The governing and control under the Taiho Ritsuryo almost equally extended to the territories (most parts of Honshu [the main island of Japan] except for the Tohoku region, and most parts of Shikoku region and Kyushu region) that had been ruled by the government at that time.
大宝律令による統治・支配は、当時の政権が支配していた領域（東北地方を除く本州、四国、九州の大部分）にほぼ一律的に及ぶこととなった。