Population: 104 million
Languages: Filipino, and English
Major Religion: Christianity
Leader: Rodrigo Duterte
Colonizers: Spain (1565-1898) and United States (1898-1946)
President Duterte announced a ‘separation’ from the US; he declared he has realigned with China as the two countries agreed to resolve their South China Sea dispute through talks. “America has lost. I’ve realigned myself in your ideological flow, and maybe I will also go to Russia to talk to Putin and tell him that there are three of us against the world — China, Philippines, and Russia. It’s the only way.”
Capital City: Manila
Political System:
- Democratic Republic with a multi-party system
- Head of government, head of state, and commander in chief is the president. The president serves one term of six years and can not run again
- Bicameral legislature
Economy
- newly-industrialized
- booming modern electronic industry
- large agriculture industry
- Development gap between capital and rest of country
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