Spain

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in southwestern Europe, with Madrid as its capital and largest city. It is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy: King Felipe VI is head of state and Pedro Sanchez is Prime Minister.

The country covers about 506,030 square kilometres and had a population of 49,801,559 at its July 2026 census, according to Wikipedia. It is divided into 17 autonomous communities and two autonomous cities, Ceuta and Melilla. Spanish is the official language nationwide, and Aranese, Basque, Catalan, Galician and Valencian are co-official in their regions. Spain joined the European Economic Community in 1986, the forerunner of the European Union, and uses the euro.

Spain is in the news in November 2026 over housing. On 12 November the lower house of parliament ratified a decree limiting evictions and real estate speculation by 35 votes to 34, a day after the country’s first general strike in 14 years. A national election is due on 29 November.

Sources: Wikipedia, Spain, Wikidata, Q29