United Provinces of Boisseau and Cheshire

The United Provinces of Boisseau and Cheshire , more commonly called the United Provinces, was a nation, one of three successor states to the Harchong Empire, on the planet Safehold.

Geography
The United Provinces initially consisted of the former Imperial provinces of Boisseau and Cheshire. In the Year of God 907, its territory had come to include the provinces of Omar and Bedard, and there were plans for further expansion into the wartorn central areas of North Harchong.

In June, Year of God 907, the United Provinces controlled all of Cheshire and Bedard Provinces, all of Omar Province west of the de Castro Mountains, but only the western two thirds of Boisseau Province. Plans existed to expand into Tiegelkamp Province to the Chiang-wu Mountains with the intent of capturing the city of Shang-mi, the former Imperial capital.

In September of the Year of God 914, the United Provinces had extended its borders into Tiegelkamp Province, adding the former imperial capital and the Chynduk Valley to its territory. 

History
The United Provinces was established in the wake of the serf rebellion in the Year of God 903 that tore North Harchong apart.

Government
The United Provinces was initially governed by an Emergency Council that eventually transformed into the Provisional Council of the United Provinces of Boisseau and Cheshire. Among the members of the council were Runzheng Zhou, Baron Star Rising, and Bishop Yaupang Lyauyan. The council was eventually replaced by a Parliament by the Year of God 907. 

Military
The United Provinces Provisional Militia was the land-based combat force of the United Provinces.