Administrative Divisions of Easway

The Realm of Easway is separated into three administrative divisions, known as in succession: municipalities, Prefectures and nature reserves & reserves, and townships.

These divisions have varying amounts of power such as executive, judicial, legislative, or ceremonial.

Municipalities
A municipality is the highest administrative division within an island which is led by a Marquis. On Bear Island there are three municipalities where as Hopen Island has only one, the Pomor's Strait (including the Pomor's Isles).

Prectures & Nature Reserves
A Prefecture is the third highest administrative division in Easway and is subject to change by vote of the Imperial Council and Municipal Prefectural Assembly. A Prefect shall be democratically elected by the local Muncipality inhabitants.

The Prefectures identify key differences within the municipality, such as roles and culture, and thus serve as a guide to what is expected in each Prefecture.

As well as Prefectures, there are nature reserves - certain parts of land on Bear Island set aside to maintain its biodiversity.

Special provisions are set aside in law to ensure these nature reserves are protected from human intervention, including:


 * A nature reserve may not be used for the purposes of hunting animals by any party;
 * A nature reserve may not contain any building over five stories tall;
 * A nature reserve may not contain any commercial carparks, or commercial airports.
 * A nature reserve may not contain concerts or stadiums.
 * An exception to nature reserves to contain train tracks running through it is made, if it is deemed there is no reasonable alternative for the train tracks to go through;
 * An exception to nature reserves of containing industrial mining operations is made;
 * All housing, of which the property shall be owned and rented out by the Municipal Council shall be either lone buildings, stood independently or semi-detached, contain two gardens, and there shall be no more than eight individual houses per street.

A Reserve is a portion of land which is directly administrated by parts of the central government instead of by a Prefect and Marquis. One example of a reserve is Realmsedge.

List of Prefectures:


 * Liyvazun (Essrina)
 * Chuoscharni (Essrina)
 * Herwighamna (Boriopa)
 * North Cape (Boriopa)
 * Tunheim (Boriopa)
 * Water Valley (Boriopa)
 * Waterfork (Boriopa)
 * Myggrabben (Boriopa)
 * Kvalrossbukta (Urdport)
 * Steinflya (Urdport)
 * Rijp (Hopen)
 * New Barentsburg (Hopen)