The Spanish bureaucracy that had built up around the charismatic, industrious, and intelligent Charles I and Philip II demanded a strong and hardworking monarch; the weakness and lack of interest of Philip III and Philip IV contributed to Spain's decay.
A burocracia española que se forxou ao redor do carismático, traballador e intelixente Carlos I e Filipe II esixía un monarca sólido; a debilidade de Filipe III e IV levou á decadencia de España.