the united states canada mexico venezuela brazil south africa nigeria ethiopia spain russia switzerland india and australia articles all describe their political subdivisions either in a politics or government section or immediately beneath such sections i agree that some of these are immediately adjacent to the main geography sections but always with politics or government immediately above their geography sections describe physical geography with mention of geography particular to some subdivisions only the germany article describes political subdivisions in geography as a compromise i would suggest making the subdivisions into a separate main section immediately between the politics and geography