PSA

A PSA (expanded as Province, State, or Area) is the official term used by the Government of Sierra, particularly by the Sierra Royal Bureau of Census, to refer to any at the Kingdom-level that is legally entitled to three seats in the Senate and at least one seat in the House of Commons. All PSAs are either a province in Sierra, a state in Hawaii, or an area in the Deseret. As of 2016, there are a total of 37 subnational entities which fit this categorization and includes Sierra's 23 provinces, Hawaii's 8 states, and the Deseret's 6 areas. Sierrans are citizens of the Kingdom and of the country and PSA or territory in which they reside. As citizens of the Kingdom, which in turn is a member state of the Conference of American States, Sierran citizens are by extension, citizens of the CAS. In Sierra and Hawaii, PSA governments enjoy the privileges of where the responsibilities and powers of government is divided and shared between the respective national and PSA governments. In the of the Deseret, the PSA-class areas serve no purpose beyond having its constituents represented by three senators and one commoner, and geographically dividing regions of the country. Local governments that function similarly to that of PSAs in Sierra and Hawaii are one of the Deseret's 50 political stakes, local administrative areas that correspond to stakes of, the official state church of the Deseret. Within the Kingdom, the between PSAs as well as territories is assured for all citizens, making residency and citizenship transfers relatively easy and seamless. This freedom of movement is extended as well to other sovereign states in the St. Louis Area who have abolished passport checks and border controls at mutual borders although the process for citizenship or permanent residency in other member states varies.

PSAs range in population from a little over 29,000 (Juab) to over 16.3 million (Gold Coast), and in area, from 11.7 square miles (Kamehameha) to 40,446 square miles (Clark). In Sierra and Hawaii, PSAs are further divided into counties or county-equivalents, while in the Deseret, PSAs are divided into stakes which are themselves further divided into districts, with some functioning similarly to counties.