Cooksland Prefecture

Cooksland PrefecturePrefectuur Cooksland库克兰州 Kùkèlán Zhōuクックスランド州 Kukkusurando Shū 	Cooksland PrefecturePrefectuur Cooksland库克兰州 Kùkèlán Zhōuクックスランド州 Kukkusurando Shū
Prefecture 	Prefecture
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Nicknames: Enderron's Factory 	Nicknames: Enderron's Factory
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Country 	Enderron
Entered federation 	24 February 1780 (6th)
Capital 	Reedijk
Largest city 	Rockingham
Official languages 	EnglishDutch
Ethnic groups 	75.9% European16.6% Asian2.6% Arab2.4% Pacific peoples2.5% Other
Religion 	47.7% No Religion37.4% Christianity6.3% Buddhism1.8% Shinto6.9% Other
Demonym 	Cookslander
Government 	
- Governor 	Rhonda Konjarski (LP)
- Lieutenant-Governor 	Dave Steinbeck (LP)
- Premier 	Kate Isaacs (SDP)
- Deputy Premier 	John Ettingshausen (SDP)
- Speaker 	J. C. Yoganathan (SDP)
Legislature 	Prefectural Assembly
Federal representation 	
- Parliamentary seats 	/
- Parliamentary delegation 	
*6 Liberal
*5 Social Democrats
*1 Democrats
Formation 	Formation
- Claimed byBritish Empire 	10 August 1632
- Became county 	24 February 1780
- Became prefecture 	16 September 1946
Area 	15,723 km² (4th)
Population (2018) 	
- Total 	2,545,304 (5th)
- Density 	161.9/km² (9th)
GSP (2017–18) 	
- Total 	$114.694 billion (5th)
- Per capita 	$45,061 (6th)
Time zone(s) 	EST (UTC+9)EDT (UTC+10)
Highest point 	TBA
Abbreviation 	CO
Cooksland Prefecture (/ˈkʊkslənd/, /-lænd/, abbreviated as CO) is a coastal prefecture in western Enderron. It is bordered by Flinders Prefecture to the north, Kaigan Prefecture and Janszoon Prefecture to the northeast, New Surrey Prefecture to the east and Westhaven Prefecture to the south. Its capital city is Reedijk, while its largest city is Rockingham.
Cooksland is named in honour of British explorer James Cook, who died in 1779 in Hawaii en route to a planned visit to the island of Mariana. It is the fifth-most populous prefecture, with a population of 2.5 million, concentrated along the west coast. For most of the 20th century, Cooksland was the economic hub of Western Enderron and the centre of the country's automotive manufacturing and steelmaking industries. The prefecture has experienced industrial decline since the 1980s, prompting its economy to diversify into new sectors, particularly tourism, energy production and electronics.
The territory forming modern Cooksland was claimed as part of the British Colony of Carolina in 1632, which became part of the united colony of British Mariana in 1692. On 24 February 1780, Cooksland County was carved out of Carolina Territory, becoming the sixth county of Enderron. Reflecting its strong British heritage, it is one of three prefectures to use a flag that contains the Union Jack, and the only one to retain the Blue Ensign.
==History==
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==Government==
Cooksland has a semi-presidential political system, with the Governor of Cooksland Prefecture (currently Rhonda Konjarski of the Liberal Party of Enderron) as the head of state, and the Premier of Cooksland Prefecture (currently Andrew Winston of the Social Democratic Party of Enderron) as the head of government. Its unicameral parliament consists of the 89-member Cooksland Prefectural Assembly, with elections held every four years, using full preferential voting.
===Federal representation===
Cooksland elects 12 Members of Parliament to the Enderronian Parliament.
Name 	Party	Seat 	Term
Jo Brigman 	 	Wilson 	2007–
Ed Calderon 	 	Mayfair 	1986–
Sam Cormack 	 	Oxley 	2018–
Greg Dalton 	 	Rockingham North	2018–
Nick Fenech 	 	Rockingham South	2010–
Emily Gothardt 	 	Normanhurst 	2014–
Dora Jiang 	 	Marshall Bay 	2010–
Syreeta Kapoor 	 	Druitt 	2006–
Pauline Morrison	 	Scott 	2014–
Thomas van Veen 	 	Endeavour 	2002–
Jason Vickery 	 	Reedijk 	2014–
Mike Woods 	 	Cheltenham 	2018–
===Political culture===
Cooksland's politics are traditionally regarded as comparatively conservative relative to other states. Strong polarisation between the relatively cosmopolitan city of Rockingham, working class regional cities and conservative rural areas has led to Cooksland having a long tradition of divided government, in which opposing parties control different branches of government. Populism is a major part of Cooksland politics.
The suburbs of Rockingham traditionally decide elections in Cooksland. The city of Endeavour and the Reedijk Valley are considered SDP heartland, while most of regional and rural Cooksland leans strongly to the conservative side of politics. The Enderron Democrats do particularly well in Cooksland, and poll strongly in parts of Rockingham's outer suburbs and the prefecture's south.
Party 	Party 	Federal2018	Prefectural2020
 	Social Democrats	32.86% (5) 	39.16% (51)
 	Liberal 	32.92% (6) 	31.96% (30)
 	Democrats 	12.76% (1) 	9.09% (1)
 	Greens 	8.02% 	10.38% (1)
 	National 	5.01% 	4.64% (4)
Others	Others 	8.43% 	4.77% (2)