulated with evacuations and deportations that occurred in the days before the end of the Second World War and the weeks following the end of the war. Simushir would be barely populated and held a Soviet garrison until 1979 when an invasion from the state of Free Onekotan in the north along with separatists from Urup in the south forced the garrison to evacuate after being overwhelmed by the 2 front invasion. Simushir would fall under the reign of Free Onekotan until 1980 when the Liminyjian Federation was formed and Free Onekotan agreed to join the federation in which Simushir became a province and was repopulated over time.

In 1995, one of the major cities of Simushir, named Ketoyetochk on Ketoi Island, was renamed to Lodnosmertetochk in recognition of the Japanese defense of the island and the usage of the island to take Simushir Island from the USSR. This caused some criticism from members in the federal parliament who considered the name to be vulgar for a administrated place but the name went through and 2 memorials have been placed on the ruins of where the Japanese emplacements were, with one for the Japanese soldiers who died defending the island, and the other for the Soviet soldiers who died attacking the island. This 2 memorials are together referred to as Lodnosmerti.


Urup, or the Urup Republic, is a friendly province that is the northernmost state in the South Kuril Area(SKA). The province is filled with Russian Slavs and a minor Ainu presence and are ruled apathetically by the local government. The republic was founded in 1979 and became part of the federation in 1980.

Capital: Urupnyyetochk
Major Cities: Urupnyyetochk
Major Transportation Systems: The Intra-Bussol Tunnel


Itsurup, or the Etsoko-Iturupsk Administrate, is a quiet province that is the central state in the South Kuril Area(SKA). The provincial population is mostly of Yamato, but Ainu are also present and are surveilled by the provincial government. The administrate was founded by Limicitian forces pushing out the population and was incorporated into the federation in 1981.

Capital: Itsurupetochik
Major Cities: Itsurupetochik, Novokurilsk, Zavodesochik
Major Transportation Systems:


Kunashir , or the Kunashir Republic, is a friendly province that is the southernmost state in the South Kuril Area(SKA). The province is filled with Yamato, and an extremely small community of Ainu are present. The state is the center of production for the federation's mineral supplies, with corporations and businesses owning mining operations in the north of the island. The state was founded in 1980 on the day of the Limicitian Federation's founding and was subsequently incorporated into it.

Capital: Tochtrava
Major Cities: Tochtrava, Proliport, Shikotansk
Major Transportation Systems: The Proliport-Tochtrava Highway, The Nemuro-Shikotan Cargo Path


Nemuro
Nemuro, or the Nemuro-Okotsuku State, is a friendly province that is the easternmost state in the Hokkaido Area(HKA). The province is filled with mainly Yamato though Ainu and are ruled by the sub-state government. The state was formerly a subprefecture of the Hokkaido Prefecture but it was incorporated into the federation following military operations that resulted in the area being taken by Limicitian forces in 1982.

Capital: Nemuro
Major Cities: Nemuro, Nakashibetsu
Major Transportation Systems: The Liminyjian Nemuro Main Line, The Liminyjian Nermuro Main Highway, The Nemuro-Shikotan Cargo Path, Nakashibetsu Intranational Airport

Kushiro
Kushiro, or the Kushiro Prefect State, is a province that is the southernmost state and warmest in the Hokkaido Area(HKA). The province is filled with mostly Yamato but Ainu, Russian, and Korean minorities are present in this state and are ruled by the local government. The state was a subprefecture of the Hokkaido Prefecture but most of it was annexed by Limicitian forces in 1983. In 1999, the state was granted administrative autonomy and representation in the Limicitian parliament but it is not considered a fully official territory of Liminyj and is a grey area that blends between Japanese and Limicitian land.

Capital: Kushiro
Major Cities: Kushiro
Major Transportation Systems:

Kitami
Kitami, or the Kitami Prefect State, is a sparse province that is the westernmost state in the Hokkaido Area(HKA). The province is filled with mainly Yamato like the other SKA and HKA provinces and are ruled by the sub-state government. Kitami was formerly a Hokkaido subprefecture and ended up a similar fate to Kushiro in late 1985, being occupied by Limicitian forces and gaining autonomy in 1999. The state is a buffer zone between Japanese land and Limicitian land like Kushiro and is a grey state, with the citizenship of its inhabitants not certain.

Capital: Kitami
Major Cities: Kitami
Major Transportation Systems:


Gorinyji, or the Gorinyj Heptarchic State, is a decently sparse province that is the norther state of the Sakhalin Area(SA). The province is populated with mostly peoples of Slavic or indigenous Okhotsk origin, ruled under a government of 7 ministers. The state was originally an independent state from 1908 to 1922 but was subsumed into Soviet control, and reestablished itself in 1978 to then join the Limicitian Federation in 1980. The province prides itself for being the earliest state in the federation in idea and the administrations of Gorinyj and Kosaul have seen minor rivalry with each other on issues regarding where the federation centralizes its power.

Capital: Poronaysk, Vladimire-Medvedevsketoch
Major Cities: Poronaysk, Vladimire-Medvedevsketoch, Pontukarsk, Zelenotoch
Major Transportation Systems: The Gorinyj Highway System, The Pontukarsk-Dolinsk Cargo Path, Poronaysk Intranational Airport, The Medvedevsketoch-Federal Cargo System


Kosaul, or the Kosaul State, is a dense province that is the southernmost state of the Sakhalin Area(SA) and houses the capital of the federation, Kosaul-tochki, which also serves as the provincial capital. The province is filled with mostly Yamato and Russians and are ruled directly by the central government. The state is the founder of the Limicitian Federation, having established the first and second governments in 1980.

Capital: Kosaul
Major Cities: Kosaul, Korsakov, Aniva, Novoaleksandrovsk, Dolinsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Severo-Saporo
Major Transportation Systems: The Kosaul Highway System, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk International Airport, The Kosaul Intranational Airport, The Pontukarsk-Dolinsk Cargo Path, The Korsakov-Federal Cargo System

Special Areas/Territories

Shin-Abashiri
Shin-Abashiri was an unofficially administrated province in the HKA that operated from 2013 to 2020 as an attempt of Liminyjian territorial expansion into Hokkaido. The province was named after the nearby city of Abashiri in Kitami province and had Monbetsu/Mopettoyotoch as the administrative capital. A census of the province was never held, though it was estimated 40-70 thousand people of Yamato ethnicity lived in the area. The provincial administration was removed in 2020 after Japanese SDF took back the province and Shin-Abashiri's status as a province in the federation was abolished in 2022 by the Hovshte Administration seeing that the area wasn't able to be retaken.

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