Kingdom of the Philippines (Atomic World Map Game)

The Philippines (Filipino: Pilipinas), officially known as the Kingdom of the Philippines (Filipino: Kaharian ng Pilipinas), is a   situated in maritime, with its capital and most populous city being.

Inhabited as early as the Paleolithic era, much of its population are descended from Austronesian peoples who migrated from Taiwan, displacing earlier arrivals. After experiencing political disunity and foreign influence mainly from India and China,it was unified under Spanish rule starting in 1521. It was incorporated into the Spanish Empire for more than three centuries, during this time, the Philippines experienced great hispanicisation that resulted in its current status as a semi-Hispanicized state. Manila became the hub of the trans-Pacific Manila–Acapulco galleon trade connecting Asia with the Americas. The Philippines became independent in the late 19th century as the brief First Philippine Republic, but later sovereignty was handed over to the United States at the end of the Philippine–American war. The Philippines gained commonwealth status in 1935. Asides from Japanese occupation during the Second World War, the United States retained sovereignty until its independence in 1946.

In 1961, Manila, its seat of government was bombed, resulting in the immediate deaths of 1.3 million people (including most government officials). Manila was the only target in the Philippines, but the bombing resulted in the massive de-urbanisation of the population as people move into the safer rural regions. With the collapse of the central government, nationalism among ethnolinguistic groups was revived, and the Philippines subquesently balkanised, with the current Antipolo-based government controlling much of Luzon.