Empire of the Philippines

Establishment
The Empire of the Philippines comprises of the Philippine Archipelago, the Marianna Islands, Palau, Sabah, and Guam. The Empire of the Philippines is a monarchy like most nations in this alternative world, but it was the newest monarchy in Asia. It was established in June 12 1899, when Emilio Auginaldo was elected by the Tejeros Convention to be the Emperor of the Philippines, of course, the Spanish did not like this and Queen Regent Maria Christina ordered the suppression of the Katipunan from naming Emilio as Emperor, but that failed with the help of the Empire of America. Finally, in 1901, the Spanish we're forced to concede and recognize the new Empire of the Philippines, with Emilio Auginaldo being named Emperor Emilio I of the Imperial Islands.

Economy
Just days after their establishment, the Philippines was fairly late in industrialization and was mostly agrarian throughout the early 1900s. It took some reforms by Emilio I in 1923 to fully modernize its army and industrialize the country to solve the problem of the Great Depression, but Emilio I couldn't do it alone so he established the Malolos Congress, and set the Capital in Malolos, Batangas then transferred it to Manila after 1920 and renamed the Parliament "La National Congresso de Independencia". This meant that he'd withdraw from being Absolute Monarch and like most monarchies, the Philippines was transformed into a Constitutional Monarchy. After Emilio's 1923 Modernization and Industrialization, it slowly improved the Philippine Economy until 1933 when it was fully modernized and industrialized. It then became a large trading partner with the Empire of America, and the Empire of Japan, although relations will continue to deplete with Japan over disputes on the Marianna Islands, and also the controversial (to Japan) decision to purchase Indo-China from the French Empire by the Philippines, and when also Japan launched an invasion on the Chinese Empire, the Philippines reportedly sent volunteers for China that helped halt the Japanese in Wuhan. This started the Great Pacific War that led to a Philippine-American Coalition Victory over the Japanese-German Coalition that led to the Philippines acquiring the Marianna Islands and Guam, which expanded its economy because of Guam's rich resource of Iron and the Marianna Islands rich resource of Gold. Throughout the 20th century then enter to the 21st century, the Philippines was a superpower and a Major Political Power in Asia.

Monarchy
The Monarchy of the Philippines is one of the youngest but richest in the world. It dates back to its independence in July 12 1899, when General Emilio Auginaldo was named Emperor by the Katipuneros. After the nation's official independence, the Auginaldos wouldn't be the ruling dynasty for long, after the 1973 Revolt, the Marcoses we're put in charge and Politician and Military veteran Ferdinand Marcos was coronated as Emperor Ferdinand I of the Philippines, and then his ancestors after him ruled as Emperors. A total of 6 Monarchs ruled, 1 is a Auginaldo Disputed Claimant. 2 are Regents. (Disputed Claimant: Amuerfina Melencio-Herrera, niece of Miguel. Recently withdrawn her claim after the death of Ferdinand I) Emperor Miguel died with no heir therefore ending the House of Auginaldo line but his sisters had children although the Parliament refused to recognized them, this led to a quarrel on who would be Emperor, the Parliament was divided, on one side, the Politicians who support the Marcoses, on the other, Politicians who support the Children of Miguel's sisters. Eventually, the Pro-Marcos Political Group won and the Empire of the Philippines was continued to be ruled by the Marcos Dynasty, eventually the cause for the Auginaldo Restoration died out and most of the population we're already okay with the more better and more stronger Marcos Dynasty.

Powers and Duties
Although the Monarch is largely symbolic, there are some Powers that are vested upon them that intervene politics, here are all the Powers and Duties the Philippine Monarch is vested with:


 * Approving an Election of a Prime Minister
 * Appointing Governors of the Marianna Islands, Guam, Spratly Islands and Sabah
 * Approving Election of a Parliament Speaker
 * Appointing the Deputy Minister
 * Commander in Chief of the Military
 * Head of State
 * Appointing the Cardinal (In case the Elected Cardinal dies immediately)
 * Assigning Ambassadors to Foreign Deals and Meetings (If he does not want to go)
 * Appear in TV every National or International Celebration (Christmas, Independence Day, New Year's Day)

Conclusion
The Emperor of the Philippines is the Head of State of the Philippines, he has the power to Appoint several Positions, but the Emperor is mostly constitutional in general. The current Dynasty is the House of Marcos and the Incumbent Monarch is Emperor Ferdinand II. The first inaugural holder is Emperor Emilio I and is the longest serving monarch in the Philippines. The Empire at first was largely a agricultural nation and was relatively late in industrialization, but because of the Great Depression, Emilio I had to adapt his nation to the worldwide trend of modernization, and led the Philippines to an economic powerhouse, this of course rivaled Japan's sphere of influence that eventually led to the Great Pacific War. The Philippine-American Coalition won and the Philippines stood as a superpower in Asia, it acquired land that further developed the nation. It had naval dominance over the pacific but as Japan slowly re-structure itself, it is an unavoidable war, another War in the Ocean of Peace.

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See Also:
1. Monarchist World Wiki Info Page