An island
off the coast of china. currently under the control of
Republic of China, Taiwan. It lost it seat in the United Nation to the
People's Republic of China; has no 'official' state relation with major countries(including USA) but in reality, almost every country has normalize tie with taiwan.
both china and taiwan are known to "buy" support for their cause from other countries with trade deals.
once regarded as one of the "asian tiger", it's tension with China causes foreign investor to fear over long term stablize and had somewhat pamper it's growth. Taiwan is well known as a producer of electronic; with major competitors come from China Proper and South Korea.
all the politic aside, Taiwan is a beautiful island of natural landscape.
It also used to be the midpoint for flight between Asean and USA, but newer planes make it possible to fly straight.