Mariano City is a fictional city-reigon in the Philippines, with influences of British and American city planning. It is located in the Datu Odin Sinsuat municipality. Because of it's influence, many of the residents speak English due to the American influence, along with the fact that the Americans ran the town as it's own country until about 15 years ago, when it gave the city back to the Philippines, but still ran it as it's own, independent reigon. Today, Mariano City is a large financial district, with many banks and other corporations based there. Many have called the city the "Hong Kong of the Philippines".