HiyoriTokisada

This is the Philippines, the Pearl of the Orient Seas. It is a country of sunny weather and sweet smiles, where life is relatively simple (unless you are into politics) and where people are friendly and warm. However, it is not without flaws.

For instance, Philippines suffer corruption in the government like other developing countries as well as decades of insurrection. The rich only gets richer and the poor gets poorer, while since time immemorial the country's denizens have this habit of hating their presidents and loving foreigners more than their own countrymen. It seems nothing has changed much since the famed EDSA Revolution of 1987.

The year is 2042. Philippines has reached economic growth comparable to South Korea in 2022. Still, elite families control the government and social justice remains dismal. The younger population became increasingly materialistic while their parents are becoming more and more irresponsible. The problem has shifted from "how to decrease population" to "how to make spoiled kids' and parents' ass off to work".

In terms of military power, the country has acquired considerate amount of firepower but remained one of the weakest in the ASEAN region thanks to politics. Worse, China and the USA has declared war against each other after a diplomatic blunder thanks to the incompetence of their respective new presidents. The world is doomed to a world war 3 while the Philippines was caught unprepared for war. Instead of finding solutions, politicians in the Philippines continued to blame their political enemies while the CBCP called everyone to prayer, hoping that God would make a miracle that make Philippines somewhat immune to nuclear weapons. Ironically, the prayer got answered in a way that is unimaginable....

Philippines in Another World (Because Japan is too OP. Please Nerf)

About a hundred of rallyists marched towards Mendiola as heavy traffic plagued the area. People were angry, not so much due to social injustice, but due to the loss of internet connection.


The World Wide Web has become integral to everyday life as Internet-based transactions already dominated the Philippine market. However, everything went crashing as the Philippines ended up sent into another world. At least telecommunication wasn't much affected due to the fact that cellphones use land based signals. Ditto for television and radio broadcasts.


BPOs suffered the most as they require internet connection for their operations, resulting to massive rise in unemployment. Several youths suffered breakdown as well due to "withdrawal symptoms" from cyber addiction. Worse, some of the weaker willed committed suicide.


President Jimmy Yap, Jr., the first LGBTQI President of the Philippines, is under extreme stress. The Philippines being trapped in the crossfire between U.S.A. and China is one thing. The same country being teleported into another world totally unprepared is an another beast. In the former case, it is easy to blame China for the ills of the country. The latter is trickier. The National Government Offices have almost no idea about the new world the Philippines is in. One wrong step and the country will collapse beyond repair, and everything would be blamed to him and his administration.


A dashing 40 year old General entered and saluted at the Commander in Chief.


"At ease. So, what is our current situation?"


"Sir, reports have confirmed that the whole country has been transported in another world, including the Spratley Islands and some part of the territory in the West Philippine Sea. It seems that the Philippines is located in the same coordinates in this world as it was in the former world."


"I see. Any info on neighboring countries?"


"It seems there is a small continent northeast from us where Taiwan and Japan should have been situated as well as a huge one where China should be located. There are a group of islands as located 200 km. west of Palawan and another at 100 km. south of Samal Island."


"Are there any civilizations living in the said landmasses?"


"One of our pilots named Lt. Brian Z. de Leon, Jr. has reported a female knight riding a Pegasus who is patrolling near Batanes group of islands."


"Yes, Sir. Our spy planes also took pictures around the Philippines and they found this,"


the General laid a bunch of photographs on the desk.


President Yap inspected the pictures and was astonished, "D...dragons?"


"I see. We need to schedule an emergency meeting with the Cabinet ASAP. We cannot ignore these developments."


The General saluted before leaving the President behind. As the doors closed, President Yap rubbed his temple as he contemplated on the situation.


"My Gulay (lit. vegetables in Filipino language)! What kind of Churvaness (" something " in gay lingo) the Philippines has entered into?"


Chapter 3: No Internet? Zero Approval Rating