FILIPINAS is the country of setting of all of Raine Manlapas' stories here in wattpad. It is not the typical Philippines...it's her ideal country which has some of the culture of Philippines but most features are not.
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OVERVIEW
It is a fictional country that the author created. It is her ideal Philippines, a Southeast Asian country, much known as the pearl of the orient.
However, the history, the map, the government and other things were changed. Filipinas is not a country of more than seven thousand islands anymore. Its form of government is democracy and the system is federal. Filipinas is not a poor country anymore but rather a progressive country.
But the positive Filipino values and rich cultural heritage are captured. Filipinas remained the only country in the world having no divorce law.
It has thirty-six provinces. Each province has its own international and domestic airports. Each province has its own state university. Each province has its own state hospital. Each province has its own state penitentiary. Each province has its own subway system.
There are four major groups of provinces – Northern Provinces, Eastern Provinces, Western Provinces, and Southern Provinces. Based on the map above, the violet colored names represent the Northern Provinces; the blue colored names represent the Western Provinces; the red colored names represent the Eastern Provinces; and the green colored names represent the Southern Provinces.
Northern Provinces are:
ARGINNE
CANYAN
FOLLI
GANNEVO
GODORDAN
HARSENOS
LOS LILLIA
MISSI
VASIL
Western Provinces are:
ARCELLA
ELTOPIA
LUZZI
PERIN
PIASCO
QUISIA
SOROCON
VASCOZ
ZARAMALA
Eastern Provinces are:
KEBU
ILID
MILANMIA
MINAO
NAVALLE
RAMAD
RENNIDAN
VIZAS
ZATAOBIA
Southern Provinces are:
ALTAGARSI
BORLUNNI
CIRABI
DAVOU
JACARA
NIDIRIA
OLLIVIOLA
ORBANZ
ROGAN
Each province is divided into towns (cities or municipalities or islands). Each town consists of smaller units called barangay.
Missi is the federal capital of Filipinas.
It has two major languages – Filipino and English.
Filipinas has a warm, often humid, climate with monsoon winds bringing heavy rains. It also lies in a danger zone for earthquakes and volcanoes.
The religious groups in the country include Roman Catholics, Protestants and Muslims.
Filipinas is a progressive country known for its rich natural and man-made resources, beautiful tourist spots, hospitable citizens and rich culture.
Its livestock include water buffaloes (carabaos), hogs, cattle, goats, poultry and horses.
The crops include rice, abaca, sugarcane, corn, coconut, tobacco, coffee, sweet potatoes, fruits and vegetables.
Forestry products consist of lumber, gums, resins, dyes, vegetable oils and rattan.
Fisheries include a lot of species of fishes, crustaceans and many others.
Mineral sources include gold, copper, chromite, silver, lead, zinc, manganese, iron ore, mercury, coal, salt, nickel, uranium, etc. Precious and semi-precious stones and gems are also rich.
Its industries include textiles, copra, tobacco, hydroelectricity, footwear, cement, wood products, plastics, metals, coconut oil refining, rubber goods, embroidery, hats, mats, pottery and many others.
The monetary unit is peso, which is equivalent to one US dollar.
HISTORY
Filipinas first settlers were Malays who arrived at the country at around 3000 BC.
The country was visited by Japanese and Chinese traders by 800 AD and by the Moslem and Arab missionaries from 1400 – 1500 AD.
The Spaniards colonized the country in 1565. Independence from Spanish colonizers came in 1898 and the First Republic of Filipinas was proclaimed but the country was under the assistance American rulers.
The country had its first President in 1935 still under American's assistance.
It was occupied by the Japanese invaders from 1942 – 1944 .
It joined the United Nations in 1945 and became an independent republic in 1946.
It had other several Presidents but had been under dictatorship by a President who imposed martial law from 1972 – 1981.
In 1982, after the dictatorial period the country had been under a transition government headed by a military-statesman, General Andres Rizal. The country had been separated into 36 independent provinces so as to have separate healing process in preparation for the transition into a federal government. They had been reunited as one federal government in 1983 based from a new constitution and had its first democratic election by then. The first President of the Federal government took office by 1984
The President took office along with the elected Vice President, thirty-six elected Senators (one for each province, four hundred twenty-five elected Representatives (one for each town/city), elected Governors, elected Vice-Governors, elected Board Members, elected Mayors, elected Vice-Mayors, elected Councilors and other elected barangay officials.
