Kaigan Prefecture

Kaigan PrefecturePrefectuur Kaigan海岸州 Hǎi'àn Zhōu海岸州 Kaigan-shū 	Kaigan PrefecturePrefectuur Kaigan海岸州 Hǎi'àn Zhōu海岸州 Kaigan-shū
Prefecture 	Prefecture
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Nicknames: The Lake Prefecture 	Nicknames: The Lake Prefecture
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Country 	Enderron
Entered federation 	16 September 1946 (12th, with Longshan)
Capital(and largest city) 	Mizuoka
Official languages 	EnglishJapaneseChinese
Ethnic groups 	51.8% European44.0% Asian1.8% Middle Eastern2.4% Other
Religion 	55.3% No Religion16.4% Buddhism16.0% Christianity7.5% Shinto4.9% Other
Demonym 	KaiganianKaiganite (archaic)
Government 	
- Governor 	Donald Koga (LP)
- Lieutenant-Governor 	Tim Mayweather (LP)
- Premier 	Liz Chen (LP)
- Deputy Premier 	Eric Huynh (LP)
- Speaker 	Neil Tung (LP)
Legislature 	Prefectural Assembly
Federal representation 	
- Parliamentary seats 	/
- Parliamentary delegation 	
*2 Social Democrats
*1 Liberal
*1 National
*1 Independent
Formation 	Formation
- Established 	16 September 1946
Area 	14,384 km² (5th)
Population (2018) 	
- Total 	1,023,458 (12th)
- Density 	71.2/km² (15th)
GDP (2017–18) 	
- Total 	$38.325 billion (12th)
- Per capita 	$37,447 (11th)
Time zone(s) 	EST (UTC+9)EDT (UTC+10)
Highest point 	TBA
Abbreviation 	KA
Kaigan Prefecture (/ˈkaɪgæn/ kye-gan, Japanese: 海岸州 Hepburn: Kaigan-shū, lit. Coast Prefecture, abbreviated as KA) is a landlocked prefecture in central Enderron. It is bordered by five prefectures (more than any other prefecture): Flinders Prefecture to the northwest, Longshan Prefecture to the north, Sierra Prefecture to the east, Miranda Prefecture to the southeast, Janszoon Prefecture to the south and Cooksland Prefecture to the southwest. Its capital and largest city is Mizuoka.
Kaigan is one of the most multicultural prefectures in Enderron, with no ethnic group forming more than 40 percent of the population. It is officially trilingual between English, Japanese and Chinese. Residents of Kaigan primarily live in its southern half, while the northern half is mostly forested, mountainous and sparsely populated. Nearly 90 percent of the population lives on either the shore of Lake Macquarie or Lake Goulburn. It is the fourth-least densely populated prefecture, at 71.2 persons per square kilometre.
Kaigan is located in the geographic centre of Enderron, and is the only prefecture to border both Lake Macquarie and Lake Goulburn. Because of its location, far from moderating bodies of water, its climate is continental. More than a quarter of its land area is designated as national parkland. Its economy is largely powered by light manufacturing, forestry, fishing, aquaculture, hydroelectric power and agriculture.
Kaigan's name is a misnomer; the prefecture is landlocked, yet its name is derived from the Japanese term for "coast", because it was named at a time when Lake Goulburn was assumed to be connected to the ocean.
==History==
TBA
==Government==
Kaigan has a semi-presidential political system, with the Governor of Kaigan Prefecture (currently Irving Chen of the Social Democratic Party of Enderron) as the head of state, and the Premier of Kaigan Prefecture (currently Aurelia Kim of the Social Democratic Party of Enderron) as the head of government. Its unicameral parliament consists of the 43-member Kaigan Prefectural Assembly, with elections held every four years, using full preferential voting.
===Federal representation===
Kaigan elects 5 Members of Parliament to the Enderronian Parliament.
Name 	Party	Seat 	Term
Michelle Gallagher	 	Goulburn 	2014–
Charlie Knight 	 	Macquarie 	2018–
Jack Lotus 	 	Mizuoka 	2006–
Colleen Scrivener 	 	Taralga 	2018–
Jerri Mei-Lin Wei 	 	Prince Edward	2014–
===Political culture===
Kaigan is a politically moderate prefecture. Like its neighbour Miranda, it is heavily polarised between its working class cities and conservative rural areas. From prefecturehood in 1946 to the 1990s, Kaigan was dominated by the Social Democratic Party, largely due to its strong support in the cities of Mizuoka and Taralga; the Social Democrats won at least half of all of Kaigan's seats in parliament at every election from 1946 to 1998, with the exception of the 1986 election. At every election since 2002, no party has won a majority of Kaigan's seats. The Social Democratic Party remains the largest party, but its position has been significantly weakened by the Enderron National Party in the regions and the Liberals in Mizuoka.
==Demographics==
===Largest cities and towns===
Rank	Name 	Population
1 	Mizuoka 	613,422
2 	Taralga 	116,395
3 	Goulburn 	66,840
4 	Xiangzhou	62,043
5 	Merah 	39,416