In 1892, José Rizal envisioned a Filipino colony in North Borneo, and managed to secure a deal with the British North Borneo Company for a 999-year lease of land.
However the plan was scrapped when the then Governor General of the Philippines Eulogio Despujol refused Rizal's proposition, calling it "unpatriotic".
But what if Despujol agreed? How could this change Rizal's fate? And how could this affect Philippine history?