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[color=Gold][h1]The Kingdom of Spain[/h1][/color][/center]

[color=Gold][b]Heads of State[/b]:[/color] 
[hider=His Royal Majesty, King Juan Carlos I]
The young playboy King of Spain. Better known for his drunken shenanigans than his ability to rule. Overthrown in a Military coup, he now acts as a figurehead to give the nation the illusion of Kingdom. [/hider]
[hider=Her Royal Highness, Queen Mariana Braganza I (26)]
Mariana is well loved by the people. She is beautiful, charismatic, intelligent, kind, everything that the common people hope for in a ruler.[/hider]

[color=Gold][b]Ruler[/b]:[/color] 
[hider=Grand Viceroy Francisco De Le Cal Delgado]
Delgado rose to the position of Spanish Viceroy from Commander of the Cazadores following a successful military coup he orchestrated with other mid-level military officers. He now rules Spain with an iron fist.[/hider]

[color=Gold][b]Location[/b]:[/color] 
[Hider=Map of Spain and Teritories][IMG]http://i68.tinypic.com/2n8obki.jpg[/IMG][/hider]

[color=Gold][b]Spanish Territories[/b]:[/color] 
[hider=Spanish Africa]
Once the Islamic states of Morocco and Algeria, the local Muslim populations were exterminated by the Spanish military and driven into the desert where the pitiful remnants are hunted for sport.
[hider=Tangier]
The largest city in Spanish Morocco. Well known for the diversity of its population, as long as they are Catholic of course.[/hider][/hider]
[hider=Spanish Guinea]
A small slice of Africa still controlled by the Spanish.[/hider]
[hider=Los Territorios del Norte]
Formerly the the southern provinces of France, this region was conquered in the late 1920's.[/hider]
[hider=Corsica]
Formerly part of France, this region was conquered in the late 1920's.[/hider]
[hider=Sardinia]
Formerly part of France, this region was conquered in the late 1920's.[/hider]
[Hider=Portugal]
Portugal was conquered in a surprise attack that relied heavily on bluff on the part of the Spanish Military.
[hider=Lisbon] 
The Spanish provincial of Portugal. A stunning city of the old world, the Queen was born here.[/hider]
[hider=Porto]
The seat of Portuguese resistance to Spain until flame throwers were used to put down the rebels. This city has not yet healed from the scars of Spanish conquering fire.[/hider][/hider]
[hider=Spanish Western Sahara]
A small slice of the West African coast rich in oil and phosphates.
[hider=Dakhla]
The Seaside town of Dakhla is world renowned for its amazing surfing, wind surfing, and kite surfing. It is becoming increasingly popular as a destination for young adults looking to spend some time on the beach, find themselves a playmate, and to indulge in the Tango.[/hider][/hider]

[color=Gold][b]Political Factions[/b]:[/color]
[hider=Royalists]
The faction that backs the King and supports the return of Royal rule. They are nominally all former land barons or nobility. Their power was heavily reduced by the coup but they are far from gone.[/hider]
[hider=Communists]
A slowly growing threat within Spain, an after effect of the French Communist efforts in the north. Popular among the peasant class and Portuguese resistance fighters.[/hider] 
[hider=Nationalists]
Almost exclusively found in the military and police forces. This quickly burgeoning group believes in a powerful Spain but not one that only benefits the wealthy elite.[/hider]
[hider=Anarchists]
Few and far between, they are still enough of a threat to kill the odd police officer and even target the King. Many of them are found in Portugal at the moment.[/hider] 

[color=Gold][b]Characters[/b]:[/color] 
[hider=His Royal Highness, King Juan Carlos I (24)]
The young playboy King of Spain. Better known for his drunken shenanigans than his ability to rule. Overthrown in a Military coup, he now acts as a figurehead to give the nation the illusion of Kingdom. [/hider]
[hider=Her Royal Highness, Queen Mariana Braganza I (26)]
Mariana is well loved by the people. She is beautiful, charismatic, intelligent, kind, everything that the common people hope for in a ruler.[/hider]
[hider=Grand Viceroy Francisco De Le Cal Delgado (35)]
Delgado rose to the position of Spanish Viceroy from Commander of the Cazadores following a successful military coup he orchestrated with other mid-level military officers. He now rules Spain with an iron fist.[/hider]
[hider=Admiral-General Martín Fernández de Navarrete (38)]
Admiral-General of the Spanish Navy. His flag is aboard the [i]RAE Don Quixote[/i].[/hider]
[hider=Director Juan José Omella (72)]
Former head of the Real Inquisición and firm believer in the survival of the Catholic Church in Spain. Now in charge of the Centro Nacional de Inteligencia.[/hider]
[hider=Viceroy Mariano Rajoy (41)]
Spanish nobleman who formerly owned large chunks of Spain. His property was seized during the military coup that removed the nobility as a powerful entity in Spain. He was granted the title of Viceroy of Morocco by Delgado for previous services rendered.[/hider]
[hider=Maria Rajoy, Marquessa of Morocco (18)]
Classically beautiful Spanish eighteen year old, often found chilling with the King. May have a thing for Wilhelm, son of the Duke of German Kamerun.
[/hider]
[hider=Ambassador Marc Marginedas (51)]
Spanish Ambassador to Portugal.[/hider]
[hider=Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (55)]
Father of Princess Mariana Braganza, and Duke of the same name. He lives in Lisbon.[/hider]
[hider=General Admiral Teodoro E. López Calderón (61) (Deceased)]
Former commander of the Spanish Navy. Executed during the Delgado Coup of July, 1960.[/hider]
[hider=Army General Francisco Javier Varela Salas (56) (Deceased)]
Former Chief of Defence Staff for the Spanish Armed Forces. Executed during the Delgado Coup of July, 1960.[/hider]

[color=Gold][b]Places[/b]:[/color]
[hider=Palacio Real de Madrid]
The Royal Palace located in Madrid. Currently the seat of Delgado's Government.[/hider]
[hider=Alhambra (Granada)]
The Kings summer palace. A stunning and sprawling fortress at the foot of the Sierra Nevada.[/hider]
[hider=Real Armada Estación Rota]
Rota Naval Station is the Atlantic base and shipyard for the Spanish Navy.[/hider]
[hider=Alcazaba de Málaga]
The Kings winter palace. A former Moorish palace overlooking the Mediterranean.[/hider] 
[hider=Sagrada Família]
Massive Cathedral under construction since 1855 in Barcelona. Headquarters of the Real Inquisición.[/hider] 
[hider=Hospital de San Sebastián el Mártir]
Large Catholic run hospital in the heart of Madrid. Clean, well run, but very boring and possibly even slightly depressing.[/hider]

[color=Gold][b]Government Institutions[/b]:[/color]
[hider=Centro Nacional de Inteligencia (State Secret Police)]
Formerly the Inquisition. Found across Spain. Operates as a federal agency. Reports directly to the Viceroy.[/hider]
[hider=Cazadores (Elite Military Police)]
Highly powerful agency that can be found across Spain. They answer to military high command and the King.[/hider]
[hider=Policia Territorial (Territorial Police)]
Polices most rural areas to small to have their own police force.[/hider]
[hider=Guardia Civil (Civil Guard)] 
Protection of communication routes, coasts, border entry points; enforcement of environmental and conservation laws.[/hider]
[hider=Cuerpo Nacional de Policía (National Police)]
National Police Corp in communities with population of more than 20,000.[/hider]
[hider=Armada Real Española (Spanish Navy)]
The Spanish Navy. Mid-sized with excellent ships and well trained crews.[/hider]

[color=Gold][b]Spanish Vehicles[/b]:[/color]
[hider=Zorro Medium Tank] 
Spanish built tank well received for excellent fire power, speed, and armour. The machine is around 44 tonnes, protected by 88mm thick armour, carries a crew of five and is armed with a 7.5cm main cannon, and two 7.92mm machine guns.[/hider] 
[hider=Tortuga Tank Light tank, ] 
Flame thrower capable, four crew, 75mm gun, older models have a fixed cannon and no turret[/hider]

[color=Gold][b]Spanish Ships[/b]:[/color]
[hider=Heroe-Class Battleship]
50,000 tonnes, 15inch guns, and capable of 30 knots at flank speed. There are currently three in service with more in production. The flagship is the [i]RAE Don Quixote[/i].[/hider]

[color=Gold][b]Spanish Aircraft[/b]:[/color]
[hider=Cormoran Class Dirigible]
Double gasbag airship aircraft carrier. Capable of speeds up to 120km/hr, has a range of 11,000km and can launch/recover 12 Colibri Fighter planes.[/hider]
[hider=Colibri Fighter Plane]
Smaller than your average fighter, built for dirigible service. Armed with 2x20mm cannons, can reach speeds of 720km/hr[/hider]


[color=gold][b]History[/b]:[/color]
[hider]OOC: With European history recently rewritten, this is a new Spanish history as a number of existing Spanish posts and storylines have been drastically affected by the new "Red Zone". 

This post has been reviewed and approved by [@Dinh AaronMk]

[center][h3]The Spanish Empire - History Reimagined[/h3][/center]

The First World War was the catalyst for the rebirth of the Spanish Empire. Balancing a precarious diplomatic tightrope, they promised everything and yet delivered nothing, in finest Spanish style. Industry flourished as both sides sought Spanish goods and materials to fuel their own war machines.

When the the Great War finally came to a close Spain emerged from the cloud of war staunchly neutral and the most powerful nation in Europe. As the only major surviving European economy still intact, Spain soon saw massive economic success. Perhaps not surprisingly this brought unrest among the peasants in the countryside as they demanded their share of the new prosperity. Prosperity that had somehow made its way into the coffers of the wealthy landowners and failed to trickle down to those who had actually done the work. 

Violence broke out in several regions, notably Catalan and Andalusia. The Conservative Government ordered troops deployed to quell the uprisings when local police forces refused to engage with the protestors which only served to fuel their determination to get what was owed to them. Soldiers deployed across the country as the Government screamed for drastic measures to be taken. It looked as though Spain would follow in the steps of other post-war European powers and shed the blood of its own people.

In a move that stunned the nation, the current King, His Majesty Alfonso XIII, left his crown in Madrid, walked out of the city, passed through the line of soldiers and linked arms with the angry mob marching on the city. On that day, he won the undying love of the common Spaniard, and the soldiers refused to fire on their King, instead turning on their officers and, in some cases, shooting them on the spot.

The King immediately ordered the military leadership, and the Government, arrested for trying to destabilize the regime. Some shots were fired between the Guardia Civil and Royalist army units loyal to the King as soldiers stormed Parliament and military headquarters. Two Guardsmen were killed and the rest surrendered when the Royalist forces brought up artillery. 

Hundreds of millions of peseta were "donated" by wealthy landowners when given the choice between making the donations, or losing everything. The money was poured back into the country by the King, who quickly became the most popular leader in the last century. So popular in fact that he dissolved the Parliament and few said a word, he replaced military leaders with those loyal to him and nary a peep was heard, he crushed the Moroccan revolt and the country cheered him.

When Communist forces seemed to be gaining the upper hand in France, now a shell of its former self, he offered Spanish assistance to bedraggled government forces. Desperate for any help they could get, the French Government hurriedly accepted the Spanish intervention. Tens of thousands of Spanish troops poured across the border and occupied much of the southern half of the country. The French realized far to late that the Spanish saying, "Revenge is a dish best served cold", was not empty words. Spanish forces quickly annihilated Communist, Anarchist and Royalist forces alike. 

The French people, starving, decimated, and bleeding, surrendered with only a few gasps of resistance as the Spanish flag broke out over the south. Further north the massive devastation, the scattered mines, unexploded shells, and so much more, had turned what remained of France into a series of smaller warring city states reminiscent of Russia. 

Buoyed by the success of their French campaign, the Spanish turned south. A British Government, faced with another major war, quietly sold Gibraltar the the Spanish Crown. Italian forces, trying to claim their own piece of France, ran full tilt into the Spanish army and a short battle later the Spanish were advancing into Italy. Rather than losing their northern territories, the Italians ceded all control of Corsica and Sardinia to the Spanish. 

Then, tragically, in 1948, the King was killed while learning how to fly. His plane plunging into the Sierra Nevada, the body recovered after a frantic six day search. His throne passed to his ten year old son son, Juan Carlos I.

Juan Carlos I inherited a Spanish state that was economically powerful, boasted a massive modern military, and had peace within her borders. As is often the case with young regents however, new forces with their own interests at heart began to try and sway the young royal one way or the other. Royalists, supported by the Catholic Church, sought to retain their current power, Nobles and Land Owners to regain some of their lost wealth, and the middle and lower class were quietly being infiltrated by Communist and Democratic forces. 

For the next twelve years these various forces gently pushed, then began to shove, at the young King. Unable to completely trust anyone around him, he withdrew into his own household, leaving the day to day operation of the country to his advisors, the majority of whom were Royalist supporters. Tax reform slowly began to favour the wealthy once again, peasants began to see their rights being chipped away at, and a slow return to feudal ways began. 

In 1960 everything changed once again as a coup d'État, led by Colonel De La Cal Delgado of the Elite Cazadores and supported by the Navy, ousted the young King and saw the execution of many of his supporters. A short but vicious war followed with Portugal that saw the use of a new type of warfare that combined the speed of motorized vehicles and fighter bombers.    

Then came the Algerian Campaign as Delgado sought to secure a permanent oil supply for the growing Spanish Empire. The Muslims of Algeria, much as the French had before them, learnt of the long Spanish memory as the ghost of the Reconquista reared its head. Muslims were slaughtered in their thousands as deadly poison gas was unleashed indiscriminately against civilian populations and military targets alike. When Algeria eventually surrendered it was little more than a shell of a nation.

Spanish gold is reappearing in former colonies as pro-Spanish factions at long last find themselves a financial backer with deep pockets. While the great guns have fallen silent in Algeria, the intrigues that surround the Spanish leadership continue unabated and a reckoning is coming with various factions seeking to make their final play for control.
[/hider]

[color=gold][b]Post Catalogue[/b]:[/color]
[b]Free State of Rhodesia[/b] 
0. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4476601]Established November 2017[/url]
1. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4478649]The Ethiopians and Rhodesians meet[/url] 
2. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4481807]Henry Cornell Intro, meets with Ethiopian Ambassador[/url]
3. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4482823]Intro for the Rhodesian Security Bureau[/url]
4. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4486110]Intro of Andrew Walls, the drug king pin makes his mark[/url]
5. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4497361]Andrew Walls is raided by the RSB[/url]
6. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4508160]Rhodesians save the Seige of Mombasa[/url]
7. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4512910]Intro for Sara Reicker, sexy RSB agent sent to keep an eye on things in Ethiopia[/url]
8. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4517811]Andrews Walls escapes his pursuers and finds the rebels[/url]
9. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4522099]Rhodesia decides to vacate the Seige of Mombasa[/url]
10. [url=roleplayerguild.com/posts/4527222]Andrew Walls is betrayed by Robert Mugabe[/url]
11. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4535091]Cornell Tobacco Headquarters[/url]
12. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4535547]Cornell Tobacco arrives in the Philippines[/url]
13. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4535793]Cornell Tobacco pins down a massive trade deal[/url]
14. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4543318]Sara Reicker executes her duty to Rhodesia[/url]
15. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4545209]Rhodesian Foreign Office is down a man and Rhodesia's white future is revealed.[/url]
16. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4546596]Golf buddies debate jurisdiction[/url]
17. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4547444]A beautiful Journalist meets a Pilot who loves her work.[/url]
18. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4560056]Russians for free, and Rhodesia is shopping[/url]
19. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4560586]A Journalist defies gravity[/url]
20. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4562077]Communists in Zambia[/url]
21. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4564541]The Angel of Death[/url]
22. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4569162]Salisbury Nightlife[/url]
23. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4578547]Marijuana and Rhodesian Society[/url]
24. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4579679]Rhodesia, a promised land[/url]
25. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4583097]Anna Leaves the Past behind[/url]
26. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4586301]Andrews Past Continues to Haunt Him[/url]
[b]The Kingdom of Spain[/b]
00. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4593202]Established February 2018[/url]
27. [Url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4593543]The Most Dangerous Game[/url]
28. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4595137]The [i]RAS Don Quixote[/i] makes waves[/url]
29. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4599460]The Inquisition continues to haunt Spain [/url]
30. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4600952]The King likes his games[/url]
31. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4602087]The Return of Sara Reicker[/url] 
32. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4605004]Communists in Spain[/url]
33. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4605203]A military build up on the Northern Frontier[/url]
34. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4605766]A King in Portugal? Not if there is a King in Spain[/url]
35. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4607360]Colonel Delgado becomes Grand Viceroy as he leads a Military coup[/url]
36. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4610059]The King has blood on his hands[/url]
37. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4626799]Portugal is given 24 hours to surrender.[/url]
38. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4627610]The King is to marry a woman he has never met.[/url]
39. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4628509]Portugal surrenders, at least on paper[/url]
40. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4632662]Communist BBQ[/url]
41. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4635110]The Isabel Gemio Story - Part I (The Princess and the Viceroy)[/url]
42. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4637324]The Isabel Gemio Story - Part II (A Private Eye in Sao Paolo)[/url]
43. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4638866]The Isabel Gemio Story - Part III (A Secret to Die For) / The King is Rejected[/url]
44. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4642234]Cultural: Surfs up![/url]
45. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4652008]Cultural: Hopes and Dreams in Ibiza[/url]
46. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4652776]Of Rebels and Assassins - Part I (An Ambush in Porto)[/url]
47. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4664451]Of Rebels and Assassins - Part II (Delgado's Iron Will)[/url]
48. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4667597]The Isabel Gemio Story - Part IV (A Fugitive in Sao Paolo)[/url]
49. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4669169]Of Rebels and Assassins - Part III (We Need a Professional)[/url]
50. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4670225]The Isabel Gemio Story - Part V (The Queens Naughty Secret)[/url]
51. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4674169]Cultural: Backpacking in Spain[/url]
52. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4676597]"Desperta Ferro!" - Part I (The Army of Morocco)[/url]
53. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4682037]"Desperta Ferro!" - Part II ([i]Don Quixote[/i] Battlegroup)[/url]
54. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4688784]Of Rebels and Assassins  - Part IV (Hiring a Stranger)[/url]
55. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4697851]The Isabel Gemio Story - Part VI (The Hunter arrives)[/url]
56. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4717120]"Desperta Ferro!" - Part III (To Kill the Infidel is Not Murder)[/url]
57. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4722440]"Desperta Ferro!" - Part IV (Gods Breath)[/url]
58. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4734462]Home for a Rest[/url]
59. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4738319]Letter from Francisco[/url]
60. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4781433]A Problem of Loyalty[/url]
61. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4794168]Clearing La Zona Roja[/url]
000 [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4812700]REVAMPED SPANISH HISTORY[/url]