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| rdfs:label | - Moroland (Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum)
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| rdfs:comment | - Following their rule in the Philippine Archipelago, the Spanish began to forcibly converting people to Catholicism. The Spanish missionaries were able to spread Christianity in Luzon and the Visayas but the Moro sultanates and the tribes in southern part of archipelago retained their Islamic faith.
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| CoA | - Coat of arms of Moroland .svg
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| Timeline | - Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum
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| ethnic group | - Tausug; Maguindanao; Maranao; Zamboangueño; Davaoeño
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| regime | - Unitary state; parliamentary republic
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| Language | - Malay; Sulu; Maguindanao; Bajau
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| Religion | - Islam; Catholicism; Buddhism
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| otl | - , and surrounding islands
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| Organizations | - Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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| abstract | - Following their rule in the Philippine Archipelago, the Spanish began to forcibly converting people to Catholicism. The Spanish missionaries were able to spread Christianity in Luzon and the Visayas but the Moro sultanates and the tribes in southern part of archipelago retained their Islamic faith. The Spanish did not succeed until the late 19th century in beginning to conquer the Moro people in the south, who fought back fiercely. During the Spanish-Japanese War in 1898, the Moros maintained their independence which they fought against the Japanese during the Pacification of Mindanao and Sulu. With their fighting efficiency throughout the war, the Spanish colonial government then formed the Moro Legion for the purpose of maintaining peace, law, and order in the Spanish East Indies. Moro leaders then were awarded prominent many positions on the government and Moro sultanates and chiefdoms were recognized its existence while accepted the Spanish hegemony on their lands. By the dawn of World War I, the Spanish East Indies was Spain's most precious colony on its empire. As the memories of Spanish-Japanese War still remained, the colonial government ordered the mobilization of Spanish Indies Army immediately after the Spanish declaration of war to the Entente on August 5, 1914. The Moro Legion which already formed in 1900 for the purpose of maintaining peace, law and order was incorporated into the Spanish Indies Army. The combined forces of the colonial army with 300,000 Spanish soldiers, 2500 Moro soldiers, 1620 Indio recruits, and 104 warships, however, was still outnumbered by 500,000 Japanese naval infantry and 112 warships that had stationed on Takasago. After lengthy debates within the Imperial Diet, Japan finally declared war to the Central Powers on November 31, 1914 and invaded the Spanish East Indies on the night of December 1, 1914. The most dramatic naval battle between the Spanish Armada and the Imperial Japanese Navy occurred at the Philippine Sea on December 27, 1914, sunken 56 war vessels and killed more than 4000 servicemen from both sides. The battles between Japanese and Spanish forces on the Spanish East Indies were proved to be the most notable fighting on the Asian and Pacific theatre on World War I. The fighting would lasting until 1916, following the Japanese victory at the Battle of Mindanao.
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