Tondo (country)



"Although we didn't learn pre-colonial Philippine history in my country and my village, at least I've been studying this since college. Also, I never heard of Tondo as a pre-colonial monarchical state in the Philippine Islands before. But with the USRAC reviving this and turning into a socialist state, just because of that kingdom's own colors, I guess that fears me a lot."

--Su Ji-Hoon, The Second Tondo Conspiracy

In early Philippine history, the Tagalog settlement at Tondo (Tagalog: [tonˈdo]; Baybayin: ᜆᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ) was a major trade hub located on the northern part of the Pasig River delta, on Luzon island.

Together with Maynila, the polity (bayan) on the southern part of the Pasig River delta, it established a shared monopoly on the trade of Chinese goods throughout the rest of the Philippine archipelago, making it an established force in trade throughout Southeast Asia and East Asia.

Tondo is of particular interest to Filipino historians and historiographers because it is one of the oldest historically documented settlements in the Philippines. Scholars generally agree that it was mentioned in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, one of the Philippines' oldest extant locally produced written document, dating back to 900 CE.

Following contact with the Spanish Empire beginning in 1570 and the defeat of local rulers in the Manila Bay area in 1571, Tondo was ruled from Manila (a Spanish fort built on the remains of Maynila). Tondo's absorption into the Spanish Empire effectively ended its status as an independent political entity; it then exists as a district of the modern City of Manila until in World War III.

In When the Cold Breeze Blows Away, it is a satellite state of the Unified Soviet Red Assault Command, because of the usage of red as its national colors, judging by its country's outfits and the old flag.