Actavia

**Actavia** (officially the **Actavian Democratic People's Republic** and politically the **Republic of Actavia**) is a country in the Sintopian world that is geographically considered to be part of Northern and Eastern Mediteurope. It is a communist republic that is part of a chain of five countries bounded by the Dogicat Sea to the west known as the Dogicat states, the other four includes Custoshavia, Mustonovia, Salivia, and Valatavia. Actavia is the northernmost of the five Dogicat states and the least populous, with 2,731,768 people as of 4015. While the Dogicat Sea is bounding to the west and the Gulf of Laylayland to the north, Actavia has the longest marginal sea coastline of all the Dogicat states. It has land borders with the Zeebarian Federation to the east, and Valatavia to the south. It also has maritime borders to the north by Laylayland across the Gulf of Laylayland, to the west by Zentangle across the Dogicat Sea, and an inland water border to the east by Zeebaria on Lake Tiepos.

Actavia is the only communist state of the Dogicat states and in Mediteurope. The country was formed by the splitting of the former country known as the Kingdom of Dogicatia. Actavia was then a region in the country that is today the Dogicatia region of Mediteurope. Palliss is the capital city of Actavia and the nation's largest urban area, with a population of 908,000 people in 4015. The other largest urban area is Parpu, with a population of 194,870 people in 4015. Tannillu and Tacta are the only two remaining largest urban areas in the country.

The territory of Actavia's geography consists of the mainland, the four large islands of Apaauchee, Looichee, Grëchee, and Jōömillechee, and over 3,300 other islands and islets on the eastern shore of the Dogicat Sea, covering a total area of 90,678 square kilometers (35,010 square miles). The Actavian language is the native, the indigenous, and the official language of Actavia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the Sintopian world's third most spoken Dogicatic language after Custoshavian and Mustonovian.

## Politics

### **Administrative divisions**

*Main articles: Administrative divisions of Actavia, Counties of Actavia, Municipalities of Actavia, Boroughs of Actavia, and Populated places in Actavia*
Actavia is a unitary country with a single-tier local government system. Local affairs are managed autonomously by local governments. Since administrative reform in 4009, there are in total 100 local governments, including 25 towns and 75 rural municipalities. All municipalities have equal legal status and form part of a *craacord* (county), which is an administrative subunit of the state. Representative body of local authorities is municipal council, elected at general direct elections for a four-year term. The council appoints local government. For towns, the head of the local government is *simmotea* (mayor) and *livvileminem* for parishes. For additional decentralization, the local authorities may form municipal districts with limited authority, currently those have been formed in Palliss, Karkime, and Looichee.

Separately from administrative units, there are also settlement units: village, small borough, borough, and town. Generally, villages have less than 500, small boroughs have between 500 and 1,000, boroughs and towns have over 1,000 inhabitants.

Additionally, there are 25 counties in Actavia and 75 municipalities.