Counties of Atlantica Alba

Atlantica Alba consists of 23 counties (Elbic: ciúmtae; sing. ciaemtae), which form the first level of administrative divisions within the unitary state.

Counties can be one of three types, which differ primarily in the structure and form of local government:


 * Counties proper: Consist of many municipalities (officially "council areas"), which are the primary units of local government. The county council provides county-wide services and is the only local government authority for smaller unincorporated communities without their own council.


 * Unitary councils: Counties which have abolished individual local councils, merging the municipal and county levels of government into a single council authority, responsible for all non-national government services across the county. Unitary councils are divided into districts, which have no authority of their own and exist instead for statistical purposes.


 * Metropolitan counties: Counties which consist of a single city or major urban area, with the same single council authority as unitary councils. Metropolitan counties are divided into boroughs, which function as urban districts of the county and like unitary council districts are counted as municipal units for the purpose of statistics. For example, Milo is the capital and largest city of Atlantica Alba, but has no council of its own as it is in fact a borough of the Metropolitan County of Milo.