Meihua

Meihua State (Chinese: 梅花省; pinyin: Méihuā shěng) is a state located in eastern Tseng. It is bordered by Qishan to the south, and Arbre-Rose and Nankou to the west.

Meihua is noted for its Dutch-style buildings and indigenous culture. It's the largest state in Tseng by area.

History
The extreme southwest cornor of Meihua was the territory of Yan Kingdom, one of the Five Kingdoms.

After the Yan was destroyed, the area known as Meihua became inhabited by Atayal and Hazaki indigenous peoples before the Europeans, specifically the Dutch, arrived. However, only the eastern coast was developed. The rest of Meihua was shrouded by the Van Wittek Mountains, (named after Johannes Van Wittek, a Dutch cartographer and explorer) and forest.

Under the Japanese. Meihua became Baika Prefecture until 1944, when the Allies regained control of the island.

Meihua was one of the 5 original states created after the independence of Tseng in 1946.