>relatively big country
>isolated, easily defensible, but still in a great position for trade
>populous
>good amount of natural resources
>good climate
>colonized Americas and extracted vast amounts of wealth
>European
>Christian
How is Spain so fucking irrelevant since late 18th century?
How did they fuck it up so hard? Contemporary Spain is as influential as Greece, and it's mind boggling.
you say that like it's a bad thing
>almost as wealthy as france, uk, germany
>without all the problems those countries face
id say it's a fair trade off
Inflation from South American silver mines and Nappys invasion
Spain is in no way as wealthy as those countries. A while ago they had like 20% unemployment for god's sake.
Because they were governed by Spaniards.
>colonized Americas and extracted vast amounts of wealth
this wasn't a good for them or for Portugal
meant to quote OP
The fact that they never succeeded in annexing Portugal is downright embarrassing.
why would they?
Brainlet.