It consists of two provinces with largely separate historical identities.

Yugoslavia consists of six republics and two autonomus provinces, each with its own government and party structure.

Belgium, as a unitary state, consisted of nine provinces with several electoral arrondissements.

It consisted of nine ancient provinces and two islands.

It is said to have consisted of 366 provinces.

British India consisted of 17 provinces and 562 princely states.

The community now consists of three independent provinces: Eastern, Western, and Southern.

In the seventeenth century, the Netherlands consisted of seven provinces which were each independent and sovereign.

Administratively, Indonesia consists of 34 provinces, five of which have special status.

Once part of a huge empire that ruled many different ethnic groups, Austria now consists of 9 small provinces.