Kingdom of Spain (Season II)

The **Kingdom of Spain** is a nation based in real-life Spain.

## History

### **Spain under PTBR control**

Spain was very sparsely populated in the early CG era (March-April 2020). During this time period, only a few cities existed in Spain, which were mostly small, inactive, and nationless. The first nation that began claiming parts of Spain was Portugal and Brazil, which paid newcomers to create towns such as Barcelona, Madrid, A Coruña, and Seville. The inactive towns in Spain were eventually disbanded and replaced with more active towns.

The leader of Madrid, SrSerrano, and the leader of Seville, Ignaciorp (aka. OctopusDry) peacefully declared their independence from PTBR on the 12th of May 2020, with Serrano running the nation. Both nations remained close allies until the Spanish civil war.

#### **Independent Spain**

As an independent nation, Spain started growing in size, and expanded to other regions, before declaring their intent to claim all of Spain's real-life borders. During this period, most of their cities (such as Madrid and Seville) began to quickly grow in size. Spain enjoyed good relations with other nations such as PTBR, Majapahit, England, and the Ptolemaic Empire. Spain was one of the founding members of the Solar Council and even began to plan large infrastructure projects, such as a trans-iberian railway, which would have connected most Spanish (and Portuguese) towns to the transatlantic railway and to other nations, such as England.

Over time, Spain's relations with other nations began to sour. England terminated relations with Spain when Spanish citizens began to illegally build houses right beside English towns.

## **Spanish Civil War**

On June 3rd, 2020, several Spanish users claimed the Island of Menorca (as the city of "Balears") and joined the empire of Majapahit. Serrano was outraged - partly due to the proximity of Balears to one of its cities (Mallorca) - and tried to counter Majapahit's expansion. Some of Spain's citizens responded by griefing near Balears. Majapahit responded by inviting other Spaniards to claim cities in southern Spain. The Kingdom of Spain took this as an act of war. Meanwhile, innocent Majapahit civilians were slaughtered by citizens of the Kingdom of Spain, and more griefs followed. Eventually, the Kingdom of Spain attacked FoxesCanFly, the leader of the Ptolemaic Empire - which promptly declared war on Spain. URoA, Japan, MAY and Deutschland quickly followed suit. PTBR initially hesitated to join the war, and declared itself neutral, but the leadership viewed Spain's actions (including griefing and slaughtering innocents) with disgust. When a Ptolemaic Empire citizen accidentally dropped his sword, which was picked up by a Spanish citizen who refused to give the sword back, PTBR declared war on Spain. The next day, PTBR annexed Galicia.

On the 10th of June, Spain allegedly helped the UOSS - a USAR seperatist movement - declare its independence. The USAR was outraged, and promptly declared war on both Spain and the UOSS. Spain, however, threatened the leader of the USAR with immediate military action, and the USAR backed down. The UOSS eventually cut ties with Spain.

Majapahit annexed the town of HipociLand and Mallorca, and eventually claimed all of Southern Spain. Spain continued with the killing of innocents and illegal griefs, resulting in several warns and bans. Even some Majapahit citizens griefed some Spanish towns. Majapahit began a peititon to kick Spain out of the solar council - most nations agreed, and on the 14th of June, Spain's membership in the Solar Council was suspended.

With more and more cities in Spain deciding to switch sides and join Majapahit and her allies, Blex tried to negotiate a peace treaty with Spain - which involved Spain completely surrendering, paying a fine to the USAR and returning a stolen sword to a Ptolemaic Empire citizen. Spain refused to sign the treaty, and the war continued.

Serrano temporarily resigned as the King of Spain on the 27th of June, and gave leadership of the nation to Ignaciorp. Ignaciorp negotiated a ceasefire with Majapahit, and decided to begin negotiations for peace.

### Geography

Spain claims all of the modern-day Spanish borders, as well as the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands. However, all of the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, and Southern Spain is claimed by Majapahit - Catalonia is claimed by the URoAaA - and Galicia is claimed by PTBR.

Spain mostly consists of dry and arid land, containing plenty of sand. Southwestern Spain mostly consists of plains, while Northern Spain is almost exclusively made up of forest.

The most populous city is Madrid, which contains many government buildings, such as the Spanish parliament and various embassies. The largest city (by area) is Seville.