Rose, Tulips, and Liberty: The Federal Republic of the Philippines in 1933, by Maharlikan_
Rose, Tulips, and Liberty: The Federal Republic of the Philippines in 1933
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The Philippines (Spanish: Filipinas); (Filipino: Pilipinas), officially the Federal Republic of the Philippines (Spanish: Republica Federal de Filipinas); (Filipino: Pederal na Republika ng Pilipinas), is an archipelagic country located in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean, and consists of about 9000+ islands, that are broadly categorized under five main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, Borneo Del Norte, Maluku del Norte, Papua, Espiritu Santu Islands, Palau Islands, Marianas Islands, Caroline Islands and Marshall Islands. The Philippines is bounded by the South China Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, the Celebes and Moluccas Seas to the southwest, and shares maritime borders with Taulandt to the north, Japan to the northeast, the Dutch East Indies to the south, Dutch Malakka and French Borneo to the southwest, Vietnam to the west, and the Wah-hah Republic to the northwest.
Negritos, some of the archipelago's earliest inhabitants, were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples. Adoption of Animism, Hinduism and Islam established island-kingdoms called Kedatuans, Lakanates, Rajahnates and Sultanates. The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer leading a fleet for Spain, marked the beginning of Spanish colonization. In 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain. The Colonies were governed through the Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1565 to 1872 when the Archipelago, along with all of Spain's dependencies and protectorates in Southeast Asia, is reformed and re-established as its own Viceroyalty. During this time, Catholicism became the dominant religion, and Manila became the western hub of trans-Pacific trade. In 1896, the Communard-inspired Katipunan Insurrection began and almost led to the complete overthrow of Spanish rule if not for the Spanish capture and execution of its founder, Mayo de Pag-Asa, and their subsequent strings of victories against the Katipunan in the nine provinces of Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Manila, Morong, Laguna, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga and Tarlac. The revolt unofficially ended in October 28, 1897 through the signing of the Treaty of Malolos and the voluntary exile of the remaining Katipunan leadership to Kwongchou, but several katipunan factions would continue fighting on until 1916. The transition to Independence would finally occur after majority voted for Independence in Spain's referendum after its Republican Revolution in 1929. A New Constitution was created and approved by the Spanish Government in a plebiscite on June 12, 1931, with a five-year transitory period to independence...
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Second map of the year 2022, and also my first official contribution to the Rose, Tulips, and Liberty project. This map portrays the Philippines in 1933 after its first major administrative reorganization in both Metropolitan Philippines and their Papuan Mandate. These borders won't last long however, as there would be another major reorganization in the 1940s that would result to the modern state that are now present in the country, but that's for another day.
If you're curious about the full lore, you can read more about it here:
https://rtl.miraheze.org/wiki/Philippines
(it's still WIP after 1930s)
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The Philippines (Spanish: Filipinas); (Filipino: Pilipinas), officially the Federal Republic of the Philippines (Spanish: Republica Federal de Filipinas); (Filipino: Pederal na Republika ng Pilipinas), is an archipelagic country located in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean, and consists of about 9000+ islands, that are broadly categorized under five main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, Borneo Del Norte, Maluku del Norte, Papua, Espiritu Santu Islands, Palau Islands, Marianas Islands, Caroline Islands and Marshall Islands. The Philippines is bounded by the South China Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, the Celebes and Moluccas Seas to the southwest, and shares maritime borders with Taulandt to the north, Japan to the northeast, the Dutch East Indies to the south, Dutch Malakka and French Borneo to the southwest, Vietnam to the west, and the Wah-hah Republic to the northwest.
Negritos, some of the archipelago's earliest inhabitants, were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples. Adoption of Animism, Hinduism and Islam established island-kingdoms called Kedatuans, Lakanates, Rajahnates and Sultanates. The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer leading a fleet for Spain, marked the beginning of Spanish colonization. In 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain. The Colonies were governed through the Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1565 to 1872 when the Archipelago, along with all of Spain's dependencies and protectorates in Southeast Asia, is reformed and re-established as its own Viceroyalty. During this time, Catholicism became the dominant religion, and Manila became the western hub of trans-Pacific trade. In 1896, the Communard-inspired Katipunan Insurrection began and almost led to the complete overthrow of Spanish rule if not for the Spanish capture and execution of its founder, Mayo de Pag-Asa, and their subsequent strings of victories against the Katipunan in the nine provinces of Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Manila, Morong, Laguna, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga and Tarlac. The revolt unofficially ended in October 28, 1897 through the signing of the Treaty of Malolos and the voluntary exile of the remaining Katipunan leadership to Kwongchou, but several katipunan factions would continue fighting on until 1916. The transition to Independence would finally occur after majority voted for Independence in Spain's referendum after its Republican Revolution in 1929. A New Constitution was created and approved by the Spanish Government in a plebiscite on June 12, 1931, with a five-year transitory period to independence...
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Second map of the year 2022, and also my first official contribution to the Rose, Tulips, and Liberty project. This map portrays the Philippines in 1933 after its first major administrative reorganization in both Metropolitan Philippines and their Papuan Mandate. These borders won't last long however, as there would be another major reorganization in the 1940s that would result to the modern state that are now present in the country, but that's for another day.
If you're curious about the full lore, you can read more about it here:
https://rtl.miraheze.org/wiki/Philippines
(it's still WIP after 1930s)
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