Longshan Prefecture

Longshan Prefecture (/ˈlɒŋʃæn/, /ˈlʊŋ-/, Chinese: 龙山州 Pinyin: Lóngshān Zhōu, POJ: Liông-san-chiu, lit. Dragon Mountains Prefecture, abbreviated as LS, alternatively romanised as Lungshan and Liongsan) is a prefecture in northern Enderron. It is bordered by Flinders Prefecture to the west, Kaigan Prefecture to the south, Sierra Prefecture to the east and Greenberg Prefecture to the northeast. Its capital city is Jingcheng and the largest city is Chung'an.

Named after the Longshan Mountains, which form much of the southern border with Kaigan, Longshan is relatively isolated from other prefectures by its geography, making vehicular travel from the more populous Metro Central Region difficult. Until the opening of the northern extension of the North South High-Speed Railway in 2017 to Chung'an North, there was no direct rail link between Longshan and the south. Despite its isolation, Longshan is the sixth-most densely populated prefecture. More than four-fifths of the prefecture's population lives in Chung'an or Jingcheng.

Throughout its history, Longshan was regarded as a relatively poor, under-developed region. Since the 1980s, Longshan has grown into the economic hub of northern Enderron. It is the most populous, urbanised and developed prefecture in the region, and its economy has strengths in electronics, light manufacturing, renewable energy and transport, in contrast to the more rural and agrarian nature of its neighbours.

Longshan has the highest proportion of Asian Enderronians in the country, and is one of two prefectures where they form a majority of the population, the other being Tojima Prefecture. Stemming from its history as a Chinese-settled colony in the 16th century, Longshan has the highest proportion of Chinese Enderronians, at 31 percent. Hokkien is recognised as a regional language in the prefecture, granting it semi-official status below English and Mandarin (Standard) Chinese.

History
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Government
Longshan has a semi-presidential political system, with the Governor of Longshan Prefecture (currently Sabrina Lai of the Social Democratic Party of Enderron) as the head of state, and the Premier of Longshan Prefecture (currently Miles Liu of the Social Democratic Party of Enderron) as the head of government. Its unicameral parliament consists of the 58-member Longshan Prefectural Assembly, with elections held every four years, using full preferential voting.

Federal representation
Longshan elects 8 Members of Parliament to the Enderronian Parliament.

Political culture
Longshan is an outlier in northern Enderron, being dominated by the centre-left Social Democratic Party, in contrast to its more conservative neighbours. This can be attributed to its more urban nature, with a vast majority of the prefecture's residents living in the cities of Chung'an and Jingcheng. Longshan also has a significant working-class Chinese Enderronian minority, which in large part supports the Social Democrats.

Longshan was a marginal battleground until the 1960s, and has been a politically left-leaning prefecture since then. The centre-right United Party suffered what proved to be permanent swings in Longshan in the 1970 federal election; it and its successor parties have been unable to find much success in the prefecture since. The Social Democratic Party has won a majority of Longshan's seats in the federal parliament at every election since 1970 except in 1986, when it won an equal number of seats as the United Party.

Demographics
Longshan's population as of October 2018 is 1,572,411, making it the eighth-most populous prefecture in Enderron.