The Holy Spanish Empire

Overview
Spain, officially the Holy Spanish Empire is the oldest empire that appears in the '''The Conquest. '''Her lands are primarily situated near Mount Madrugada in the South.

Spain consists of the Kingdoms Valencia, Viejo, Calambria, and recently the southern provinces of Adventura and Murano. The Spanish government operates within Castillo Madrugada, a large castle in Madrid.

Spain fought alongside the Allied powers during the Great War, and Spainish King Esteban Corona IV was the principle member of the Dragonslayers during the Dragonbork crisis.

Spain exports diamond, coal, and iron as her primary income.

Places of Interest
Spain is a cultural leader in the world, engineering the sandwich style method of construction. Spain has an individualized style using cobblestone to form patterns on baked stone surfaces, with accents of white halfstone to set it apart.


 * See Spanish Architecture

Spanish Government
Spain is a constitutional monarchy, with monarch and smaller parliament made up of Lords and Ladies of the united kingdoms. The monarch is appointed by a two-step system of birth-right and parliament confirmation. Although the parliament has the power to challenge a jus sanguinis sucession, no King has ever been crowned without a monarch's approval.

Spanish Royalty

 * See Spanish Kings 

The current serving King of Spain is Julius Corona V of House Corona. His Queen is Marie Corona née Alister of House Adventura.

Aside from jus sanguinis sucession, other contenders to the crown are Lord & Lady Vinton of House Vasquez, and to a lesser degree, Lord Reyes of House Viejo.

Spanish Royal Houses
There are six traditional Spanish Royal Houses: With the annexation of Adventura, two additional houses were added: Many Spanish Royal Houses lack an actual peerage, given the uneven residential distribution of Spain. Typically, Houses which have held the Spanish crown have had their peerage move to Madrid from their respective Kingdoms, furthering the size of the Holy Spanish peerage. This has famously occured with Houses Viejo, Aragon, and Vasquez.
 * House Viejo
 * House Aragon
 * House Coronis 
 * House Tudor
 * House Vasquez 
 * House Cromwell 
 * House Alister 
 * House Royal of Murano (in abeyance)

Entities of the Spanish Government
Aside from the monarchy and parliament, the Spanish Government also consists of a considerable amount of bureaus, agencies, and offices, listed below.
 * Ministry of Defense (MOD)
 * Office of Spanish Intelligence (OSI)
 * Office of the Treasurer
 * Office of Mines & Development (OMD)
 * Agency of Inter-castle Affairs
 * Redundancy Office of Redundancy (ROR)
 * Royal Road Service
 * Office of the Church

Spanish Literacy
Spain consists of a plethelora of Kingdoms, each with their own socieconomic communities, proclivities, governments, and cultures. As such, Spain's average literacy is 45%. This is broken down further below:
 * Kingdom of Valencia 67%
 * Kingdom of Viejo 65%
 * Kingdom of Calambria 48%
 * Kingdom of Adventura 29%
 * Kingdom of Murano 16%

External Influences
The Spanish Empire upkeeps an impressive repetoire of real estate outside of the Spanish border.

However, many are owned and operated by the Office of Spanish Intelligence and Ministry of Defense, and are thusly kept in secret.

The Royal Roads & Rail Service maintains several roads outside of the Spanish Border ot upkeep her and her allies mobility.

Since her inception, Spain has participated in two notable wars. Spain has been implicated in one international incident:
 * The Great War
 * The Swiss-Spanish Conflict of 910
 * The Bombing of the City of Angels