Sandao

"Not to be confused with Sandea."Sandao (Chinese: 三島省; pinyin: Sāndǎo shěng) is a state in Tseng. It's Tseng's only island state. Its capital and largest city is Callentown.

Sandao means "three islands" in Chinese, being named for Sanjiao Island (三角島), Jinwu Island (金屋島) and Dahu Island (大湖島).

History
The islands of Sandao were first inhabited by indigenous people, specificially the Kiras peoples on Sanjiao and Jingwu and Jiavalang peoples on the other two islands. The first European contact was the Spanish, who landed on Sanjiao Island in 1753. They created a colony, Spanish Sanjiao. Spanish Sanjiao was handed over to the British in 1755.

The Jinwu and Dahu islands wouldn't be settled by the Europeans and Han until the 1870s, making the two islands the last "non-colonized" areas of Tseng. They were first spotted by the French in 1778.

During the Japanese years, Sandao was developed enough to become its own prefecture. It was called Sanshima Prefecture. However, once Tseng achieved independence, Sandao was administered as a county under Nankou state. There was a chance that Sandao could have become its own state as early as 1950, due to its economic powers and unique culture from mainland Tseng. Unfortunately, after WWII to 1955, Sandao's population dropped rapidly, from a 408,000 in 1945 to a 192,000 in 1955, mainly due to corruption. Sandao County's premier, Adam Luo, ruled Sandao with an iron fist that made Sandao lose possible state status and made Sandao lag years behind Tseng.

In 1970, Sandao County was divided into two: Sanjiao County in the western largest island while Jinwu and Dahu Islands were grouped as Zhuzhou County.

On January 1, 1984, Sandao State was created.

Geography
Sanjiao Island (三角島), literally 'Triangle Island' is located in the west of Sandao and it is the largest and most populated of the three islands. The capital Callentown is located on the northern end of the island. Approximately 98% of Sandao's population lies on Sanjiao Island.

To the west are the Jinwu and Dahu Islands, separated by the Zhuzhou Strait. Jinwu, whose name translates to "golden house", is the smallest of the three islands, but the second-most populated, as the city of Zhuzhou is located on the northwestern cost of Jinwu. Dahu is the least populated, and is mainly known for Ikago Lake, a giant lake in the center of the island and the origin of the island's name, as Dahu literally means "big lake".