Provinces of the Zheng Empire

The province (Chinese: 州) is the first-level subdivision of the Zheng Empire. Including the Direct Administered Area, the Empire is currently divided into 13 provinces.

The use of provinces as an administrative subdivision arose during the Han Dynasty, but they had no true powers of administration, and were simply groupings of Prefectures inspected by travelling officials known as Inspector-Generals (刺史).

It was only during the end of the Han Dynasty, faced with widespread rebellions, that actual power over local armies and finances were handed over to the Inspector-Generals - a policy that was continued into the Wei and Jin dynasties. The Zheng Empire inherits this policy as well, with each province being governed by an Inspector-General. However, they still do not retain full power over the local prefectures; Prefects retain the right of direct petition and direct report to the Dynastic Court.

List of Provinces
Below is a list of the provinces, and a map of the provincial capitals.