New Surrey Prefecture

New Surrey PrefecturePrefectuur Nieuw-Surrey新萨里州 Xīn Sàlǐ Zhōuニューサリー州 Nyū Sarī Shū 	New Surrey PrefecturePrefectuur Nieuw-Surrey新萨里州 Xīn Sàlǐ Zhōuニューサリー州 Nyū Sarī Shū
Prefecture 	Prefecture
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Nicknames: The Metro Prefecture 	Nicknames: The Metro Prefecture
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Country 	Enderron
Entered federation 	1 December 1692 (1st, with Janszoon, Lawrencia, Plymouth)
Capital 	Woodleigh
Largest city 	Forsythia
Official languages 	English
Ethnic groups 	58.5% European33.1% Asian3.1% Arab2.7% Pacific peoples2.6% Other
Religion 	53.5% No Religion29.4% Christianity6.2% Buddhism2.6% Shinto8.4% Other
Demonym 	New Surreyite
Government 	
- Governor 	Kevin Brookman (SDP)
- Lieutenant-Governor 	Ben Detterman (SDP)
- Premier 	Harry Dunphy (SDP)
- Deputy Premier 	Marcia Grey (SDP)
- Speaker 	Tomika Jang (SDP)
Legislature 	Prefectural Assembly
Federal representation 	
- Parliamentary seats 	/
- Parliamentary delegation 	
*12 Social Democrats
*3 Liberal
Formation 	Formation
- Established 	16 September 1946
Area 	8,267 km² (9th)
Population (2018) 	
- Total 	3,148,112 (3rd)
- Density 	380.8/km² (4th)
GDP (2017–18) 	
- Total 	$142.539 billion (2nd)
- Per capita 	$45,278 (5th)
Time zone(s) 	EST (UTC+9)EDT (UTC+10)
Highest point 	TBA
Abbreviation 	NS
New Surrey Prefecture (/njuː ˈsʌrɪ/, abbreviated as NS) is a prefecture in the Metro Central Region in southern Enderron. It is bordered by Cooksland Prefecture to the northwest, Lawrencia Prefecture to the south, and Westhaven Prefecture to the southwest. Its capital city is Woodleigh, while its largest city is Forsythia.
New Surrey is the third-most populous and the fourth-most densely populated prefecture, with a population of 3.1 million living in an area of 8,267 km². It is an economic powerhouse, with the country's second-highest GDP. Originally dependent on fishing, agriculture and trade, New Surrey transformed into a manufacturing centre during the 19th century before shifting to services and tourism after World War II. In the 21st century, New Surrey's economy is dominated by the finance, education and tourism sectors.
A majority of New Surrey's population lives on the coast of Marshall Bay or along the Monash Highway between the cities of Forsythia and Leightonfield. Approximately 70 percent of the prefecture's population lives in its three largest cities.
==History==
TBA
==Government==
New Surrey has a semi-presidential political system, with the Governor of New Surrey Prefecture (currently Karen Luu of the Social Democratic Party of Enderron) as the head of state, and the Premier of New Surrey Prefecture (currently Randall Agrawal of the Social Democratic Party of Enderron) as the head of government. Its unicameral parliament consists of the 74-member New Surrey Prefectural Assembly, with elections held every four years, using full preferential voting.
===Federal representation===
New Surrey elects 15 Members of Parliament to the Enderronian Parliament.
Name 	Party	Seat 	Term
Geri Campanelli 	 	Queenstown 	2006–
Mary Castilleja 	 	Leightonfield	2018–
Dominic Chao 	 	Rock Valley 	2002–
Marco Chiung 	 	Lyndhurst 	2010–
Lisa Day 	 	Wolseley 	2011–
William Dewitt 	 	Forsythia 	2010–
Tom Kennett 	 	Epsom 	2018–
Noel Lafontant 	 	Braddon 	2018–
Steve Lomas 	 	Monash 	1994–
Sally Jean Marquette	 	Coburn 	2006–
Kate Poole 	 	Keppel 	2010–
Emma Pryor 	 	Hacking 	2014–
Kurt Sidoti 	 	Grey 	2014–
Ronald Siu 	 	Strachan 	2010–
Candice Smith 	 	Woodleigh 	2018–
===Political culture===
New Surrey is generally regarded as a politically moderate, "bellwether" prefecture. From the end of World War II to the 1990s, it had a slight lean towards the conservative United Party, but since then it has swung towards the Social Democrats. As of the 2018 federal election, the Social Democrats hold 12 of the prefecture's 15 seats.
The United Party held government at the prefectural level in New Surrey for all but 8 years between 1946 and 1994, producing the prefecture's two longest-serving Premiers: Jack Breckenridge (1951–1966) and Harry Bennett (1974–1985). Since 1994, the Social Democrats have won all but two elections in the prefecture.
The cities of St Claire, Woodleigh and Leightonfield are traditionally safe for the Social Democrats. Conversely, the Liberals perform the strongest in the western interior of the prefecture and the north coast. The Monash Region is a marginal area, though for most of its history it has tilted in favour of the Social Democrats.
==Demographics==
New Surrey's population as of October 2018 is 3,148,112, making it the third-most populous prefecture in Enderron.
===Largest cities and towns===
Rank	Name 	Population
1 	Forsythia 	1,122,634
2 	Woodleigh 	725,022
3 	Leightonfield	349,278
4 	Queenstown 	138,611
5 	Heathville 	83,164