User:Candiesrgood/Sandbox III

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), adopted from China, used to write Han sounds that have a Chinese equivalent (in pronunciation).
 * (Han:  妮ぽん舒拉, translit. Nifonshura) adopted from Japan, used to write native sounds.
 * (Han: ヱス舒拉, translit. Wesushura), 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.

Contemporary history

 * A peaceful non-violent with supporters (mostly rich, autonomous members of the ) advocating stronger ties with  and the  (not its traditional ally, ) against the  begins.
 * Rebellion defeated by the with limited (mostly financial)  aid. Under  pressure (aka the ),  agrees to let Hani go, though in exchange for more.


 * , after a following the, attempts to soften its image (via investment) to the Hans in order to gain more economic leverage and prestige among the Hans. The attempt failed, instead spurring more  due to "Japanese meddling in Han affairs".


 * The Han monarch, fearing continued domination, initiates a series of policies mirroring the early days of the, resulting in partial  partly funded by the . The increased  presence and Han success made the  anxious.


 * The start of the made the  and the  preoccupied, giving the  an opportunity to annex Hani as a directly-controlled colony.
 * When the war had ended, the agreed to recognise  sovereignty over Hani in exchange for three concessions (aka, , and ).


 * Because of investment, Han  and  accelerates – most development benefits  rather than the Hans. Living standards of Hans actually become lower, and the Hans become marginalised in politics.
 * The sought control of Hani's rich raw material wealth and vast tracts of arable land (to feed the growing  population).


 * Due to a shortage of arable land in the, as well as growing Han resistance, immigration policies between Hani and are relaxed greatly.
 * Members of Hani's traditional network of Han business elites (aka the except with native Hans or the  families) gets replaced with pro- or  members.
 * becomes roughly 40% . A referendum (maybe rigged) makes it become a.