Anacreon Province

The Anacreon Province was an administrative division within Isaac Asimov's Galactic Empire. The third largest administrative division in Asimov's Imperium, the province was made up of a grouping of prefects, and was itself part of a sector.

Anacreon Province was once one of the richest provinces in the Galactic Periphery. Salvor Hardin said it compared favourably with Vega Province , evidently a very high standard. Four prefects are known within the Anacreon Province, although Asimov indicates that there are more.

Anacreon Prefect

The wealthiest prefect of Anacreon Province, the Anacreon Prefect was the first periphery prefect to rebel successfully against Imperial rule. Soon after, it fought a war with the newly declared Kingdom of Smyrno. Throughout its independence, the Kingdom of Anacreon remained the most powerful of the Four Kingdoms.

The only statistics known about the Kingdom of Anacreon come from Salvor Hardin's visit to the Kindom of Anacreon in 80 F.E, 30 years after its revolution. The statistics cannot accurately describe the imperial prefect, because it is known that even after 30 years, the Kingdom was only a shadow of the Prefect, and it had lost a number of planets to the Kingdom of Smyrno.

• Star systems: 25
  • Highly populated systems: 8
    • Systems with more than one planet: 6
• Population: 19 billion
• Average planet population: .6 billion
• Known planets:
  • Anacreon
  • Pleuma—The planet of which Anselm haut Rodric was Sub-Prefect.
  • Lucreza—Mentioned only in the saying 'you can hear it out to Lucreza', implying something very loud (Poly Verisof said that the priests 'raised a howl you can hear all the way to Lucreza' when Wienis tried to tax temple property).
  • Voreg—Mentioned in ????. It was close to Anacreon.

Daribow Prefect

One of the Four Kingdoms, mentioned only in name. Presumably, its population was smaller than those of Anacreon and Smyrno, and it had a smaller degree of industrialisation.

Konom Prefect

One of the Four Kingdoms, mentioned only in name. Presumably, its population was smaller than those of Anacreon and Smyrno, and it had a smaller degree of industrialisation.

Smyrno Prefect

One of the more important prefects of the old Anacreon Province, the Smyrno Prefect was one of four prefects that rebelled against the Empire c. 50 F.E. Soon after its independence, the Kingdom of Smyrno fought a war with the Kingdom of Anacreon, which ended in stalemate, though Smyrno gained a number of planets.