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| | Spain Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Spain is, at present, what is called a ''State of Autonomies'', formally unitary but, in fact, functioning as a Federation of Autonomous Communities of SpainAutonomous Communities, each one with different powers (for instance, some have their own educational and health systems, others do not) and laws. |
 | | Spain's mixed capitalist economy supports a GDP that on a per capita basis is 87% that of the four leading Western EuropeWest European economies. |
 | | Until 1714, Spain was a loose confederation of kingdoms and statelets, under the same king, until King Philip V of SpainPhilip V removed the autonomous status of the Aragonese crown. |
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