National Imperialist State of Maharlika

The National Imperialist State of Maharlika, also known as the Empire of Maharlika, National Imperialist Philippines, or simply Maharlika, is an archipelagic country in South East Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of around 7,640 islands that are broadly categorized under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The Philippines is bounded by the West Philippine Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Celebes Sea to the southwest. It shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the northeast, Palau to the east and southeast, Indonesia to the south, Vietnam to the west, and China to the northwest. Malaysia has a border with the Imperial State in Sabah. Maharlika covers an area of 350,000. Maharlika has diverse ethnicities and cultures throughout its islands. Pearl City, made during the merge of both the cities of Manila and Quezon City, is the capital of Imperial Maharlika. 
Negritos, some of the archipelago's earliest inhabitants, were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples. Adoption of animism, Hinduism and Islam established island-kingdoms called Kedatuans, Rajahnates and Sultanates. The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer leading a fleet for Spain, marked the beginning of Spanish colonization. In 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain. Spanish settlement through Mexico, beginning in 1565, led to the Philippines becoming part of the Spanish Empire for more than 300 years. During this time, Catholicism became the dominant religion, and Manila became the western hub of trans-Pacific trade. In 1896, the Philippine Revolution began, which then became entwined with the 1898 Spanish–American War. Spain ceded the territory to the United States, while Filipino revolutionaries declared the First Philippine Republic. The ensuing Philippine–American War ended with the United States establishing control over the territory, which they maintained until the Japanese invasion of the islands during World War II. Following liberation, the Philippines became independent in 1946 (Philippines was made independent with Palau, Micronesia, Caroline Islands and Marianas, with the island of Guam remaining a US territory). Ferdinand Marcos sat down in power in 1965, declaring a dictatorship in 1972 and subsequently forming the National Imperialist State seeking to unify the Austronesian territories. Nauru, Kiribati, Western Samoa, Tuvalu, Fiji and Tonga were bought from the British Empire in 1972. Ferdinand Marcos abolished the republican system and declared himself State Leader (Pinuno ng Estado).
The Solomon Islands, which was an ally of the People's Republic of China threatened Maharlikan national influence in the Pacific in 2006. During the Chinese Invasion of Taiwan, the Chinese stationed nukes in the Solomons, which prompted the Solomon-Maharlikan War of 2006. The Solomon Islands were successfully subdued by Maharlikan forces, allowing the troops to take control of the 70 nukes stationed on the island nation. The Maharlikan Empire, after garnering nuclear weapons in 1985, was seen as a threat by China. Along with Vietnam, the Republic of Laos, the Republic of India, Myanmar, Japan and South Korea, Operation Ophir, the Sino-Maharlikan War started, with a declaration of war from the People's Republic. Operation Ophir induced the largest ground invasion in history, with 10,000,000 soldiers from the United Allies of Asia invading into China. The Republic of China was officially restored, and Vietnam was gifted Hainan to recognize Maharlikan sovereignty in the entire Spratly Island chain. 
Maharlika's position as an island country on the Pacific Ring of Fire that is close to the equator makes it prone to earthquakes and typhoons. The country has a variety of natural resources and is home to a globally significant level of biodiversity.