Provinces and Protectorates

The Empire of Tsolyanu is governed by a vast civil service beuracracy, grouped into four great departments or Palaces, the Palace of the Realm, the Palce of Ever-Glorious War, the Palace of the Priesthoods of the Gods and the Palace of Foreign Lands, the duties of which are detailed in the T:EPT rulebook, p220.

In each province there are four equally high ranking officials who are the regional heads of these four palaces. The most important is the Governor, who leads the Palace of the Realm, but he cannot command the heads of the other three palaces, thus ensuring that civil, military and religious power are kept separate and that no governor can become monarch of his own province.

However this separation of powers can be a disadvantage in frontier areas; if a provincial governor wants to deploy military force he must apply to Avanthar who will issue the approproiate orders to his local Palace of Ever-Glorious War, a procedure that may take weeks or months. Thus in certain areas the office of Protector has been established. A Protector can draw on any resources within his Protectorate from any palace to defend the area, and can overrule any court decision immediately (though any such action is reviewed by Avanthar when the emergency is past).

There are five curent protectorates:

Do Chaka, which covers Do Chaka and Nemudlu provinces

Pan Chaka, covering Pan Chaka province

Kaija, covering Kaija and Teshkuru Provinces

Kerunan, which covers Ru'anu, Kerunan and those portions of Songga and Ferinara south east of the Rananga River

Chaigari, which covers Chaigari province and the eastern half of Heku'u