Provinces of Actar

Actar is made up of eight provinces called Shaks (Actarian: shak, plural shi shak), in a legal context they are called Borashak, for "federated province" which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Actar. Shak literally translates as "land" or "province", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries united under the Federal Government of Actar and under the treaty government of the Actarian Union.

Provinces
Following the dissolution of the N.A.S.R The constituent states of Actar, Ajer, and Tahar remained together as one sovereign country. The constituent Koshavat state of Tahar, originally established as a single province under the N.A.S.R was further divided into three seperate provinces. The constituent Koshavat state of Actar was also divided into 4 provinces. The state of Ajer, acquired during during the Koshavat administration, was reestablished as Ajershak. The urban areas of the city of Tahar, and Dijaâr were established as seperate provinces because of population density, as well as cultural and economic significance.

Statistics
Total Area (Including Water): 313117.175 km²

Total Population: 60,438,000

Total Population Density: 193/km²

Future Provinces
The following regions have petitioned to become seperate provinces under Actar.
 * The city of Akengkal, currently the provincial capital of Taharshak Norut, has expressed interest in becoming it's own province for cultural and political reasons. The political climate of the city is much more liberal than that of the conservative area surrounding it. Residents of Akengkal also cite ethnicity as a reason as most are ethnic Actarian as opposed to ethnic Taharic. If the division moves forward, the city of Geshkan would become Taharshak Norut's administrative capital. However, representatives from Taharshak Norut have blocked this inititative every time it came up for a vote in the Actarian Parliament.
 * Taharic Gulf Islands, because of their isolation from the rest of Actar. This action is being seriously considered in the Actarian Parliament and will be up for a vote later in the year. Currently one is part of Taharshak Norut, and the other part of Tahar-Nerekshak.
 * Bachunval has expressed interest in seceding away from Baku-Sojxashak for economic reasons.
 * The southern half of Taharshak-Norut.