Kien Altstadt (Hulstria & Gao-Soto Imperial Diet Constituency)

Constituency Profile
The constituency of Kien Altstadt comprises the entirety of the old inner city of Kien, the capital of Hulstria and Gao-Soto and the primary centre of government and politics. Owing to this function, the district houses many government departments and other buildings, giving rise to a large population of higher-ranking civil servants working for the national, Hulstrian Crownland and city governments. The high prices of accommodation in the old city centre mean the rest of the constituency is essentially middle-class, with small pockets of students studying at Kien's universities scattered throughout. Working-class citizens in the constituency live primarily on its outer bounds, close to the city's "Inner Ring" of working-class neighbourhoods.

Population Makeup
As of 3611, the ethnic makeup of the constituency's population was as follows:

Ethnicity:

 * 76% Hulstrian
 * 15% Kunihito
 * 9% Others

Religion:

 * 65% Hosianism
 * 20% Agnostic/Atheist
 * 9% Kamism, Daenism, Jienism
 * 3% Yeudism
 * 3% Others

Political Leanings
It is conventional political wisdom that if any Wahlkreis in the normally left-liberal leaning Crownland Hulstria is turning orange, the first place to look is Kien Altstadt. Due to the high proportion of civil servants and middle-class voters, this is fertile ground for the normally embattled Hulstrian wing of the Hosianisch-Demokratisches Verbund, whose status as the natural governing party and a major centre-right party naturally attracts these two constituency groups. Nevertheless, when the HDV vote in Hulstria has been at its weakest, Kien Altstadt has occasionally elected members of other parties, most notably leftists and liberals, though never from any radical party. While the HDV held Kien Altstadt, it has been the seat several prominent Hosian Democrats: party leaders Carine Schalle and Klaus Michels, as well as the later Governors-General Johannes Goddestreu and Sebastian Goddestreu.