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 | Strathclyde
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 | Cumbria
 | Yorkshire
 | South Rheged
 | Cymria
 | North Nicholasia
 | South Nicholasia
 | Luchestershire
 | West Mercia
 | East Mercia
 | West Anglia
 | Upper Home Counties
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 | East Wessex
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 | Dumnonia
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The '''Provinces of Nicholas and Great Britain''', are the highest tier of sub-national division in [[Nicholas and Great Britain (Pacifica)|Nicholas and Great Britain]]. They were established in 2009. Provinces are self-governing local authorities responsible for providing public health care, public transportation and regional development amongst other functions. 

==History==
In 1931, an act was past by [[Parliament of Nicholas and Great Britain (Pacifica)|parliament]] to introduce a devolved parliament to the constituent country of Nicholas (although this devolved parliament was later permanently dissolved in 1942). As a consequence of the act being passed, calls were made for similar structures to be introduced in Great Britain.

By the 1940s, several competing systems of regions were adopted by central government for such purposes as census of population, agriculture, electricity supply, civil defence and the regulation of road traffic. 

Eight "standard regions" were set up in 1950, in which central government bodies, statutory undertakings and regional bodies were expected to cooperate. However, these had declined in importance by the early 1960s.

Creation of some form of provinces or regions for Nicholas and Great Britain was an intermittent theme of post-[[Kalinskian Revolutionary War (Pacifica)|Kalinskian Revolutionary War]] Nicholas and Great British governments.

Some elements of regional development and economic planning began to be established in Nicholas and Great Britain from the mid-1960s. In most of the standard regions, Economic Planning Councils and Boards were set up, comprising appointed members from local authorities, business, trade unions and universities, and in the early 1970s, these produced a number of regional and sub-regional planning studies. These institutions continued to operate until they were abolished in 1989.

In 2009, with the election of [[Nicholas McGregor (Pacifica)|Nicholas McGregor]], 20 provinces were introduced. They had a wide range of responsibilities such as healthcare services, environmental protection, urban planning, public transport, public utilities, cultural institutions, taxation and revenue collection and legal and judicial services. [[BTV (Pacifica)|BTV]] regions were standardised to these provinces, as were certain leagues of non-league football and many other organisations and systems. 

==List of Provinces==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" ;"
!Flag
!Name
![[List of towns and cities in Nicholas and Great Britain by population (Pacifica)|Capital]]
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|[[File:County Flag of Cumbria.svg|frameless|75px]]
|Cumbria
|Carlisle
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|[[File:Flag of Wales.svg|frameless|75px]]
|Cymria
|Cardiff
|-
|[[File:Flag of Dumnonia.png|frameless|75px]]
|Dumnonia
|Exeter
|-
|[[File:East mercia.jpg|frameless|75px]]
|East Mercia
|Tamworth
|-
|[[File:FlagOfWessex.svg|frameless|75px]]
|East Wessex
|Bristol
|-
|[[File:Gododdin flag.png|frameless|75px|]]
|Gododdin
|Edinburgh
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|[[File:Flag of Greater London.svg|frameless|75px]]
|Greater London
|London
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|[[File:Highlands flag.png|frameless|75px]]
|Highlands
|Inverness
|-
|[[File:Flag of Connacht.svg|frameless|75px]]
|Luchestershire
|Luchester
|-
|[[File:North coast.png|frameless|75px]]
|North Coast
|Durness
|-
|[[File:North nicholasia.png|frameless|75px]]
|North Nicholasia
|Tyrella
|-
|[[File:Flag of Northumbria.svg|frameless|75px]]
|Northumbria
|Durham
|-
|[[File:Flag of Vest-Agder.svg|frameless|75px]]
|South Nicholasia
|Glenmore
|-
|[[File:South rheged flag.jpg|frameless|75px]]
|South Rheged
|Lancaster
|-
|[[File:South west.png|frameless|75px]]
|South West England
|Winchester
|-
|[[File:Flag of Strathclyde.svg|frameless|75px]]
|Strathclyde
|Glasgow
|-
|[[File:Upper home counties.png|frameless|75px]]
|Upper Home Counties
|Colchester
|-
|[[File:Flag of Munster.svg|frameless|75px]]
|West Anglia
|Norwich
|-
|[[File:West mercia.jpg|frameless|75px]]
|West Mercia
|Nottingham
|-
|[[File:Flag of Yorkshire.svg|frameless|75px]]
|Yorkshire
|York
|}

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