User:Candiesrgood/Sandbox III

Territorial changes

 * (aka Taiwan) is Japanese.
 * is Korean.

Geography

 * Historically centered on province of Pangasinan, expanded Southwards (towards the Islamicised Kingdom of Tondo and Sinified Ma-i).
 * Situated in Philippine archipelago and Sabah

Language

 * Differences
 * Numbers and Spanish loanwords replaced by Chinese (or Japanese?) loanwords (due to Chinese influence rather than Spanish influence).
 * The suffix -ng is nonexistent, instead, it is replaced by the suffix –n. Example, 啊蘇旺 (translit. Asuwang) becomes 啊舒わん (translit. Ashuwan).
 * Tagalog words that start with a "g" instead start with a "k". Example, 甘達 (translit. Ganda) becomes かな達 (translit. Kanada).
 * Tagalog words that start with a vowel (except "a") have to have a "y" at the start.
 * All syllables (save for the ending one) must end in a vowel, those that don't in Classical Tagalog have an additional "ah" sound.
 * Any "m"'s that are not accompanied by an "i" are changed to an "n".
 * "l" replaced by "r".
 * "si" or "su" sounds will be replaced by a "shi" and "shu" sound, respectively.
 * The "–t" suffix is nonexistent.
 * Sample text
 * You are so pretty! Ang ganda mo! 燕 かな達 の (translit. Yan kanadano!)
 * Scripts
 * (Han: 韓舒拉, translit. Hanshura, "Han writing"), adopted from China, used to write Han sounds that have a Chinese equivalent (in pronunciation).
 * (Han:  妮ぽん舒拉, translit. Nifonshura, Japan writing) adopted from Japan, used to write native sounds.
 * (Han: ヱス舒拉, translit. Wesushura, West writing), adopted from Japan, used to write Western loanwords.

Demographics

 * Ethnicity
 * Most Hans (~91%) are descendants of Chinese and Filipino people who intermarried with each other.
 * Moro, the largest ethnic minority (5% of population), lives in the region of (in timeline called Guwoshamoro,  lit. "Country for the "), which was historically part of the.
 * Ilokano, 2.4%
 * Pangasinan, 1%
 * Koreans, 0.7%
 * Japanese, 0.6%
 * Others, 0.3%
 * Religion
 * Nowadays, Hans are primarily Atheist (with a considerable Islamic minority in Mindanao), though Buddhism, Taoism, Neo-Confucianism, and Roman Catholicism were historically most common religions.
 * Population size
 * An excess of 200 million people (with half living in ).

Early History

 * Spanish starts to colonise the Philippine archipelago in 1521.
 * The, a tributary state of the , expand southwards into Luzon with Chinese support. Pangasinan's leaders reluctantly agree to accept immigrants of Chinese minorities in an "ethnic cleansing" program (due to China's glorification of the people).
 * The Spanish and the Hans (name of ethnic group descended from Chinese immigrants–Philippine native intermarriages) collide somewhere in Manila, partioning the archipelago into two spheres of influences (the Spanish shall retreat to territory South of and agreeing to establish formal diplomatic and trading relations.
 * The Huangdom, however, limits missionary activity, but still allows Christianity to be legal
 * The Chinese pirate attempts to conquer Manila in the  in the year of 1574, though the Spanish–Han forces were able to defeat them easily with Illocano reinforcements.
 * Limahong proceeds to attempt to invade the Huangdom to establish a pirate enclave full of Wokou, though the Spanish–Han forces manage to easily repel them.

Late Imperial Era

 * A peaceful non-violent with supporters (mostly rich, autonomous members of the ) advocating stronger ties with its traditional ally,  against the  begins.
 * Rebellion defeated by the . Under pressure (a la the ),  agrees to let Hani go as a neutral buffer zone (between Japanese  and  ) though in exchange for more.


 * The Han monarch, fearing continued domination imposed by  and Han naval weakness, initiates a series of policies mirroring the early days of the, resulting in partial  (a la the ). The success made the  anxious.


 * With the Europeans distracted by the, the invades Hani under a false pretext (a la the ). The  was not found until the  in the thirties.
 * The pressured  to give three concessions (aka, , and ) in exchange for recognition of  sovereignty over Hani. (The last  imposed by a foreign power on , all others except this one was already nullified)


 * The suppress the Hans, forcing them to adopt a  identity and assimilating with the increasingly growing  minority (brought my relaxed immigration policies). By the thirties, Han dissidents revealed the  for the  and Han incidents, leading to  diplomatic isolation and withdrawal from the.


 * During the, the forced hundreds of thousands of Hans into military service to fight in  campaigns in the rest of Southeast Asia. Hani was  following  defeat.

Authoritarian era (late forties to mid-seventies)

 * During the, Hani becomes a stronghold of influence in East Asia and a base for  troops fighting in the  and the . Hani's communist party begins to gain a larger voice in Han politics, igniting feelings of.


 * In the mid-fifties, a establishes a new government, ousting the increasingly  regime that preceded it (a la the ). The coup (and its suppression of political dissent) are supported by the.
 * The government becomes a, , crushing political dissent with ruthless efficiency. The members of the Imperial government, including the Royal Family, (who was held responsible for Hani's downfall in the nineteenth century) were sent into exile (until the late seventies).


 * In the mid-fifties, Hani embarked on a massive economic revival program, with many economic policies being closely modelled on except with more  and  (i.e., free elementary education, subsidised healthcare at low prices).
 * Close economic relations with the due to it providing the funds much of the modernisation projects (since they are capital-intensive, and the government was virtually bankrupt at the time).
 * Industrial sector-led economic growth begins in the mid-sixties ( process fully complete by the mid-seventies) – start of and creation of "Han Planning Committee". Massive infrastructural project (a la ) alleviates regionalism and difference between rural provinces and urban areas. Also leads to the creation of business conglomerates (a la ) with close ties with the government.
 * Hani benefits from of labour and increased demand for manufactured goods for the war effort in the  (a la  in the  provided lots of manufactured goods for the war effort which benefited it).


 * By the sixties, policies (i.e, restricted travel, suppression of religion, free speech) are tightened by a huge margin to reduce increasingly calls of  and to stabilise the regime. This actually increases dissent, rather than the goal of decreasing it.


 * By the seventies, there was increasing calls of, especially from Western-educated intellectuals and students. The Han president resigns from the office from public pressure and the new elected president reestablishes a (a ) and allows the Han Royal Family to stay in Hani. A series of liberal reforms shortly after (including numerous changes to the ) "officially" ends the Authoritarian Era.

Present

 * Several corruption scandals and "mild" political instability in the late seventies, followed by the and  lead to economic slowdown, and the realisation of Han dependence on the  for raw materials.


 * The agrees to station just a skeleton staff for five years, until then, all  troops stationed there will be repatriated. Han military (especially naval) expansion, supported by the  (for stabilising the East Asian region), begins. An act stating that the Han navy should be at least 6/10 the size of the largest navy is implemented (a la the British ).


 * Increasing prosperity by the late eighties led to heightened feelings of and, this, along with the need for raw materials for continued industrial expansion (similar to  during the Meiji and Shōwa Eras), becomes the impetus for Han's projection of power and creation of a.

General

 * Han/Philippine culture is highly (similar to, ,  and the rest of the )
 * is less popular and is being competed by Han pop culture (i.e., Han soap operas, Han drama shows, Han songs).

Cuisine

 * is made in Hani in place of.

Other

 * The term "Philippines" is rarely said to refer to Hani, but is still used in and other  countries.