A boundary is only the beginning.
Creating or restructuring a province would require institutions capable of governing the territory on day one and during a long transition.
Institutional footprint
A research model should map the institutions currently serving the proposed territory and identify which would remain provincial, become part of a new province, be duplicated, or require transitional arrangements.
Core administrative questions
Secretariat
Capital location, departments, policy coordination and records.
Personnel
Allocation of officers, employees, service rules, seniority and recruitment.
Justice
High Court arrangements, subordinate courts and legal administration.
Security
Police command, prisons, emergency services and coordination.
Services
Health, education, local infrastructure and other devolved functions.
Assets
Buildings, vehicles, land, records, contracts and liabilities.
Transition matters
A credible reform study should estimate the cost and time required to establish institutions while identifying which services must remain uninterrupted. Transitional legislation, asset division, personnel arrangements and intergovernmental coordination would be central research questions.
Measure what citizens experience
Administrative scale should ultimately be assessed against outcomes such as access to government, response times, service coverage, accountability and fiscal sustainability—not merely the number of departments or offices.