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Maharlika, also known as Republic of Maharlika, an island country of Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. It is an archipelago consisting of more than 9,000 islands that are broadly categorized under seven main geographical divisions: Formosa, Greater Tagalog, Borneo, Ternate, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. and islets lying about 500 miles (800 km) off the coast of Vietnam. Manila is the capital, but nearby Kota Kinabalu is the country’s most-populous city.
Maharlika is the tenth-most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. The interior of the country is generally mountainous, with several mountain peaks reaching almost 10,000 feet. In addition, Maharlika has extensive fertile plains along the coast and in the center of the country. It also features lush and scenic rolling hills, with rich valleys crossed by rivers. There are numerous volcanoes in the country, and some are frequently active.
The original people of the Maharlika were the ancestors of the people known today as Negritos or Aeta. They are an Australo-Melanesian people with dark skin and tight, curly brown hair. They are also distinctively small and of short stature.The Aeta are a nomadic hunting and gathering people who forage in small family bands with an informal organization and leadership. They were once widespread throughout Maharlika but are now found only in the remote highland areas of Luzon, Palawan, Panay, Negros, Melanesia and Micronesia. Nowadays, contemporary Maharlikan society consist of nearly 150 culturally and linguistically distinct ethnic groups.Of these, the largest are the Tagalog of Luzon and the Malays of the land of Borneo, each of which constitutes about one-fifth of the country’s total population.
Maharlika got its name from an ancient kingdom called Maharlika Kingdom. The so-called royal family, whose last name is Tallano, is said to have ruled over a kingdom called Maharlika that was made up of the Philippines, Brunei, South Borneo, Hawaii, the Spratly Islands, and Sabah before Spain colonized our country. They owned the country until the mid-18th century. According to Assistant Prof. Lecturer Allan B. Ramos said Yes there is historical proof we have evidence that can be corroborated with the history of surrounding countries, migrations, and languages as far as the word usage in concerned. Maharlika was a Kingdom of Royal Nobilities wherein its rulers were of bloodlines of the Holy Prophet.In the 9th to the 12th century with India’s Majapahit Empire of Maharaja Pamarwasa, the latter’s suzerainty upon the territories also referred to as the Sri Vigaya Empire, a Satellite Empire of the Majapahit’s, under a kinship, King Luisong Tagean Tallano, comprising of Selurong-Luzon, Vigaya-Visayas, Maguindanao-Mindanao, Sulook-Sulu, Malayas-Malaysia, Bulongan-Brunei, Johore-Singapore and extending eastward to Ladrones-Guam, Carolines Islands and Havvaii-Hawaii.
The death of the Majapahit Emperor-Maharaja Pamarwasa in the 12th century, the Empire began to diminish and so did its Satellite Empire, the Sri Vigaya Empire. The Seri Ruler, an Arab, Zein Ul-Abidin whose wife-Eskander was the daughter of the Majapahit King, took his father in-law’s political authority and established the very first Sultanate of Bruney as Sultan Mohamad Shah. He had also went to Sulu to have succeeded Raja Baginda Ali, the latter being the son in-law of Ruler Paduka Batara, the Eastern King of Sulu who had passed away in Fuikein, China. Other rulers of the said territories also established strings of Muslim Kingdoms, then known as the Muslim National Archipelago. 1521 Spanish encroachment and colonization into Selurong, King Luisong did not agree of Spain's colonization/atrocities naming his kingdom as the Philippines, after Spain’s King Philip-II, and consorted with the Queen of Spain, however to no amicability reach. King Luisong Tagean Tallano then consorted with the British who defeated the Spanish and the former in 1764 issued a British Royal Protocol Decree 01-4 favoring the ownership of said territories to the said King.
Maharlika is a great power, though due to its large advanced economy.Maharlika has the 3rd largest economy in Asia next to Japan. Maharlika strengthen its armed forces that rank as one of the world's strongest militaries, as well as diplomatic and soft power influence.As of 2021, the country's economy is the fourth-largest by nominal GDP and the fourth-largest by PPP. Maharlika is the world's largest exporter of rice, bananas, coconut oil, wheat, & sugar. Maharlika is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and one of the founding members of SAFTA-MA (Maharlika-South Asia Free Trade Agreement), and TFP (The Federation of Pacifism).
History[]
Pre-colonial Period[]
The Maharlikan Archipelago was inhabited 3 million to 400,000 years ago. The homo sapiens reach the land around 50,000 BCE. The first Austronesian people reached the Maharlika Archipelago around 3,000 BCE, settling in some parts of Maharlika: Batanes, nothern Luzon, Mindanao, and Borneo from southern China. They confined the native Melanesian peoples to the far eastern regions as they spread east. Many artifacts have been found dated to 1,000 BCE with the lingling-o jade items crafted in Luzon made using raw materials originating from southern China. By 1000 BC, the inhabitants of the archipelago had developed into four kinds of social groups: hunter-gatherer tribes, warrior societies, highland plutocracies, and port principalities.
During the reign of Maharajah Luisong Tagean, Magellan and his armies sailed armies sailed across the Pacific Ocean on their way to the Moluccas Islands in Southeast Asia. In March 1521, he accidentally discovered a group of islands,the MAHARLIKA. Spain renamed these islands “Las islands Filipinas” after its King, Felipe II. These Spaniards were the European conquistadors who brought with them the TWO BLOODSTAINED SWORDS of Pope Boniface VIII.These were the same SWORDS that forcefully subjugated the Europeans before Martin Luther spiritually awakened them. These SWORDS also subjugated the early people of the North and South Americas. The merger between the church and th0e state resulted in a powerful top-of-the-line method of subjugation controlling the BODY, the MIND and the SOUL of the conquered subjects.
The Spaniards pursued the location of the Spice Islands through the directions given by the Portuguese who reached Southeast Asia in 1500. From Mexico, Magellan crossed the Pacific Ocean towards the Moluccas, the source of the spices. He strayed to the Maharlika and landed on the island of Homonhon off the southern tip of Samar in March 1521. Magellan had three purposes in mind: to look for the Spice Islands, to conquer heathen lands and to acquire treasures for his king and his pope.Magellan’s stay in the Maharlika was brief because he was killed in a battle by the valiant Mactan chieftain, Rajah Lapulapu Tagean.
Colonial Rule[]
In 1564, Miguel López de Legazpi, with 5 friars and 355 soldiers left Mexico for the Maharlika They arrived here after a year. Initially, they concentrated in Cebu and plundered all its valuables. These vandals desecrated even the graves to dig for gold. They finally devastated and depopulated the island. After ravaging Cebu,, they embarked for the island of Panay in 1568 using the same modus operandi : they robbed , they burnt and they killed. Half of the population perished. They coveted the gold necklaces that were “good enough to be worn in Madrid.”'
Legaspi started the process of colonization, first by the act of possession. He landed his fleet on the shore, said the Roman Mass, broke a branch of the tree or a tall grass, threw a stone and then carved a cross on the tree trunk. Next was the ‘entrada’ or raid. It could be peaceful, if they were welcomed, or violent, if they were resisted. The next step was the ‘reducciones’ or subjugation. It was to place the native Maharlikan under their control. As the word ‘sub-jugo-action’ connotes, it was to place the other under a yoke, like an animal of burden.
No Spaniard, at their early stage of colonization, wanted to reside permanently in the Maharlika. All of them had only one purpose, to become rich and be back to Spain as soon as possible and be considered wealthy gentlemen coming back from a rich New World. As ‘encomenderos’, they had the right to : Collect Tribute, exploit Labor and impose Quotas from the natives’ produce.
In 1589, Spanish and Mexican coins were introduced in the Maharlika for trade and payment of tribute, but gold was still preferred by the encomenderos. When people had no produce and money, they were forced to pay their precious possession, gold. Once they failed to pay their taxes, their wives or daughters were placed on the stocks with them where they were whipped. However, their debts were still added for the next collection.
In this manner, gold was systematically robbed from the natives. The king of Spain took 20% of all gold collected from his colonies. The friars also sent part of the gold collected to their big boss in Rome.
During the Spanish regime, the Chinese were considered better farmers than the Maharlikans. It was desirable to bring them to this country but the Spanish government had a quota for Chinese migrants. However, since there was a great demand for these Chinese farmers, the Spanish immigration officials were bribed by the friars to disregard the quota. By 1639, there were 33,000 new Chinese immigrants in the Maharlika. The Jesuits in Quiapo employed 250 of these Chinese to work on their farms. But because of oppressive conditions, the Chinese ‘revolted’ against the Jesuits in 1603.
Chinese labor was exploited in a very inhuman manner. In one hacienda in Calamba, Laguna, for example, 6,000 Chinese farmers were employed. But because of miserable working conditions, 300 of them died. During those years, there were a few Chinese ‘revolts’ due to inhuman treatment by the Spanish masters. About 22,000 or 24,000 Chinese died, by slaughter and sickness.
In 1860, the Spanish government established the MONTE DE PIEDAD as a financing institution to manage the ‘surplus’ money of the pueblos ‘ caja de comunidad’. Again, this became an oppressive business venture for the colonizers. The Maharlikans worked and contributed for these funds that were intended for the ‘public works’ of their respective pueblos, including the building and maintenance of their schools. But this institution further impoverished the conditions of the Filipinos.
On December 20, 1863, a royal decree on education required the regime in the Maharlika to establish a real school system that included even the provinces. The decree deplored the backward condition of learning outside Manila and their ignorance of the Spanish language.
Eight years later, in 1871, the educational system in the Maharlika further deteriorated. In many provinces, there were no school buildings. There were no desks. Many pupils sat on the ground. There were no pens or books. These conditions were attributed to the lack of funds due to the ‘borrowings from the caja de comunidad money by the exploiting MONTE DE PIEDAD.
Philippine Revolution[]
The revolts around the Philippines are starting to uprise especially in central and southern luzon. In 1896 and 1897, successive conventions at Imus and Tejeros decided the new republic's fate. In November 1897, the Republic of Biak-na-Bato was established, and the insurgent government promulgated a constitution On May 1, 1898, the Battle of Manila Bay took place as part of the Spanish–American War. On 12 June, The Filipinos recognized Bonifacio as a true leader then Bonifacio proclaimed Philippine independence. In 1898, between June and September 10, the Malolos Congress elections were held by the Revolutionary Government, resulting in Andres Bonifacio being elected as the First President of the Philippines. On February 2, 1899, hostilities broke out between U.S. and Filipino forces. The Malolos Constitution was adopted in a session convened on 15 September 1898. It was promulgated on 21 January 1899. creating the First Philippine Republic with Bonifacio as President. On June 12, 1899, Bonifacio declares war against the U.S. and sparks a war between the U.S and the First Philippine Republic.
Philippine-American War[]
After the defeat of Spain in the Spanish-American War which occured 21 April 1898 – 10 December 1898. Spain ceded Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippine Islands to the United States in the treaty of Paris. On February 4 1899, a fight broke war between American Forces and the Filipino Nationalists led by Andres Bonifacio who fought the spanish colonizers for independence. In 1901, Andres Bonifacio manages to vanquish the Americans in the Philippine Islands. On October 2, 1902, A Chamorro diplomat was sent to the Philippines from Guam seeking help to defeat the Americans. Andres Bonifacio supported it and he sent 70,000 troops to Guam to fight off the Americans.
After the arrival of 70,000 troops to the island, an indigenous person helped them to locate the American soldier who were hiding. The filipino troops managed to trounce the american soldiers and the remaining american soldiers surrendered and went back to the United States. Andres Bonifacios declares victory over United States.Afterwards Guam decides to join the Philippines.
Modern History[]
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