Catalonia (Free Catalonia)

The Federal Republic of Catalonia is a Western European country. Comprising the Eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, the and the Sardinian city of, it borders  to the West and  and  to the North. Its name, which dates about the 11th century BC, means "Land of Castles".

Once a divided between several Spanish, Italian and French regions, is a Sovereign Country since 1927 and a Federal Republic comprising several Vegueries since 1947. Its territory has been populated since the Paleolithic.

Today Catalonia is a Regional Economic Power for the Northern Mediterranian Coast and it has the second largest nominal GDP per capita in Europe. It is a founding member of the and member of the  and  since 1994.

The independence war (1926 - 1927)
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Catalan separatism saw its origins in the beginnings of the 20th century with Cuban and Irish independences, but it wasn't until Spanish dictaroship that became popular among Catalans. Banning of, closing of football stadium and eradication of Catalan self-governing institutions highly contributed to it. This is why, an illegal separatist catalan party founded in 1922 by , started to organize a guerrilla consisting of 54 Sections scattered on the Spanish and French sides of the Pyrenees. The party and the guerrilla were financed by various secret organizations located in South America and leaded by rich Catalan exiled families. The central headquarters were installed in the outskirts of, at that time a French town next to the Spanish border.

In the early morning of 30th October 1926 Francesc Macià, who proclaimed himself President of the and Commander-in-Chief of the, gave the order to the guerrilla volunteers to cross the border. They found no resistance and could reach the town of before midday, where local authorities surrendered. In the afternoon the was read in the Town Hall and broadcasted by radio to all the country. In the following days