Spain is a country on the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe, bordering Portugal and France. It is a member of the European Economic Community.
History[]
In 1997, a freak earthquake occurred in the Bay of Biscay that decimated Spain's Basque Country, specifically the city of Bilbao. Soon after, Spain was forced to implement draconian immigration laws in an attempt to curb the Wasting Plague's effect on the nation.
In 2002 there was a massive parliamentary breakdown upon the publicization of the fact that almost all of their professional politicians were corrupt. This caused the breakdown of the old political parties and led to an era of "amateurism" in politics. Coupled with the fact that elections were now yearly, Spain had effectively made long-term decision-making impossible.
Around 2008, corporations attempted to buy out land throughout most of Spain, but the disorganised government and resistance from landowners prevented this. At the same time, Spain redirected funds from the rebuilding of Basque Country to go towards hosting the Olympic Games, which caused civil outcry.
In 2013, a massive drought occurred that turned the Andalusia region of Spain into a massive desert. A "Water War" broke out between the cities of Aragon and Catalonia to claim the Ebro river for themselves, escalating once corporations got involved. It took intervention from the European Economic Community to end the war.
By 2015, Spain could no longer afford to prevent the AgriCorps from buying up land and began using the proceeds to fund its major cities and tourist zones. In response modern highwaymen begin popping up in Andalusia. This all culminated a year later when 127 environmental protestors were killed by corporate security in the tourist town of Bermeo.[1]
In May 2016, the European Economic Community council approved on the construction of a tunnel between Europe and Northern Africa. The chosen route was the Strait of Gibraltar, giving the ECC full control over the area. The tunnel construction begun in 2017 and was finished in 2020. The former Spanish city of Ceuta was completely turned into an extensive transport terminus.[2]
Most recent history has been a succession of lost opportunities and a turning back to the past. Recently, the chance to recover part of that lost opportunity appeared when Spain had the only orbital mass driver in the Canary Islands, with the project of enlarging the old Canarian facilities, to make the ESA independent of Orbital Air's resources and keeping valuable assets in European soil.[1]
Government[]
After a major scandal in which almost every major Spanish politician was found to be corrupt, Spain's old political parties were dissolved due to civil outrage. This caused an era of "political amateurism", in which most candidates had no real training or financial backing. In addition, it was made so that elections were now yearly, meaning a new president was elected each year.[1]
Culture[]
Spaniards have what foreigners call the Furia Espanola, a combination of hidden competence and national pride that allows Spain to succeed. Spain is still a great place to have a good time, if you can mix with the natives. It’s still famous for bull-fighting and flamenco, but has an impressive academic side to it as well.
Modern times have given rise to sects of bandits and highwaymen that have taken up arms against the government and begun "liberating" resources from the bigger cities. Many small communities support these bandits.[1]
Major Cities[]
Notes[]
- Herrera is a major Spanish automotive manufacturer.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 RAMOS, J. Eurosource Plus. Berkeley, CA, R. Talsorian Games, 1995. (pp.52–5)
- ↑ RAMOS, J. Eurosource Plus. Berkeley, CA, R. Talsorian Games, 1995. (p.118)