Iberia (The Republican Dream)

Overview
Iberia, officially the Iberian Federal Republic, is a country mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe. Its territory also includes four archipelagoes: the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, the Cape Verde Islands-also off the coast of Africa, the Azores and Madeira in the Atlantic, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclave of the Rif make Iberia the only European country to have a physical border with an African country (Morocco).Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Iberian territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea; to the north and northeast by France, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by the Atlantic Ocean.

With an area of 860,131 km2, Iberia is the largest country in Southern Europe, Western Europe and the European Union, and the third largest country in the European continent. By population, Iberia is the fifth largest in Europe and the fourth in the European Union. Iberia's capital and largest city is Madrid; other major urban areas include Lisbon, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Málaga and Bilbao.

Iberia is a secular parliamentary democracy and a Federal Republic, with Pedro Sanchez as President. It is a major developed country and a high income country, with the world's eighth largest economy by nominal GDP and sixteenth largest by purchasing power parity. It is a member of the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), the Eurozone, the Council of Europe (CoE), the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI), the Union for the Mediterranean, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Schengen Area, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the G20. Iberia has a "permanent invitation" to G7 summits, as they attend every summit, even though not being an official member.

Politics
According to the Democracy Index of the EIU, Iberia is one of the 19 full democracies in the world.

The Iberian Constitution of 1848 is the culmination of the Iberian unification, since then, it has been changed 15 times by the Cortes Generales. The constitutional history of Iberia dates back to the constitution of 1812. The Iberian Constitution was written after the Unification of Spain and Portugal with Social Liberals in Power, who wanted a federal republic.

As a result, Iberia is now composed of 23 autonomous communities with varying degrees of autonomy thanks to its Constitution, which nevertheless explicitly states the indivisible unity of the Iberian nation. The constitution also specifies that Iberia has no state religion and that all are free to practice and believe as they wish.

The Iberian administration approved the Gender Equality Act in 2007 aimed at furthering equality between genders in Iberian political and economic life. According to Inter-Parliamentary Union data as of Sept 1, 2018, 137 of the 350 members of the Congress were women (39.1%), while in the Senate, there were 101 women out of 266 (39.9%), placing Iberia 16th on their list of countries ranked by proportion of women in the lower (or single) House. The Gender Empowerment Measure of Iberia in the United Nations Human Development Report is 0.794, 12th in the world.[84]

Government
Iberia is a Federal Republic, with a bicameral parliament, the Cortes Generales (General Courts).The executive branch consists of a Council of Ministers of Iberia presided over by the Prime Minister, nominated and appointed by the President and confirmed by the Congress of Deputies following legislative elections. By political custom established 1848 Constitution, the President's nominees have all been from parties who maintain a plurality of seats in the Congress.

The legislative branch is made up of the Congress of Deputies (Congreso de los Diputados) with 350 members, elected by popular vote on block lists by proportional representation to serve four-year terms, and a Senate (Senado) with 259 seats of which 208 are directly elected by popular vote, using a limited voting method, and the other 51 appointed by the regional legislatures to also serve four-year terms.

Head of Government Cabinet Iberia is organisationally structured as a so-called Estado de las Autonomías ("State of Autonomies"); it is one of the most decentralised countries in Europe, along with Switzerland, Germany and Belgium;[86] for example, all autonomous communities have their own elected parliaments, governments, public administrations, budgets, and resources. Health and education systems among others are managed by the Iberian communities, and in addition, Vascongadas also manages their own public finances based on foral provisions. In Catalonia, Vascongadas, Miño, Antelejo and the Canary Islands, a full-fledged autonomous police corps replaces some of the State police functions.
 * President of Spain: Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, elected 1 June 2018.
 * Prime Minister and Minister for the Presidency: Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría (in office).
 * Council of Ministers (Consejo de Ministros) designated by the Prime Minister.

Administrative Regions
The Iberian State is integrated by 23 autonomous communities, being the highest or first-order administrative division in the country. Autonomous communities are integrated by provinces, of which there are 71 in total, and in turn, provinces are integrated by municipalities. In Catalonia, two additional divisions exist, the comarques and the vegueries both of which have administrative powers; comarques being aggregations of municipalities, and the vegueries being aggregations of comarques. The concept of a comarca exists in all autonomous communities, however, unlike Catalonia, these are merely historical or geographical subdivisions.

Foreign Relations
After the return of democracy following the death of Primo de Rivera in 1930, Spain's foreign policy priorities were to break out of the diplomatic isolation of the Rivera years and expand diplomatic relations, enter the European Entente, and define security relations with her former WW1 Allies, Britain and France.

As a member of NATO since 1978, Iberia has established itself as a participant in multilateral international security activities. Iberia's EU membership represents an important part of its foreign policy. Even on many international issues beyond western Europe, Iberia prefers to co-ordinate its efforts with its EU partners through the European political co-operation mechanisms.

Iberia has maintained its special relations with Hispanic America and the Philippines. Its policy emphasises the concept of an Ibero-American community, essentially the renewal of the concept of "Hispanidad" or "Hispanismo", as it is often referred to in English, which has sought to link the Iberian Peninsula with Hispanic America through language, commerce, history and culture.

Armed Forces
The armed forces of Iberia are known as the Iberian Armed Forces. Their Commander-in-chief is the President, Pedro Sanchez.

The Iberian Armed Forces are divided into three branches:
 * Army (Ejército de Tierra)
 * Navy (Armada)
 * Air Force (Ejército del Aire)

Army
The Iberian Army is the terrestrial army of the Iberian Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is one of the oldest active armies — dating back to the late 15th century when Phillip II of Spain ruled over both Spain and Portugal in the Iberian union.