Philippines

Philippines
Philippines's Location Properties
Continent	Asia
Philippines's Properties
Required XP	0
XP Multiplier	0.75x
Releasables	Bangsamoro
Demonym	Filipino
Philippines's Base Statistics
City Count	43
Square City Count	4
Capital	Manila
Population	27,494,233
Consumers Required to Upkeep	27.49
Income ($)	$1,548,480
Manpower Capacity	549,885
Starting Conscription Law	Volunteer
Starting Ideology	Non-Aligned
Formable Details
Can Form	Maphilindo Confederation Federation of Southeast Asian States Alam Melayu
Required to Form	Empire of Japan Imperio Chileno Spanish Empire Alam Melayu Bruneian Empire The Empire of Liberty Filipino Empire Federation of Southeast Asian States Maphilindo Confederation
Philippines's Natural Resources
Chromium	2.22
Oil	5

The Philippines is a Tier V island nation located in Southeast Asia . The country is known to be one of the strongest nations in the region due to its wide range of national benefits and strategic advantages: it has a considerable amount of urbanized cities, offering the potential to construct a robust army; it is rugged with harsh natural geographic features, enhancing the efficiency for entrenchment during ground invasions; and the country begins as an island.

Due to its maritime neighbors being renowned to possess dominant capabilities, such as China, Japan, Indonesia, and Vietnam, the Philippines heavily depends on maintaining the military capacity to achieve naval and ground superiority for the expansion of territory overseas and strengthen national protection.

Background

Early History

Dating back to 3000 BC or more, the Philippines had a land bridge connected to the Indonesian Peninsula, causing it to migrate a handful of early humans in the archipelago. Most of them are Negritos, people that are around in Southeast Asia who are still alive to this day. These early people soon made the Philippines populated with civilization on their side.

Soon, these people created a society that evolved into a division of warring states and sultanates through the country. The most notable states are Maynila, Sulu, and Maguindanao. The Sulu Sultanate covered today's part of Malaysia called Sabah and that is the reason why the Philippines has a claim on Sabah. Indian culture is even present in the country as the Malay culture has adapted its capabilities. The economic system here is simple as they are bartering goods in exchange. There are also Indian and Chinese merchants traded with these warring states and gained influence. Islam is also present with these states. These states have a hierarchy or social classes.

Arrival of Spain and Colonial rule

Meanwhile, in Europe, everyone is on the trend of colonization. Spain and Portugal are finding a continent to pillage. One Portuguese mariner named Ferdinand Magellan asked the Portuguese Government to fund his expedition for finding the infamous Spice Islands of Moluccas. The Portuguese Government refused to fund him. This caused Magellan to go in Spain and share his knowledge about the islands. The King approved the proposal and his expedition got funded and ready to set sail to circumnavigate the world. He went to Argentina and named a strait after him. While sailing, He proved that the Earth is round because of his route to the Islands. When they are in Asia, the fleet was starving and exhausted from a long trip. The crew decided to land in Homonhon, which happens to be in the Philippines. His crew was greeted by a local Datu and gave them food and supplies. Later, he landed in Cebu and proclaimed that the Philippine Archipelago are now in the hands of the mighty Imperial Spanish Empire. He converted the people there into Christianity and even changed their names into Spanish like Juan de la Cruz, Paciano Garcia, and many more. One leader asked Magellan to defeat his rival, Lapu-Lapu, and they engaged in a fight in Mactan, Cebu which Lapu-Lapu's forces outnumbered the well-equipped Spanish Colonizers. Magellan was killed in the battle and his forces retreated to continue finding the Spice Islands which they did and hoarded the spices to the ship back to Spain. Magellan's expedition paved the way for the Spanish Colonization of the Islands.

Under Philip II's reign, Miguel Lopez de Legaspi sailed away to the Philippines and established a colonial rule that lasted up to exactly 333 years. Miguel and some colonizers continued to get rid of the local tribes until dominating the island with Spanish hegemony. King Philip II named the islands for himself, the Philippines. Spain even brought some tobacco to make a tobacco monopoly in the country because it is profitable. Harsh labor quotas followed, and maltreatment of the Filipinos felt horrible.

Philippine Revolution and the First Philippine Republic (1896-1902)

The Filipinos began to initiate a series of revolts around the archipelago but failed. Until the execution of the Gomburza priests enlightened the spirit of Philippine Independence movements. Various groups and national heroes sacrificed their own lives just to make the Philippines an independent nation. The groups organized and identified themselves as the Katipunan, a revolutionary group that helped the Filipinos gain independence from the Spanish overlords. The Philippine Revolution has officially begun in 1896. A newspaper named La Solidaridad and the novels of Dr. Jose Rizal fueled the revolution. Guerilla tactics and offensives against the Spaniards have been proven effective as their colonial garrisons were depleted because at the same time the Spanish-American War happened in that moment. At the same time, the First Philippine Republic was established and declared independence on Spain on June 12, 1898. But the independence did not last long as the Treaty of Paris offered the US to take the remaining Spanish colonies in the Caribbean and Asia, along with Spain paying the USA a 20-million-dollar money. The Filipinos are discontented with the terms and declared war on the US in 1899. The Americans saw fierce fighting in the Philippines especially in Mindanao where Moro warriors fought hard, even they were using swords against guns. But the attempt to oust American rule in the Philippines failed as Emilio Aguinaldo, the President of the First Republic, was captured in Isabella. The war came to a bitter end in 1902, but the guerrillas continued to resist from foreign invaders.

American Commonwealth of the Philippines (1934-1946)

The Philippines was on the hands of the Americans. Before the Americans could actually take control, they had to suppress all the insurgents. Instead of doing it peacefully, they resorted to horrible torture methods such as choking and water cure. It was successful, however at the cost of thousands of Filipino lives. The US then passed a law called the Philippine Organic Act of 1902 which established the Philippine Assembly that elected only males and established the Philippine Constabulary to eliminate the remaining insurgents against the American rule. The act was later expanded to the Jones Act, promising the Philippines to gain its independence. In 1934, the Tydings-McDuffie Act officially created the Commonwealth of the Philippines and guaranteed free elections to choose a certain President to rule over the country. Presidential elections were held on September 16, 1935. The candidates for the election were former President Emilio Aguinaldo versus the assemblymen that granted the Philippines autonomy, Manuel Quezon. Quezon won with his Nacionalista party over Aguinaldo and his loyalists. The nation embarked on an ambitious campaign of industrialization and nation-building, but those were hindered when the Great Depression in 1929 ruined all economies of the world. Quezon won again in 1939 and continued to rebuild the nation until 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The Philippines has now entered World War 2.

World War 2 and the Second Republic (1941-1945)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor was a plan to weaken the American navy in order the IJA to take Southeast Asia. Manila and Guam were also attacked by the Japanese forces after the bombings. The main forces of the Imperial Japanese Army landed in Northern Luzon and continued their advance to Manila. The Philippine Government evacuated to Corregidor Island but later moved to Australia, and later, Washington, D.C. Quezon and his government-in-exile continued to survive until 1944. The last remaining forces of Filipino-American soldiers surrendered in 1942 on the island of Corregidor, a day that is now marked as a national holiday. The Japanese created a puppet regime of the Philippines with Fascist collaborationists like the KALIBAPI and the Ganap Party, a pro-Japanese fascist party in the Philippines. The Second Republic of the Philippines under Jose P. Laurel was born to join the Japanese Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. As we expected, the Japanese committed many crimes against humanity. Most notably the Bataan Death March where 22,000 Allied soldiers were forcibly marched from Bataan to Tarlac. Only a quarter of them barely survived the brutal march with no food and an exhausting journey. Women and children are not safe too as they were treated horribly. The women were a "comfort" treat for the Japanese Soldiers during the occupation. Laurel pleaded to the Japanese to let him rule over his people, but his request was simply ignored.

Many resistance groups emerged during the harsh occupation. Most notably, the HUKBALAHAP, the most effective resistance group that existed in Philippine History. Many Filipinos still remember the harsh occupation of the Japanese up to this day. The suffering of the Filipino people came to an end when General Douglas MacArthur landed on Leyte to liberate the Philippine islands from the hands of the brutal Japanese regime. Quezon did not witness the liberation of the Philippine Islands because he died in exile in New York causing Sergio Osmeña to take his position as the President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. The whole island was completely liberated in 1945, and the Japanese officially surrendered in 1945 following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the invasion of the Soviet Union in Manchuria.

Independence and the establishment of the Independent Third Republic of the Philippines (1946-1965)

The Philippine Independence had paid its price as the United States officially granted the Independence of the Philippine islands in 1946. However, the US imposed a series of acts, most notably parity rights which granted the US permission to exploit the country’s national resources. The Independent Third Philippine Republic rose from the ashes of World War 2, headed by newly elected President, Manuel Roxas. The new independent Philippines came to its path to become a successful nation. Manuel Roxas enforced policies of rebuilding the cities and towns that were devastated by the war. Later, he died of a heart attack in 1948, just two years until he was president.

Vice President Elpidio Quirino of the Liberal Party stepped up in power after Roxas' death. His regime was accused of corruption and suffered an economic crisis. Presidential Elections were held in 1953 and proclaimed the victor, Ramon Magsaysay of the Nacionalista Party. He focused on economic and industrial development of the Philippines, and at the same time he combated Communist Insurgents that were terrorizing the mountain regions in the provinces. With the help of the CIA, he eliminated the HUKBALAHAP rebels. The Philippines experienced a major economic boom. But an unfortunate event happened when his presidential plane crashed in Cebu and caused his death.

His replacement, Carlos P. Garcia continued his policies and implemented the Filipino First Policy which encouraged all Filipinos to make Filipino products to further expand the Filipino Industry to attract more foreign investors in the country.

Soon after the election of 1961, Diosdado Macapagal of the Liberal Party won the election. He revived the proposal of a unified Malay state of the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia called the Maphilindo Confederation but later disbanded because of Sukarno's policy of Konfrontasi. He tried to run again as president in 1965, only to get defeated by a prominent candidate named Ferdinand Marcos Sr. of the Nacionalista Party.

The rise of the New Society and the Marcos regime (1965-1986)

Ferdinand Marcos Sr. rebuilt the Philippines. He industrialized and built many infrastructures that still stand today like the San Juanico Inter-island bridge, the Coconut Palace, Manila Film Center, Cultural Center of the Philippines, and the Bataan Nuclear Powerplant. He solved the power outages by introducing geothermal and hydroelectric power plants to power up the nation. He built many schools, houses, and more. Marcos impowered Filipino Nationalism and culture.

However, things were not good for him after his victory in 1969 Elections. His second term was marked by insurgencies and the rise of the Communist Party of the Philippines. All was organized to oust him from power and the man behind all of these is the opposition senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr, a son of the Japanese Collaborator named Benigno "Igno" Aquino Sr. Aquino Jr. collaborated with the Malaysian government to stir up trouble in Mindanao. He cooperated with the Communist Party of the Philippines leader, Jose Maria Sison, to support the foundation of the New People's Army, the armed wing of the organization. Aquino Jr. even exposed plans to retake Sabah from the Malaysian Government and later he was charged by treason because of exposing top secret government plans. He was later sentenced to death by treason but instead he was sentenced to jail in Fort Magsaysay. The Philippines was on a brink of anarchy and unrest as many student protests that were sponsored by the communists and anti-government groups began to commit terrorist acts. Riots broke up and bombings in the Malacanañg Palace increased. The Plaza Miranda bombing also heated up the fire. The only way to stop a possible Communist Revolution in the Philippines was Martial Law. On September 21, 1972, he officially declared Martial Law live on a TV Broadcast.

During Martial Law, many protesters were contained, and many riots were suppressed. Then Marcos decided to change to the 1935 Constitution in 1973 to have a stronger government control over the country. The Fourth Republic of the Philippines was established under his rule. A new government system was formed. The parliamentary Batasang Pambansa was established in replacement of the Congress and the Senate which he shut down. He ruled with his wife, Imelda Marcos under a conjugal rule. Marcos cemented his total rule in the Philippines by changing the term limit up to be 6 years instead of 4 and the President can be reelected in unlimited number of times. His plan is to create the New Philippine Society under his absolute rule and by doing it, so Marcos split up to the Nacionalista Party and created his own party called Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (New Society Movement). Human rights groups still claim that Marcos committed atrocities during his 21-year reign and his shady contracts from his alleged cronies. He jailed his political enemies, including Aquino Jr., so no one can oppose his policies.

Aquino Jr. suffered a heart attack while in prison. The doctors who diagnosed him recommended a heart surgery. Marcos knew the situation and so he permitted Aquino Jr. and his family an exile to the U.S. for heart surgery. While on exile, there were serious threats to Aquino Jr. like killing him. Marcos and Aquino talked on phones during the exile. Both tell stories on what is happening in the Philippines. Marcos warned him that there will be a threat if he comes back in the Philippines. Aquino Jr. ignored his warnings saying that "The Filipino people is worth dying for."

There is a silenced fact that Marcos offered Aquino Jr. to be the next President of the Philippines as Aquino can match his charisma and intelligence. Marcos offered him because his health was declining. He also explained that he kept Aquino Jr. in prison to secure Aquino Jr.'s successor ship. Both were more friends than enemies as Aquino Jr. was never a threat to Marcos' power.

In 1983, Aquino came back in the Philippines from the USA. The turning point of Philippine History has begun. After landing at Manila International Airport, later named after him, he was shot and killed by an unknown gunman. His death went controversial as people blamed Marcos because as was a critic of his administration. Aquino Jr's wife, Corazon Aquino, protested her husband's death and gained attention to the people. Economic downturn and instability followed, and the Opposition against Marcos was rising. Without a successor, Marcos has nothing to do but rule until he dies of lupus. His performance in 1983-1985 was slowly getting worse, along with his popularity which is getting low.

In 1986, Marcos declared a Snap Election to end all accusations against him. Corazon Aquino challenged him and promised to return Democracy. The winner was Ferdinand Marcos, and the loser was Corazon Aquino, a housewife with no experience in politics. Some sources (NAMFREL) said Aquino won but the official COMELEC tally said, Marcos won. Tensions began to rise when the elections were declared fraudulent by the Oppostion, and the Catholic Church rallied support for Corazon Aquino. A military coup was already planned to take down Marcos, but Marcos already knew that there will be a plot against him. He garrisoned the palace with his loyal marines and placed the military on high alert. His Defense Secretary, Juan Ponce Enrile, plotted the coup along with Gringo Honasan. They escaped to Camp Aguinaldo with his soldiers when the coup was uncovered. The Catholic Church called the innocent Manileños to come in the camp even it is dangerous. This caused the crowd to cover up the camp where rebels are stationed in there. Military defectors began to rise following the conflict between the two factions. The combined Opposition, Cory supporters, Oligarch, Communists, Catholic Church, and bystanders started the EDSA People Power Revolution to oust Ferdinand Marcos. Marcos placed his troops in EDSA to disperse the crowd peacefully. One general asked him to shoot down the crowds, but Marcos refused and said "My order is not to attack", but it was too late for him. Marcos left the country after the Americans backed Corazon on the election results and the mass protest of 2 million people, used as human shields for the failed coup plotters, made it hard to disperse them.

Aftermath of EDSA Revolution and Fifth Republic (1986–Present)

Corazon Aquino succeeded Marcos. She demonized the Marcoses to brainwash the Filipinos to forget his massive contribution in the country. She and her appointees changed the 1973 Constitution to the 1987 Constitution which allowed monopoly corruption in the country and depowering presidential powers so the future Presidents cannot reform Constitutions in the future. Unfortunately, Corazon broke her promises for the Filipino people. She declared a disastrous war against rebels that costed many human lives. 816 disappearances, 135 cases of massacres such as the Mendiola Massacre where Cory's government forces opened fire on unarmed farmers. There are 1,064 summary executions, 20,523 illegal arrests, 1,200,000 civilian disappearances, breaking her promises for the Filipino people. Her cabinet resigned right after those massacres. The Fifth Philippine Republic went on a bad start as many coup attempts tried to overthrow Corazon's regime, especially the 1989 coup when Marcos Loyalists almost seized the Palace and military bases in Manila. Natural disasters like the 1990 Luzon earthquake and 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruption crippled the Philippine Economy during her term.

As her term ended in 1992, an election occurred as her successor, Fidel Ramos versus the Iron Lady of Asia, Miriam Defensor Santiago. Miriam almost won but a series of blackouts occurred during the ballot counting and by surprise, Fidel Ramos won the election. She tried to prove that the election was fraudulent but the Court simply dismissed it. Fidel's term did not change the Philippines much but instead made it worse. He sold many Philippine companies to foreign countries, thinking that can solve the problem. However, it did not. Turns out that a retired military general cannot run a country.

The 1998 Elections emerged Joseph Estrada of the PMP a winner of the election. He promised to the poor people a simple livelihood, but he got involved in a political scandal in 2001. The EDSA People Power 2 revolution was born to oust him from power as many people were involved in the scandal. His replacement will be Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2001. Her regime was much tarnished with corruption and fraud like the "Hello, Garci" Scandal in which she manipulated an election commissioner to cheat the numbers versus Fernando Poe Jr. for presidency.

In 2010, the son of Corazon Aquino, Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, won the President Elections. He was an incompetent president during his first term. The Hostage Crisis of 2010 was disastrous when direct order from the executive did not took effect. The Operation Exodus jeopardy which many soldiers got wiped out because of lack of support and coordination. The Yolanda Funds, which a compensation payment for the victims on Typhoon Yolanda, have been mothballed and corrupted by officials in the National Government.

In 2016, Rodrigo Roa Duterte was elected as the 16th President of the Philippines. He declared war on drugs that is still ongoing as of today. Duterte claims that the Philippines is now falling into a Narco-state like Latin American countries such as Mexico and Colombia. A bloodbath ensured during the war and many human rights groups began to oppose his campaign. Despite the killings, he introduced his program called Build, Build, Build to fix up the current economic status of the Philippines, with the help of China. Duterte drew China closer to its relations with the Philippines to avoid conflict in the West Philippine Sea, where China claims it for resources. Duterte has many platforms to improve the Philippines into greatness as he promised to make Philippines like the 1960s, where it was an economic power of Asia in that time. Anti-corruption and depowering monopolies also included to his platform. In 2020, the Philippines was in a debt crisis because the government imposed quarantines to contain COVID-19. The current economy became worse and labeled the Philippines as the "Sick man of Asia" since the Marcos regime in the 1980s.

In 2022, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, son of former president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr, was elected as the 17th president of the Philippines. Unlike his father, he did not start a dictatorship nor impose martial law.

Base Statistics

Economy

The Philippines starts with a base income of $1,548,480. $1,495,792 from tax and $52,688 from resources.

Resources

The Philippines starts with a sizeable amount of Oil and just enough Chromium to independently upkeep 1/3 of its aircraft factory. These resources can be supplemented by trading as expanding into resource-rich areas is unavailable thanks to your position.

Resources of Philippines

Chromium	+2.22
Oil	+5

Military

The Philippines also starts with 140k infantry inside its capital city, Manila. It starts on volunteer conscription and doesn't have any special traits when it comes to its military. The Philippines also has a large manpower pool of 534,955 which is enough to expand its power overseas.

Base Manpower Capacity of Philippines per Conscription Law

Disarmed [1% RP]	274,943
Volunteer [2% RP]	549,885
Limited [5% RP]	1,374,712
Extensive [10% RP]	2,749,424
Required [25% RP]	6,873,559

Geography

Terrain of the Philippines (outdated)

Biome of the Philippines (outdated)

Terrain

The islands of Basilan, Bohol, Cebu, Leyte, Negros, Palawan and Panay are Hilly as well as southern Samar, western and parts of central and eastern Mindanao and parts of central and northeastern Luzon. Mindoro, northwestern Luzon and the rest of Mindanao are Semi-Mountainous. The remaining tiles consist of flat terrain.

Biome

The entirety of the Philippines is covered in Jungle.

Cities

The Philippines has 43 cities. The Philippines' largest cities are Manilla, Quezon City, Davao, and Cagayan de Oro. Some of these cities are also square cities, which can produce tanks for the Philippines. The Philippines has a population of 27,494,233. In the game, the largest city in the region of Southeast Asia is Manila, the capital. Manilla has a 10 million population and developing it can boost the economy by a substantial amount.

Formables

The Philippines can form the following:

• Federation of Southeast Asian States
• Maphilindo Confederation
• Alam Melayu

Threats

• Japan invading the Philippines for the formable the Empire of Japan.
• China can decide to expand into Southeast Asia and may decide to take over your lands.
• The United States needs you for the Empire of Liberty.
• For Spain, your territory is needed for the Spanish Empire but it is very rare that it is attempted.

Any nation in Southeast Asia will conflict with Filipino interests or will want to take the Philippines themselves. Notable examples include:

• Vietnam who can rapidly turn into the strongest Southeast Asian power if left unchecked.
• Indonesia who generally will always want to expand into the Philippines.

Strategies

The Industrialization and Development Plan

The Philippines is blessed with a 11 million populated city called Manila and it is the largest city in the Southeast Asian region. Continuing to develop Manila and the whole nation can make a huge amount of money and MP. First off, take Guam and Palau, the former Spanish East Indies. After they have collapsed, send a peace treaty that is stealing 75% of their treasury and resources for your economical advantage. Industrialize the Philippines by building at least 4 electronics factory, 1 fertilizer factory, 1 motor factory, 1 aircraft factory, 1 steel factory, and 2 civilian factories for your stability. For fueling those factories here are the requirements to keep your industry up and running.

10 Gold and Copper for the Electronics

5 Phosphate for Fertilizer

3 Tungsten for the motor parts

3 Titanium for Steel and aircraft parts

5 Iron for Steel

3 aluminium for aircraft

10-15 Oil units to support your tanks and navy

Note: Build 2-3 electronic factories first then sell them in order to not get bankrupted and in debt. Use your leftover money from building the electronic factories to construct other essential factories.

It is recommended to buy slightly more resources than what your building upkeep requires, as that way you get a stockpile, so your factories can last longer despite your trade partner being gone or running out of resources.

Use this industrialization strategy and by the year 2020 the Philippines is sufficient to expand economically and militarily. This can help you for the strategies how to defend your homeland and forming your precious formables.

Reclamation of Sabah

Now, the Philippines is now Industrialized and a rising tiger of Asia. Now you should attack Malaysia to retake your claimed land. Since you have Motor Parts and Steel you can build tanks. At least train 1.4k tanks in order to reclaim Sabah and integrate it back to the Philippines.

If it is an AI

The first thing that is advised is to land in eastern Malaysia to Kuala Lumpur and not directly to Sabah because it barely has cities and has a Junglebiome that can slow down and deal heavy attrition your tanks. Land your tanks here and wait for Malaysia's home guard to attack you. They will die shortly because tanks are overpowered early game. Now you can auto capture and retake Sabah.

If Malaysia is a player

That player might spam troops and cry for help or worse, allying China or Japan. He can also create a navy if he knows how to do it. Create a naval task force that compromises 2 destroyers and 2 submarines. The naval taskforce can help you gain naval supremacy over him and his allies. Land in western Malaysia with your created taskforce to do so and defend until his troops can't handle the heat. Be aware that he can build an artillery against your troops. Rushing your tanks over the artillery is the way to kill it or you can create an attacker plane to eliminate it. By that time, he is now weak, and you should target Kuala Lumpur in order to cripple him. Once Kuala Lumpur is taken, micro-manage your troops or auto capture his remaining cities.

Formable Strategies

The Philippines can form 3 formables. Each formable grants you many opportunities to expand your power and influence. You can choose your path to greatness. You can revive the proposal that failed because of Sukarno's hostile policy. Unite the Southeast Asians to prosper more. Achieve the dream of every pan-Malayan people that attempted to unite the Malay race in one nation into a reality!

Maphilindo Confederation

First, construct 2-3 electronic factories, a steel factory, and a motor factory. Buy the resources nessecary to upkeep these factories. Then, construct an army of at least 1.2k tanks, and also a destroyer. Train these tanks to have a Jungle specialization and upgrade your tank mobility and/or firepower (Both of each tree is recommended). While these tanks are training, justify on Malaysia. Once justified, declare war, and land your tanks on eastern Malaysia, then blitzkrieg through. Then all is left is western Malaysia, which is going to be harder due to its home guard. Either try to attack the home guard or avoid it while taking the Malaysian cities quickly, so the home guard will have more to recapture. Send your destroyer to chip away at the home guard's numbers. If you try the first option, try to send reinforcements as the home guard will have done decent damage. If you do the latter, you will eventually out-pace the home guard, so just send a treaty that will annex all the cities. You could also combine these strategies and attack the home guard when the destroyer made their numbers low. Either way, Malaysia will collapse, and when it does, move your tanks to a single location to recover your tank numbers to prepare for the Indonesian invasion. While close to or already recovered, justify and declare war on Indonesia. Land your tanks on the island closest to your tank army and blitzkrieg your way south. If Indonesia is a player, try to send more tanks and create an aircraft manufactory. If they have a navy, use the Steel and Aircraft Parts you have to create at least one aircraft carrier and battleship and outpower their navy. Attack the troop transport ships with your navy to diminish their army. Then, annex the rest of the Indonesian cities and send reinforcements. Indonesia will eventually collapse, and you can form.

Alam Melayu

To start things off, create at least 2 electronic factories, and then justify war on Malaysia. You need to compete with China for Taiwan. By taking it, China would either beg you to give it back, or worse, invade you. As China is a superpower, it is best to solve the crisis diplomatically (i.e., after China forms the Qing Dynasty, have him cede Taiwan back). But moving on, after taking over Malaysia, you also have to compete with an expansionist India over Sri Lanka. This won't be always the case, but it's always good if you take it first. After that, you should take over Madagascar since South Africa may take it anytime. Plus, seizing control over it will grant you access to Titanium.

Indonesia should be next on your list. However, an Indonesian player is not rare, so you need to prepare a proper army if you wish to take control of the country even under such circumstances (Please regard the strategy on how to crush an Indonesian player in forming the Maphilindo Confederation.) But for now, let's imagine that it's still an AI. Declare war on it and seize a city in southern Borneo and wait for the Indonesian army to take it back. Use a naval unit to intercept and sink the troop transport vessels. With the Indonesian capital now wide open for attack, you can now begin to siege it. Due to its large size, however, it is recommended to use a lot of units to capture it. After capturing it, you should begin taking over the entire country while establishing bridgeheads on multiple islands for a quicker capitulation. Once you've pushed that country all the way back to New Guinea, you can sue for peace. If it does not accept, take all of its coastal cities within that island and then sue for peace again. If it declines, take all of its cities within it. This will cause attrition, but it gets the jobs done.

Now, justify war on both Thailand and Vietnam. It is highly recommended to specialize your troops to a Jungle biome due to most of Southeast Asia being Jungle. If one of your army group manages to take over either Thailand and Vietnam, take Cambodia along the way. Again, you have to compete with an expansionist India for Burma, though unlikely. After taking Burma, you have to compete with a yet again, an expansionist Australia for Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. If you somehow manage to take both of those, the rest should be a bunny hop since most of the countries left for your formable are island nations that have less than 1 million people. After taking all of them, namely American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Palau, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu, then congratulations, you are almost there. Why almost? That's because you left Singapore, Brunei, and East Timor. Those are fairly easy to take, and then finally, you have an entire race under one banner. Good job!

Trivia

• It had a formable called the Filipino Empire but then replaced by the Maphilindo Confederation due to being sourced out in an alternate history wiki.