Kaigan Prefecture

Kaigan Prefecture (/ˈkaɪgæn/  kye -gan, Japanese: 海岸州 Hepburn: Kaigan-shū, lit. Coastal 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 "coastal", because it was named at a time when Lake Goulburn was assumed to be a bay connected to the ocean.

History
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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.

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.