Ma-i



Ma-i or Maidh (also spelled Ma'I, Mai, Ma-yi or Mayi; Baybayin: ᜋᜁ; Tagalog Cyrillic: Маі; Chinese: 麻逸; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má it) was an ancient sovereign state located in what is now the Philippines, notable in Philippine historiography for being the first place in the Philippines ever to be mentioned in any foreign account.

Its existence was first documented in 971 AD, in the Song Dynasty documents known as the History of Song, and it was also mentioned in the 10th century records of the Sultanate of Brunei. Based on these and other mentions until the early 14th century, contemporary scholars believe Ma-i was located either in Bay, Laguna or on the island of Mindoro. Research by Fay-Cooper Cole for the Field Museum in Chicago discovered that the ancient name of Mindoro was "Mait," further strengthening Mindoro as the likely center of the ancient Philippine polity.

In When the Cold Breeze Blows Away, it is revived by the Unified Soviet Red Assault Command, Fauwan, the Southern Song Dynasty, Majapahit, Tondo, the Idjang Federation, Samtoy, the Igorot Confederacy, Caboloan, Namayan, Cainta and Maynila as a member state of the Beleninsk Pact after the invasion of Mindoro.

Its capital city is San Jose and its president is Banaag Rodionov.