If I had not been here as long as I have, I would be unable to answer your wonderfully put inquiry. However, China would be more like a continental area, though there are lands sharing borders with China's outer.

The kingdoms in China have possession and inhabitant loyalty of various and divided provinces. I am from Mao, which appears to be referred to as Maozhou Town in Heibei. I could not, however, say where the Little Flower is from.