Part of the country series of articles.
TRAVEL ADVISORY: EXERCISE CAUTIONCollectivities in Iberia exercise a degree of autonomy, and security arrangements and local customs vary. Consult local authorities for more information.
| Iberia | |
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| Federal Republic | |
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| Capital | Barcelona |
| Languages | Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician, Basque |
| Population | 58,112,000 |
The Iberian Federation (commonly Iberia) occupies the peninsula in southwestern Europe, formed by the annexation of Portugal in 1955. It is a messy union of diverse territories managed from Barcelona, in which the former Portuguese republic remains a constituent state with substantial autonomy.
Contemporary Iberian history begins with the Spanish Civil War and the assassination of Spanish president Javier Marx in 1955, which boiled over longstanding tensions between Spain and Portugal. The subsequent war and annexation of European Portugal brought an end to the Estado Novo regime and its colonial wars, and decolonised most of its former empire. Paranoia from the war still lingers a century on, and beneath its federal democracy is a keen security service that monitors seperatism closely.
Iberian economics feature village-level collectivities that bear a rough resemblance to the Vekllei commons and are part of the Iberian political tradition. These collectivities generally operate in the gaps left by the conventional market economy. Iberia is relatively poor compared to its neighbours, but is industrious and productive.