Dutch Tseng

Dutch Tseng (Dutch: Nederland-Tseng; Chinese: 荷屬曾國), or simply Tseng, was the Dutch territory on Tseng Island. It existed from 1903 to 1936, of when Dutch Tseng merged with other colonies to create the United States of Tseng. Then from 1938 to 1944, Tseng was occupied by the Japanese. After the end of Japanese rule the territories returned to the Europeans, however Dutch Tseng lasted for only two years before the independence of Tseng in 1946.

Its capital was Der Willamstad, now known as Lizhong.

History
The Dutch created Dutch Tseng on February 14, 1903, after Queen Wilhelmina transformed Dutch Tseng into a constitutent country of the Netherlands. Previously it was a colony. Dutch Tseng, unlike its British and French counterparts, had better relations with the natives and the Tsengian people, as a result of the wealth of eastern Tseng. At first, Dutch colonizers wanted to exploit the natives, but the natives fought back in the Battle of Sanhoven in 1828, and refused to follow colonial laws. Following this, the Dutch people started to grow warmer to the indigenous peoples. Most of the time people coexisted peacefully, and Dutch Tseng had much more autonomy than the other colonies.

From 1938 to 1944, Tseng was occupied by the Japanese. After the end of Japanese rule the territories returned to the Europeans, however Dutch Tseng lasted for only two years before the independence of Tseng in 1946.

Geography
92% of Dutch Tseng's land were forests and mountains, namely the Van Wittek Mountains.

Demographics
Dutch Tseng was the least populous out of the three European colonies of Tseng. In the 1946 census, there were only 863,123 people living in the colony. There were three groups classified: About 40% were Indigenous, 58% were Tsengian, and 2% were Europeans. Most "Europeans" were in fact of mixed Asian and European ancestry, also known as Eurasian.

Politics and government
Like other European colonies in Tseng, the Dutch Tseng government was headed by a governor, appointed by the Dutch monarch. Until 1919, all government members were Dutch. In 1944, the first Tsengian governor, Aleid Xuzhi, an Eurasian, was appointed.