Unitary authority (Atlantica Alba)

In the Kingdom of Atlantica Alba, a unitary authority (Atlantic: duraeid endola) is the second-most common type of county, after a county proper. There are currently seven unitary authorities in Atlantica Alba. Both counties proper and unitary authorities use the council–manager form of local government, where a county council of 10 to 15 civic councillors are elected, with each councillor responsible for a particular executive department of the county, and the county council appointing a professional manager to handle the routine management and public relations of the county.

The difference between a county proper and a unitary authority is that while in counties proper, some government services are provided by the county council while most others are the responsibility of a particular lower-tier municipality, while in unitary authorities, all local government services are provided by a single central authority administered by the county council, with the unitary authority divided into multiple districts, geographic areas and communities of the county similar to municipalities but without their own local governments.