My two cents as food for thought as I will most likely not participate in subsequent debates due to lack of time First regarding the order of the languages it really doesn t matter which comes first and one could argue endlessly as to why Catalan or Spanish should come first But I do argue for consistency in which case if you stick to Spanish Catalan or vice versa this order should be kept throughout the article instead of alternating It is more encyclopedic and less confusing This is not an issue about neutrality It is simply an issue of style Now regarding nationality I disagree with Icallbs Nationality does make sense in English and it is indeed extensively used I would advocate for its use in the introduction based on the following points Unlike the controversial word nation nationality is the legal definition for Catalonia within that same section of the Statute which does have pardon my translation judicial value valor jur dico Moreover the term nationality is fully constitutional and was supported by the Constitutional Court in its latest ruling There is nothing controversial about a fully constitutional term In English the word nationality does convey the same meaning as it does in Spanish and its used not only to refer to the Spanish nationalities but to the nationalities within other countries as well It has been used in non Spanish non Catalan Academic literature in English to refer specifically to the nationalities of Spain e g Federalism and the Balance of Power in European States 2006 from the OECD or Institutions of Modern Spain by the Cambridge University Press some results amongst many that a simple query in Google Books or Google Scholar would produce with or without quotations i e the inverted commas as they have been referred to above The term nationality is even used by the Encyclopedia Britannica when referring to Catalonia in the main article of Spain requires subscription but let me quote just one sentence The three regions that had voted for a statute of autonomy in the past Catalonia the Basque provinces and Galicia were designated historic nationalities and permitted to attain autonomy through a rapid and simplified process To me if reputable academic sources have no issues with the term nationality in English and being the word chosen by the Spanish Parliament in 1978 and being a constitutional term I don t see why we shouldn t use it It is fully referenced in primary secondary and tertiary sources Last but not least other autonomous communities that usually receive less attention for whatever reason have used the word nationality in their introductory paragraphs e g Galicia the Valencian Community without any controversy Ahh as a PS the Constitutional Court upheld the term national symbols of Catalonia 8th article as fully constitutional in the sense I quote of their condition of symbols of a nationality constituted as an autonomous community in exercise of the right acknowledged and guaranteed by the 2nd article of the Spanish Constitution they are in sum the symbols of a nationality without any pretension of contradiction to the symbols of the Spanish Nation Later on the resolution also adds that the 8th article is constitutional conforme a la constituci n interpreted in the sense that the said term is exclusively referring in its meaning and use to the symbols of Catalonia defined as a nationality and integrated into the indissoluble unity of the Spanish Nation Ergo I don t see a problem with using national symbols when the term itself has been declared constitutional But of course you can not avoid using this term without also making reference to the definition of Catalonia as a nationality so we are back to square one And as a final side note a second PS I noted that someone said that the functions of the states of the USA and the autonomous communities in Spain are almost identical Not true precisely because the former is a federation and the latter is not In a federation powers are transferred from the states to the federation and anything not explicitly transferred i e collectively transferred as written in the consti