San Juan Bautista

The national flag of the Principality of San-Juan-Bautista

The **Principality of San Juan Bautista**, simply known as **San Juan Bautista**, Is a nationstate primarily located in the Iberian Peninsula in Europe, consisting of 24 constituent states in the Iberian Peninsula, with one overseas colony in the territory of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean. it shared significant land borders with Hal Stakion, which shares treaties with. It runs an autocratic government, ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The sizable but inefficient economy of San Juan Bautista runs a mixed economy, bearing a market economy along side a state owned industries, with a sizable chunk being completely governmental. The economy is worth 4.76 trillion Pesos a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Tourism. Average income is 45,296 Pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

## History

The Principality of San Juan Bautista was officially founded on July 27, 2021 after a violent civil war left the dictatorial "Partido del Espiritu Nacional" (PEN for short) as the main and only party ruling the then damaged nation. The culture of the nation dates back to the days of Rome, where the area was conquered by them and left disconnected from the empire once western Rome fell in 476. The peninsula was then invaded by the Muslims of the Umayyad caliphate in 711, until after various centuries of war, the "renconquista" ended with thee fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada in 1492.

After the reconquista, the Spanish empire expanded to explore the western world and to create various colonies. Fast forward a few centuries and in 1898 marked the end of the empire after losing the Spanish-American war, marking the decline of the nation. After a period of instability and the failure of the "republica", a civil war broke out between the democratic and socialist regimes, against the nationalists and carlists. The war ended with the nationalists winning, being lead by the Generalisimo Fransisco Franco, bringing Spain to prosperity through out his reign, after purging the disloyalists of course.

After Franco's death the king of Spain decided to reconstitute a liberal goverment, slowly leading to tensions rising to the breaking point. After the assassination of the then Prime Minister Julio Santos by the "Partido Socialistas del Jorndador" (PSJ for short) with help from the Queen Elvira De La Cruz, In may of 2019, a second civil war broke out, This time the Nationalists being lead by the PEN and it's leader, the Strongheaded beloved General of the Iraq War Bolivar Barrero. After a brutal, 2 year long civil war, the Nationalist came out victorious, purging the country from any SWP loyalist, and taking the crown out with them due to their involvement with the assassination of the prime minister of the old republic. Now the recently restored nation has renamed itself as San Juan Bautista, from the biblical prophet and baptizer from the new testament.

In late August the nation has started colonizing the Iberian Peninsula once again, and soon starting to set eyes in restoring their empire of old in the west once again.