Municipal Areas

Part of the government series of articles.

Municipalities are incorporated areas within Vekllei republics, functioning as incorporated settlements with defined borders and autonomous governance. They represent the basic unit of Vekllei localism and form the foundation of the country’s cascading democratic structure.

A municipality has sovereignty within its borders and can negotiate directly with republican and federal governments for investment and trade through municipal corporations. This distinguishes municipalities from provinces, which lack incorporation and remain subject to direct republican administration. Municipal borders are defined by literal geographic features – walls, berms, rivers or forests – that physically distinguish one settlement from another and make incorporation visible in the landscape.

Municipalities vary dramatically in size and character across Vekllei’s republics. Small island republics may contain only one or two municipalities comprising their entire settled population, while larger republics like Oslola contain hundreds of municipalities alongside several metropolises. Most municipalities range from several hundred to several thousand residents, maintaining the human scale that allows genuine participatory democracy through municipal assemblies.

The municipal assembly operates as both political and economic coordination body, managing civic matters through the civic ecclesia and production through the industrial ecclesia. This dual function makes municipalities the primary economic actors in Vekllei’s domestic system, with total community productivity determining their capacity for trade and investment. About 3,400 municipalities exist across the Commonwealth, concentrated in Kala, Verde and smaller island communities where the model suits local conditions.