Provinces of New Duveland

New Duveland is a commonwealth composed of six provinces and one territory. In turn, these may be grouped into four main regions: Western New Duveland, Central New Duveland, French New Duveland, and Eastern New Duveland. Provinces have more autonomy than territories, having responsibility for social programs such as health care, education, and welfare. Together, the provinces collect more revenue than the federal government. Using its spending powers, the federal government can initiate national policies in provincial areas, such as the New Duveland Health Act; the provinces can opt out of these, but rarely do so in practice. Equalisation payments are made by the federal government to ensure that reasonably uniform standards of services and taxation are kept between the richer and poorer provinces.