French Talasides

The French Talasides (French: Talasidés français; Chinese: 法属塔拉赛德) was the French territory on Tseng Island. Its capital was Bonaparte-Meriot, today Huanzhou. The largest city was Chartres (today Zhugang).

History
Following the Treaty of Geneva, which clearly defined European countries' colonial boundaries in Tseng, the French established the French Talasides on June 28, 1894. In 1936, the Talasides merged with other colonies to become the United States of Tseng.

The Talasides were known for its harsh treatment of non-Europeans. Some even say that the Talasides were a form of apartheid, as the Han majority were segregated from the white minority. To encourage immigration from France, the Europeans often had the best schools, parks, houses, etc. This worked somewhat. For most of its history, the Talasides had the highest percentage of European ancestry out of the three Tsengian colonies, at its highest 10%.

The Han, however, had the worst and least funded services, with the indigenous population of the east arguably faring even worse. The men were even forbidden to touch or even look at Europeans for a certain amount of time. The governor Jean-Gabriel Loisè, ruling from 1894 to 1928, implemented many of these measures.

Economy
The French Talaside economy was based on forestry and farming.

Administration
The Talasidean government was headed by the governor, appointed by the central government in Paris. Non-French peoples were forbidden from participating in government until the final days of the Talasides. On January 1, 1936, Alain Lin-Turgeout, a mixed-race person of Tsengian and French descent, was appointed Governor of the Talasides.