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I always thought it rather peculiar that the Philippines was so lacking of development when it was so close to other Asian civilizations. The Spanish swept up the Philippines with even less difficulty than some of the American peoples they recently conquered.
The challenge is for the Philippines is be comparable to Vietnam in development by Magellan's visit. POD, whenever most plausible as I know little about it's history.