Sylvania Prefecture

Sylvania PrefecturePrefectuur Sylvania夕法尼亚州 Xīfǎníyǎ Zhōuシルバニア州 Shirubania Shū 	Sylvania PrefecturePrefectuur Sylvania夕法尼亚州 Xīfǎníyǎ Zhōuシルバニア州 Shirubania Shū
Prefecture 	Prefecture
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Country 	Enderron
Entered federation 	1 June 1954 (14th)
Capital 	Duyfken
Largest city 	Kin Loong
Largest metro 	Dawson Coast
Official languages 	English
Ethnic groups 	53.4% European41.4% Asian1.4% Arab1.3% Hispanic2.5% Other
Religion 	55.1% No Religion24.0% Christianity8.2% Buddhism3.9% Shinto8.8% Other
Demonym 	Sylvanian
Government 	
- Governor 	Sebastian Brousseau (LP)
- Lieutenant-Governor 	Alison Hsieh (LP)
- Premier 	Alexa Barrett (LP)
- Deputy Premier 	Lachlan O'Hare (LP)
- Speaker 	Shan Minh (SDP)
Legislature 	Prefectural Assembly
Federal representation 	
- Parliamentary seats 	/
- Parliamentary delegation 	
*1 Social Democrat
*1 Liberal
Formation 	Formation
- Established 	1 June 1954
Area 	4,852 km² (15th)
Population (2018) 	
- Total 	423,673 (16th)
- Density 	87.3/km² (14th)
GDP (2017–18) 	
- Total 	$7.367 billion (16th)
- Per capita 	$17,388 (16th)
Time zone(s) 	EST (UTC+9)EDT (UTC+10)
Highest point 	TBA
Abbreviation 	SY
Sylvania Prefecture (abbreviated as SY, known as South Miranda until 1970) is a prefecture in eastern Enderron. It is bordered by Miranda Prefecture to the north, Janszoon Prefecture to the northwest, New Colorado Prefecture to the south and the Batavian province of Queensland to the east. Its capital city is Duyfken, while its largest city is Kin Loong.
Sylvania is a largely rural and fairly mountainous prefecture. It occupies of a narrow strip of land between the Batavian border to the east and Dawson Bay to the west. The prefecture is bisected by the Duyfken Escarpment, which runs down its entire north-south length. A large majority of Sylvania's 423,673 residents live along a peri-urbanised coastal strip, known as the Dawson Coast, on the western side of the Duyfken Escarpment. The eastern side is very sparsely populated outside of Kin Loong, which is home to 24 percent of the prefecture's population, making Sylvania the most decentralised prefecture.
The Sylvanian economy is dominated by agriculture, transport, energy production and more recently, tourism. Its economic growth has been stunted by poor urban infrastructure and inadequate transport connections between the eastern and western halves of the prefecture. With the completion of the Duyfken Expressway in 2019, the Enderronians may now travel on the M9 Motorway between Wentworth and Shirakawa, Tojima without having to stop at a single set of traffic lights, vastly improving Sylvania's status as a transportation link between the two cities.
==History==
TBA
==Government==
Sylvania has a semi-presidential political system, with the Governor of Sylvania Prefecture (currently Sebastian Brousseau of the Liberal Party of Enderron) as the head of state, and the Premier of Sylvania Prefecture (currently Alexa Barrett of the Liberal Party of Enderron) as the head of government. Its unicameral parliament consists of the 29-member Sylvania Prefectural Assembly, with elections held every four years, using full preferential voting.
===Federal representation===
Sylvania elects 2 Members of Parliament to the Enderronian Parliament.
Name 	Party	Seat 	Term
Georgia Higgs	 	Duyfken 	2018–
Pavel Kyung 	 	Kin Loong	2002–
===Political culture===
Sylvania is regarded as a marginal prefecture, frequently swinging between the centre-left Sylvania Social Democratic Party and centre-right Liberal Party of Sylvania. The SDP dominated Sylvanian politics during its early years of prefecturehood, continuously controlling the Prefectural Assembly from 1954 to 1972 under Premiers Ryan Foley (1954–1970) and Dennis Robbins (1970–1972). With a tenure of 16 years, Foley remains the longest-serving premier of Sylvania, the second longest-serving premier of any prefecture behind Walter Elbert of New Colorado (1946–1963), and the longest-serving Social Democratic premier of any prefecture. Sylvania was also represented solely by Social Democrats at the federal level continuously from 1954 to 1978.
The prefecture has become less of a stronghold for the Social Democrats since the 1990s, and the Liberals have become a robust force, especially in the south and the peri-urban Dawson Coast. The Social Democrats remain dominant in the more urbanised areas, particularly Kin Loong.
==Demographics==
Sylvania's population as of October 2018 is 423,673, making it the third-least populous prefecture in Enderron.
===Largest cities and towns===
Rank	Name 	Population
1 	Kin Loong 	102,560
2 	Duyfken 	77,341
3 	Wilsons Bay	38,825
4 	San Juan 	35,379
5 	Metford 	26,094