>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
>less relevant to international politics than fucking Poland
I don't understand how Spain can be so irrelevant. I get that it lost its empire and industrialized late, but even with those hamstrings, it still seems like it should be at least a second tier power like France or something.
Relatively big country
Blake Evans
Brandon Clark
Spanish economy is a mess and their internal divisions are a big problem. But they should be in G20. They are more important than Indonesia and Argentina or Mexico.
Nicholas Hughes
Nice copy paste from /his/, fucking faggot
Jayden Foster
>t. Francisco Franco
Andrew Murphy
>industrialized late
You can't really be a big power without industry.
Angel Watson
France is a world power though(large influence over the EU and the UN, fourth/fifth largest economy, fifth strongest military), so it's not exactly a fair comparison. An actual example of a second tier power would be Japan or Canada.
Nolan Green
Japan has the third strongest economy in the world.
Leo Adams
Poland became relevant only because of the nationalist government that refused to take refugees in. But it's only in media, in real foreign relations Spain is way more relevant.
Hunter Cook
I like spain their our bros
Dominic Anderson
Hence why I listed criteria other than economy.