Spanish Collapse Crisis (Scotland says "Yes")

The Spanish collapse crisis started during late 2014 and was ended with the act of separation on 1st January 2016.

On the 26th September there was a mass protest in Barcelona after it was declared Scotland would get to be independent there was mass calls for their referendum to be taken seriously. After they are ignored in Barcelona they instead try to march on Madrid and occupy it until they are recognized as having a right to vote. So on the 27th they set out from Madrid and start their march from

They suffer heavy police and partisan harassment and on day 3 of the march a confrontation between partisans and the marchers leaves 2 dead. As they move onto the outer outskirts of Madrid a police blockade stops them.After they attempt to push through the police lines to reach Madrid and after a couple of hours of smacking against police lines violence began to break out with some brick throwing and when partisans turned up and attacked things got very violent and the police intervened with water cannons which knocked an elderly pensioner and a 4 year old child to the ground hurting them both badly.

The protesters roared and attacked police lines harder and the police having had a major motorway blocked for 24 hours as well as other annoyance attacked the protesters camp hard with heavy riot gear. Arthur Mas is arrested and thrown in jail along with hundreds of other protesters.

When news breaks of the injuries and arrests the people in Catalonia on October 9th launch a general uprising with public buildings occupied. After an order from high police command is given to sort them out the police in Barcelona pick up their equipment and join in the rioting. With this news the Spanish army is mobilized and sent out to crush the rebellion.

On the 12th October the Spanish army encounter a military force attempting to hold a barricade at the Serge river and in fighting between the 2 sides, 2 Spanish soliders are injured while 4 men are killed and 16 are injured. The first Spanish solider to die is killed by a Molotov cocktail when a convoy tires to retake Lledia and although they move through they are unable to pacify it. The Spanish military keeps on being forced to pacify towns throughout Catalonia as they advance but rebels hide everywhere and just keep on fighting it is not until they reach Barcelona on the 2nd November they encounter hard resistance. The night before 2 Moroccan navy vessel by the names of Hassan II and Sultan Moulay Ismail escort a cargo freighter containing 250 assault rifles and 5 unguided anti- tank rockets along with ammunition. While all these weapons were much out of date they still worked and when the Spanish army entered Madrid when a armoured personnel carrier moving down a street was hit at point blank range by an anti- tank round which went through the armour. The vehicle was taken and later used in a attack where it pretended to be Spanish and then attacked and disabled another tank. Scenario's like this played out over the city with units actually armed and when a unit tried to retake the main government building they found themselves under attack by 30 armed men and were driven back. They later had to sent a much larger force to recover the building. the battle for Barcelona lasted 5 days and shocked the world.

The Spanish government then ordered a total lock down in Catalonia with soldiers out on the street and all right suspended. Morocco then tabled a UN resolution to launch economic sanctions on Spain on the 19th November. With scenes of soldiers on the streets while that resolution was rejected a lesser one banning Spain from importing anything expect basic supplies and also banned them from exporting until they offered a solution. The resolution was passed on the 22nd November.

Hearing these sanctions riots sparked in Basque and Canary Islands. The riots in Basque were put down but in Canary Islands some of the islands were secured and a Moroccan navy force blocked them and after a stand-off the Spanish naval force was forced to pull back.