Editing Polities of Cybertron

Allthough the bulk of ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' fiction doesn't bother itself with detailing [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], over time a few things have been said about Cybertron's polities.
==City==
Most frequently referred to in fiction are Cybertronian '''[[Wikipedia:City|cities]]'''. However, particularly in the Generation 1 continuities, it is not always clear whether something is a city or a city-state. It would seem a safe bet that any place actually called "City", such as [[Blaster City]], [[Central City (Energon)|Central City]] or [[Crystal City]], are definitely cities. 

==City-state==
Though the term '''[[Wikipedia:City-state|city-state]]''' would imply cities with their own internal sovereignty, most city-states on Cybertron are usually unified through some sort of planetary government, usually a [[Council of Elders (disambiguation)|Council of Elders]], a [[High Council (disambiguation)|High Council]] or a [[Senate]]. City-states are only confirmed to exist in the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel]] and [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave]] versions of the Generation 1 continuity.

==Province==
'''[[Wikipedia:Province|Provincial structures]]''' have only been established in the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel]] and [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave]] versions of the Generation 1 continuity, and rather halfheartedly at that. Only [[Polyhex]] in the Marvel comics has been explicitly called a province (at first), while from description [[Stanix]] can be deduced to be one. Dreamwave never defined its Cybertronian provinces, but "[[The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1]]" confirms the existence of at least sixteen of them.

==Orbital Torus State==
'''Orbital Torus States''' are unique to the [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity]], which depicted Cybertron's surface as divided in small areas of even ground separated from each other by sea, crevice or another large type of depression. Each Orbital Torus State occupies one of the patches of ground formed this way. ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'' shows about one half of Cybertron consisting of thirteen Orbital Torus States, suggesting there to be a total of about twenty-six of them. [[Iacon (city-state)|Iacon]] and [[Kaon]] are the two '''Polar States''' and [[Uraya]], [[Praxus]] and [[Protihex]] make up a unit called the '''Tri-Peninsular Torus States'''. 

Exactly what an Orbital Torus State is in relation to other types of polities is unclear. "[[The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1]]" and "[[The Age of Wrath issue 1|The Age of Wrath #1]]" confirm there are both provinces and city-states in the Dreamwave continuity. All locations that are designated as a city-states in the [[Marvel Comics continuity]] (and [[Polyhex]]) are Orbital Torus States in this continuity, suggesting an overlap of the two terms. What this means for the distribution of provinces—at least on [[Earth]] the bigger units in which city-states are located—is unknown. 

==Town==
Only [[Yuss]] has ever been designated as a '''[[Wikipedia:Town|town]]'''. It was featured in the [[Marvel Comics continuity]], among cities, city-states and provinces. It is not known what the Transformers consider the difference between town and city.

 
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