Regions of Marone

Marone is divided into 30 administrative **regions** (Maronan: *régions*), of which 22 are located in metropolitan Marone, while the remaining eight are overseas regions.

All of the 22 regions of metropolitan Marone are further subdivided into anywhere between two and nine departments, with the prefect of each region's administrative center's department also acting as the regional prefect. The overseas regions consist of only one sole department, thus they also hold the status of being an overseas department.

## History

The regions of Marone were first established in 1845, after the National Congress determined that the departments of Marone were too small to serve as the nation's first-level subdivisions, therefore larger subdivisions needed to be created. This led to the creation of 18 regions, which were officially implemented on 1 January 1845. These 18 regions were largely created after taking into account the territory of the historic provinces of Marone and medieval duchies and counties. In 1849, following the conclusion of the Marone-Lungarian War (1846–1849), the majority of the regions of Ambas and Charlotte were ceded from Marone to Lungary. The Vanbes historic region – then-part of the region of Ambas – remained a Maronan territory and was used to create the new region of Pays-Libre, incorporating Vanbes and other territory from the region of Lauterne.

The regions saw another change in 1875, following the conclusion of the Marone-Triscany War (1873–1875), which led to the kingdom of Triscany ceding numerous territories to Marone. These cessions led to the new region of Vetica, while the region of Grône-Fares gained new territory and the region of Lavence was abolished in order to form the new region of Côte Turquoise, after the territory of the former county of Dax was ceded to Marone and merged with Lavence. In 1896, the region of Pays-du-Verne was created, incorporating territory ceded from the regions of Ditrone and Pitaine. The region was created to serve as a zone of influence for the city of Banoît, which had begun to experience widespread population growth. However, as Banoît and its department of Verne-Intérieur were previously integral parts of the kingdom of Ditrone, the cession was highly controversial in Ditrone, and thought to be a political attempt to limit the influence of the emerging Ditrone People's Party (PPD), which advocated for Ditrone nationalism. As a result, the existence of the region of Pays-du-Verne remains controversial in Ditrone to this day, and the political platform of the PPD advocates for the return of Verne-Intérieur to Ditrone.

In 1910, following the conclusion of the Great War (1904–1910), Ambas and Charlotte were returned to Maronan soverengity as regions. However, the Vanbes historic region was not returned to Ambas, and the Pays-Libre region remained as was. In 1917, amidst lobbying from the Maronan Chasque community, the Terre Chasque region was created following the cession of the departments of Marbeuge and Roussillent from the region of Languedoie. The two departments had both had majority Chasque populations, and comprised the unofficial Chasque territories of Marone. The regions were last altered in 1956, amidst the decolonization of Marone, which saw Maronan colonies vote in status referendums for whether they would seek independence from Marone or further integration as a region. This led to the creation of eight overseas regions of Marone.

**1845–49**
The 18 original regions as created in 1845.**1849–75**
The 17 regions of 1849, following the cessation of Ambas and Charlotte and creation of Pays-Libre**1875–96**
The 18 regions of 1875, following the incorporation of Vetica, abolishment of Lavence, creation of Côte Turquoise, and addition of new territory to Grône-Fares**1896–1910**
The 19 regions of 1896, following the creation of Pays-du-Verne**1910–17**
The 21 regions of 1910, following the return of Ambas and Charlotte to Maronan sovereignty**1917–56**
The 22 regions of 1917, following the creation of Terre Chasque**1956–present**
The current 30 regions as created in 1956, following the formation of the overseas regions of Marone

## Overseas regions

*Main article: Overseas regions of Marone*
**Overseas regions** (Maronan: *Régions d'outre mer, **ROM***) were created through a 1954 act of the National Congress, which granted complete territorial integration into the Maronan Republic for former Maronan colonies which had voted against independence in status referendums. As integral parts of the Maronan Republic, residents of overseas regions receive universal suffrage, and representation in the Chamber of Representatives and Marone.

Officially, overseas regions are known by the name *régions et départements d'outre mer* (RDOM) due to their statuses as both regions and departments of Marone. However, this name is not commonly used, and most often they are referred to almost exclusively as regions, while still maintaining the responsibilities of a department.

	+ Fuadeloupe (Barrabean Sea)
	+ Puyane (Lower Espanola)
	+ Sainte-Edwige (Barrabean Sea)
	+ Tartinique (Barrabean Sea)
* In Greater Helonesia:
	+ Maronan Naysia (Naysian Sea)
	+ New Malonia (Austaysian Sea)
* In Tarfica:
	+ Jalotte (Sea of Podros)
	+ Tahare (Papaguscan Sea)