Spain

Spain (Spanish: España), officially the Spanish Republic (Spanish: República Española), was a nation during Pixlies X in southwestern Europe with insular territories including the Canary and Balearic Islands, the Philippines, as well as a protectorate in Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea. Spain was settled immediately, being the first nation to be created on release.

With around 2200 chunks claimed, 24 members and active player-base, it was generally considered a great-power by many. Spain was allied with the United Kingdom, the Sultanate of Sulawesi and the Germanian Empire through a web of friendship treaties and mutual assistance declarations. Spain was generally well-liked and had no enemies, having general friendly relations to everyone.

Spain was a laicitary parliamentary democracy and democratic republic, with President of the Republic TAMaurice as head of state and government. It was a member of the Madrid Accords and was in the Western European Union as a founding member.

History
Spain was created directly on release the 11th of December 2021. Spain participated in the British-Karelian War and the Portugese Conflict.

Creation and release
During the first week, Spain was mounting eras fast due to an experienced playerbase and reached modern three days after release. It quickly claimed all its wanted territory and began developing its Slime-Fun industries.

Mid-December Period
In the late december period, tensions between Germania and Sulawesi almost exploded in Portugal. Sulawesi wanting a stronghold in Iberia decided to claim a fortress which Germania did not appreciate. In return, they absorbed the western half of southern Portugal. Upon portugese request, Spain occupied northern Portugal to prevent it being occupied by either power. The portugal conflict was resolved with fiery language from President TAMaurice to the germanian and sulawesi foreign ministers, telling them to leave "our (Spains) backyard".

Fiji Crisis

Shortly before new year, demands for autonomy of Fiji were growing. They were acceded to with the Autonomy Law, which still wasn't enough to appease the Fijians, which declared independence shortly after. Maurice and Karl looted a few chests on Fiji for ceding it to the independent Fiji. Their relation became neutral.

"Japo-Spanish War"

Before the outbreak of the SU-Germania war tensions between Spain and Japan were strained. The Japenese government the Social Democratic party or Shakaiminshutō had expansionist polices. The Japenese government formerly had claims on the Philippines that were taken by Spain which soured relations along with the Japenese-Fijian alliance. Japenese and Fijian generals started planning a war in late December to take the Philippines. Fiji and Japan started justifying a war in the first week of January. TAMaurice along with Spanish parliament were in panic with the prospect of war as Spain was outnumbered and unprepared. Two days before the justification finished the SU publicly announced support which made the Spanish surrender a day before the justification finished. Shii (Fiji), Mr_Archduke (Japan), and TAMaurice (Spain) along with his advisor Birb and Québec negotiated a peace. Fiji took items that were stolen in the Fijian independence war with the original intent to take the Philippine island of Mindanao. Japan had the intent to receive the entirety of the north Philippines, through days of peace talk they only revived the island of Palawan. This historical war was the fastest war in Pixlies history and the only one to end before it started.

Government
The Spanish Republic is a democratic republic, with elected head of state and unicameral parliament, the Congress of Deputies (Spanish: Congreso de los Diputados).

The legislative branch is made up of the Congress of Deputies, an assembly consisting of each citizen of the Republic directly.

The executive branch consists of a Council of Ministers presided over by the President of the Council of Ministers, who is elected directly by the Spanish electorate. Overseeing all executive activities, the President of the Republic may dismiss the President of the Council of Ministers as he pleases and instate who he wants. The President of the Republic serves as a figure-head and precedes over many republican ceremonies.


 * Head of State (President of the Republic)
 * TAMaurice
 * Government (Council of Ministers)
 * KarlVed (Minister without Portfolio)
 * qwizzco (Minister of Infrastructure Development and Public Works)
 * Other government positions
 * Slout (Governor-General of the Philippines)
 * KarlVed (Governor-General of Spanish Africa)