Counties of Atlantica Alba

Atlantica Alba consists of 33 counties (Atlic: ciúmtae; sing. ciaemtae), which in most cases form the upper level of the two-tiered local government system of the country.

County types
There are three types of counties, which differ in the form (or presence) or lower-tier local government entities. The three types of counties are:


 * Counties proper: The most common type of county, counties proper have a single government called a county council, which handles regional administrative matters, while the county consists of several municipalities, which form the lower tier of local government, and each of which have a municipal government of their own led by an elected mayor, which handles most local government matters.
 * Unitary authorities: The second-most common type of county, a unitary authority consist of a county council which handles virtually all local government matters across the county. Unitary authorities are divided into townships, which each possess their own elected council, but with only advisory rather than executive local government power as in the municipalities of counties proper.
 * Metropolitan counties: A metropolitan county consists of a single municipality covering the whole county which has been merged with the county level of government. The mayor doubles as the chair of the county council. A metropolitan county consists of several boroughs, which have no administration of their own and exist simply as geographical/cultural areas of the metropolitan county.