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Planned pages

 * Kingdom of Tondo
 * Kingdom of Ma-i (Ma dynasty)
 * Han–American war
 * Han Civil War
 * Second Han Civil War
 * Third Han Civil War

Names of Chosen and Hanyang

 * Great Empire of Chosen


 * City of Hanyang

Introduction
Beginning in the 16th century, the start of the Ma conquest, and until 1602, the unification of the island, Chosen was divided under numerous polities influenced by other regions such as, , and to a lesser extent,  and. Under the and the  dynasties, Chosen would experience a golden age in which a   state was developed and in which enforced assimilation policies would lead to the creation of a single Han ethnic group.

Chosen would implement laws that will impose a strict policy of, leading to the rapid deterioration of Han power.

By 1870, this isolation would end with the Hanyang Convention, and over the next years, Chosen will be involved in various that would give Westerners extraterritoriality and undermine the legitimacy of the central government. In 1885, the late Yi dynasty would proclaim the Empire of Chosen, and start a attempt that would oversee the implementation of various reforms following those enacted in neighbouring. However, despite its moderate success, the imperial court will remain divide into two factions; the pro-Chinese conservative faction, and the pro-West reformist faction.

Han and Tagalog
Note;  Red font is Later Tagalog/Classical Han.

Conlang (under construction)

 * "ay" (is, are) is nal
 * k is g
 * m is n
 * l is r
 * s is sh
 * the ending –t is nonexistent
 * all syllables must end in a vowel (those that don't in classical Tagalog have an "o" sound)
 * [No/not] Hindi – eopseo

Articles

 * Main articles

Affixes

 * Basic affixes


 * Complex affixes

For/to etc. (shows the beneficiary of action)

 * [For me] Sa akin – San nagi
 * [For you, singular] Sa iyo – San ijweo
 * [For you, group] Sa inyo – San minjweo
 * [For him/her/it] Sa kanya – San gara
 * [For us, exclusive] Sa amin – San min
 * [For us, inclusive] Sa atin – San gaji
 * [For them] – Sa kanila – San ganiro

Prepositions

 * [of] Ng – jang
 * [but] Pero – gurona
 * [about] Tungkol – yaku
 * [beside] Sa tabi – Sandagi
 * [across] Sa kabila – Sangarin
 * [inside] Sa loob – Sanobu
 * [outside] Sa labas – Sanebu
 * [above] Sa taas – Sandayo
 * [under] Sa ibaba – Sanban
 * [after] Pagtapos – Wirotabosu
 * [before] Bago – Chyone

Conjuctions

 * And – he (heh)

Post-invasions period
The unexpected death of had brought two things; the decentralisation of plans and loss of leadership,  and the failure for the Wokou pirates to set up a foothold on the archipelago (first on the city of  and then ). With their defeat, the pirates had diverged into three groups; first, those who had settled in the areas they attempted to conquer and used their maritime prowess to become sea-faring merchants; second, those who continued being on pirates and targeted areas south; and third, those who also remained being pirates but had fled north to China, Japan, and Korea. The first group were the most important, as they consolidated trading ties between China and Chosen and helped spread Chinese culture across the archipelago.

However, his death and the dismantling of Lin Feng's naval forces had not wiped out the threat of Spanish subjugation via force to the kingdoms of north Chosen. Among the states most prone to the fate due to being located only a few hundred miles north, was its third largest and important state,, which was also referred to the with the adoption of the surname  by its ruling family. Despite their obvious proneness to Spanish subjugation, the ruling family showed little concern over Spanish and were keen to establish relations as an equal. While the other kingdoms had been frightened by the thought and tried to discourage the Ma to back down to make the Spanish turn north, the Ma defied their requests. On 1577, the Ma decided to sent gifts to the Spanish to show their peaceful intentions, while also bringing a fleet of a hundred ships to warn them of their maritime process. Both wanting an ally in Southeast Asia to secure a foothold in the spice trade and impressed by their power, as the people they'd encountered so far were loosely organised mostly-tribal communities, the Spanish accepted their request to be treated as equals and readily established relations. However, as time progressed; the arrival of Catholic missionaries and the Christian faith and the spread of European ideologies, at the cost of established Chinese institutions was seen as threat to continue Ma rule. The Ma had sought to limit missionary activity, and even cut off ties, but after discovering their true power after sending scholars to study the Spanish, were anxious that the Spanish would retaliate against them.

In 1578, the erupted between the Spaniards and the Bruneians over the control of central Chosen. The leaders of and  feared that if the Bruneians were defeated, the Spanish would annex its numerous satellite states on the Han archipelago (with the most notable being ), which served as  between them and the Spanish. Furthermore, Spanish victory over the muslim Bruneians would allow the spread of the Catholic faith, which was seen as a tool to subjugate the subjects of its opponents under Spanish will.

Japan and Korea

 * lands at Busan, Korea (in place of Japan) and forcefully opens Korea through an and after a bloody battle similar to the Ganghwa Island Incident.


 * Korean aristocrats suddenly gain access to Western ideas and witness European successes, they eventually lead a reformist revolt against the more conservative imperial courts and dynasty, ousting the Yi dynasty and creating a (somewhat elitist, moderately socially conservative, federal with the territories of the federated states lining up with the original eight provinces of Joseon) republic.
 * Conservative provinces (Gyeongsang?) declare independence from the new republic, causing a brief months-long war to reoccupy them
 * The Qing dynasty rush to occupy North Korea, unless the Koreans resume their tributary relationship with China. Korea agrees.


 * Korea begins to embark on "rapid" industrialisation based on the exporting of low-cost manufactured goods (such as textiles, steel, machinery). In addition, they learn Western ways and implement them into Korean systems to increase output.
 * Forcefully opens Japan to trade via gunboat diplomacy.


 * By the late 19th century, Korea becomes nationalistic (a scheme by the government to battle against regionalism), and develops a irredentist ideology that seeks to annex Kyushu, Shikoku, and the Chūgoku regions of Japan as they were the areas settled by the proto-Korean Yayoi people, and parts of Southern Manchuria and the Liaodong peninsula as they were part of the Gojoseon and Balhae kingdoms.
 * As Korea proves itself to be a modern nation, the unequal treaties with Western powers are nullified. Korea breaks its tributary relationship with China, and pressures it to accept it as an equal. China choses to go to a brief war, but as it fails to control the whole of Korea (only pushing a few dozen miles southward), accepts Korean demands.
 * Russia becomes increasingly insecure, as Port Arthur lies within the Koreans' irredentist territory.


 * Russia begins to aid the Japanese against the Koreans in order to distract them from Southern Manchuria, though the plan fails as the Koreans still maintains heavy influence in Southern Manchuria and the Bohai Sea.
 * Seeing the Koreans being a threat to interests in the Pacific (especially the acquisition of a warm water port), the Russians decide to wage war with the Koreans, and being smaller, Korea backs down (thus there is a decisive Russian victory) and allows the Russians access to the port of Busan while abandoning irredentist plans in the Liaodong peninsula.
 * The Koreans and the Russians partition Japan, though having lost the war, receive "only" the Kyushu, Shikoku, and Chūgoku regions. Meanwhile, the Russians receive the Tohoku, Hokkaido, and Kanto regions and leave the Kansai and Chūbu regions as a Japanese rump state serving as a protective buffer between them.


 * After the defeat, Korean nationalism and irredentism dies down, and the foreign policy becomes more pragmatic (trying to reestablish friendly relations with China, though it is unsuccessful due to Korean involvement in the partition of one of China's more important tributary states).


 * In the First World War, Korea stays neutral.


 * During the Russian Civil War, Korea decides to annex the Liaodong peninsula (thus absorbing the Russian port of Port Arthur) and subjugates the Japanese buffer state as a protectorate (as a measure against further Russian "meddling" in Korean affairs).
 * The string of Korean victories re-spark Korean nationalism, (though not irredentism). A self-confident Korea that rejects the Sinocentric hierarchy of power begins to impose a few unequal treaties into China, and exert their influence into Manchuria and Northeast China.
 * Korea begins to start the process of Koreanisation in the specially-governed territories of Kyushu, Shikoku, and Chūgoku.


 * In the interbellum period, Korea maintains tenuous control over Liaodong, struggling with a Manchu insurgency and numerous attempted invasions initiated by the Fengtian clique. Korea also accelerates the assimilation process in Kyushu, Shikoku, and Chūgoku, annexing them as provinces, encouraging Korean immigration, and restricting the practice of Japanese customs and speech.


 * During the Second World War, China decides to join the Axis (due to the Sino–German friendship treaty), and alongside Indochina and Taiwan (China would not have the naval capabilities to cross into Indonesia or Chosen), invades the Liaodong peninsula and parts of North Korea. Korea repels Chinese invasion, with the Chinese never reaching beyond Byeongyang (alternative romanisation to P'yǒngyang, but do not participate in the Partition of China (instead being a observer), being too focused on the Japanese insurgency happening at the time.
 * In the fifties, Korea grants the Japanese rump state independence, though still maintains control over the acquired three Japanese territories.


 * Korea participates on the side of the Republicans in the Chinese Civil War, with the communists in Manchuria initiating some guerrilla attacks on the Liaodong peninsula and on the Sino-Korean border. The Civil war which ultimately ends in a stalemate.


 * Korea establishes itself as the Asia's leading power, and joins the pro-American faction in the Cold War as its northern neighbour, Manchuria, is communist.


 * North Japan receives independence from the Russians after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and forms the Japanese Economic Community as a predecessor to a planned unified Japan with South Japan. North Japan enacts radical reforms similar to Poland and begins catch-up with the West.


 * Demographics
 * Due to earlier modernisation, the population is larger (higher base, higher population). has 96 million people. Additional Korean territories (aka, the  and the three Japanese regions) add an additional 34 million people (14 million are ethnic Manchus, 20 million are Koreans of partial or full Japanese ancestry).


 * Population of Korea proper (rough estimates)
 * 1870 – 12 million
 * 1900 – 20 million
 * 1950 – 48 million
 * 2016 – 96 million


 * Economy
 * Korea's main phone/computers/consumer appliances-manufacturer is LG, instead of Samsung.

Other
''The Philippines is naturally endowed in natural wealth and beauty, and blessed with a large fairly skilled population; but alas, never in its history has it had its time to shine in the international stage. Its history, initially promising, was later plagued with struggles for independence from colonial powers, a tumultuous experience of democracy, an endless situation of poverty, and the divisive forces of regionalism–all of which had all undermined the ambitions of its leaders and lead a lasting impact on the future of its people. But, what if this all changed?'' ''The establishment of a Spanish colonial capital on the island of Iloilo in place of Manila and Cebu, and the unanticipated death of Chinese pirate Lin Feng during his attempted invasion of Luzon in the Red Sea Incident leaves it, for the most part, in its prosperous pre-Hispanic state. However, with it being only located a few hundred miles north, the threat of Spanish subjugation remains. Seeking to protect themselves from the possibility, two sinicised kingdoms–one centred on Pangasinan, and the other centred on the island of Mindoro–begin a conquest of much smaller, weaker states that eventually leads to the unification of Luzon and adjacent islands.'' ''Its newfound ability to effectively exert and consolidate its power on its territory and subjects coupled with stronger ties with China repel Spanish ambitions and allow them to maintain sovereignty. The future seems secured, and the hard work begins to bear fruit as the archipelago enters a golden age in which its divisive forces dilute and its subjects are united under the same national identity. However, as its main protector, China dismantles its navy and becomes increasingly isolationist, and as the West rises at the cost of Chinese power, threats to its prosperity emerges, and two questions arise. Has been the Philippines destined to a life of poverty and division all along? Has its age of prosperity was a mere distraction to its inevitable fate of obscurity?''

PMIV

 * Ask for loans from China to fix the current financial situation
 * Overthrow the Tran emperor, establish Ho dynasty, establish friendly ties with China


 * Plan for modernisation (to Chinese-level);
 * Induce assimilation policy for ethnic minorities
 * Adopt Neo–Confucianism as state ideology
 * Though adopt some women's rights
 * Promote Vietnamese nationalism (though declaring further adoption of Chinese culture, technology etc. is necessary for Vietnam's survival)
 * Promote education among nobility (and encourage the construction of academies, universities, vocational schools), whilst doing so, make more printing presses and encourage the studying of Hanzi characters (this shall set the basis of a small, yet capable skilled elite)
 * Send scholars to China to study Chinese ways, later implement these studies into Vietnamese systems to maximise output
 * Create a strong industrial complex through;
 * Adoption of paper money
 * Monopolisation and state-adoption of advanced steel and iron-works
 * Construct hydraulic-powered blast furnaces that melt wrought and cast iron together to yield steel, the steel shall be used to strengthen weapons, reinforce large structures, and in the creation of ironclad ships
 * The usage of charcoal shall be become obsolete, and replaced by coal
 * Encourage the usage of Chinese agricultural methods among farmers to bolster population growth
 * Encourage urbanisation
 * Infrastructure and sanitation shall be improved in the following ways;
 * The construction of latrines and education on basic knowledge on hygiene
 * The construction of paved roads and canals to link cities and ease commerce
 * The construction of buildings meant to faciliate commerce (such as market-places, etc.)
 * The construction of residential buildings to bolster population growth
 * Replacement of old-style architecture with Chinese-style architecture
 * Adoption and manufacture weaponry and ships based on Chinese models


 * Annex Champa within five to ten years as a preemptive measure against the Khmers


 * Within fifteen to twenty years, with prior planning and confirmation of Chinese support, attack the Khmers
 * Turn the balance of power in favour of Vietnam


 * After the annexation of Cambodia, initiate the movement of the population southwards to Saigon and Cambodia as there is more arable and cultivatable land. This will automatically induce the sinicisation of the local population and the eradication of a Khmer national identity


 * Try to annex the coastal part of Thailand (either through warfare or diplomatic pressure, latter is preferred) and the Malay peninsula to control the straits of malacca and the spice trade (using the funds to keep up or supersede Chinese development)