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The year is 1986. President Marcos has been deposed and democracy has finally been restored to the Philippine archipelago. Many in the capital of Manila, politicians, religious leaders, and the common man alike, re-establish democratic processes and institutions and rehabilitate neglected sectors of society. Corazon Aquino, the widow of the former senator, assumes the presidency in a landslide victory amid a fraudulent election. Yet under this seemingly optimistic facade of hope and reconstruction, ethnic tensions have only reached new breaking points.
The Ilokano people, a northern ethnic group that composed a significant portion of governance and commerce during Martial Law, became subjected to similar oppression and political violence as they had done during their 21 years in power. Local Cordillera tribes collude with minor ethnic groups in order to subvert any remaining Ilokano influence in the highlands. In Luzon, the Tagalog people are faced against themselves as pro-independence secessionists run rampant, culminating in the formation of the militant Organization for Tagalog Autonomy. Towards the south, Moros, Lumad, and Visayan settlers in Mindanao have engaged in a violent struggle for independence from the Manila-based government, fed up with the constant abuses by Ilokano and Tagalog politicians. This, along with the arrival of a new generation of "Nikkei" immigrants, worsens a hopelessly complicated situation. 
As the civil war runs for decades, federalism is hastily imposed on the country, only worsening ethnonationalist sentiments among an already divided people. Political interference runs rampant as the United States, China, and the Russian Federation scramble to influence the weakened republic. In the new millennium, the Philippines remains severely behind her fellow ASEAN states, with corruption and political deadlock keeping many in poverty while constant guerrilla attacks by ethnic militias and the New People's Army only fuel xenophobic rhetoric, leading to pogroms.
By 2025, the country remains one of the least developed of the nations in ASEAN, even with a GDP of around 500 billion, but this is suddenly worsened by the fact the entirety of Eurasia is plunged into war. For the next 8 years, the Philippines would be subjected to a brutal occupation by China and counter-bombardment by American forces. In the end, 5-10 million Filipinos are killed with millions more having emigrated to other countries as refugees. Even amid these circumstances faced by the returning government-in-exile, it enacts a series of reckless laws that culminate in "Presidential Declaration No. 21", effectively declaring Luzon as a a dead zone, with the capital being relocated to Davao City.
In the aftermath, the people of Luzon came together and ratified the Manila Declaration, terminating the Government's hold on the island group and declaring independence. The islands of Visayas banded together to form a Confederation, raising an army to seize the Zamboanga Peninsula and the Northern Mindanao Coast. To the southwest, Moros led by a now-resurgent MILF/MNLF break the silent peace between them and the settlers, leading to violence. In just half a year, a devastated archipelago is split amongst itself, ushering the formation of 6 new states, hell-bent on taking revenge, but will the archipelago fall into anarchy once again, or will a peace finally settle? 
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