Républica d'Espagnol-A Victoria 2 Game

In Victoria 2 using the HPM Mod, I am playing as Spain. It is hoped for this glorious country to regain its glory.

In 1836, Spain is in turmoil. The regions of Catalonia and Vasconia are occupied by Carlists, rebels who support Carlos, a pretender to the Spanish throne. We won this First Carlist War, but after the war we began subjugating the Basque peoples. 

Following the end of the First Carlist War in 1838, Spain went to war with Morocco. The war ended with Morocco giving up the Rif and the city of Ifni to Spain.

Next, a war with Colombia. The war lasted for around a year, but resulted in the cession of Panama to Spain. 

In 1843, we went to war with a Franco-British Alliance after Prussia went to war with France. It was a very tough battle, with much of Galicia and Granada being occupied at first, but eventually the tide turned once the Prussians occupied Paris. The British scrambled to aid the French, and then we went in to liberate our territory and took Fortress Gibraltar. The war ended with French Tahiti, Western Australia and British Gibraltar being ceded to us. 

The war caused destruction and havoc in Spain, however, leading to yet another Carlist War. This time, the Carlists rose up throughout Spain and posed a much greater threat. We scrambled to protect Madrid before the Carlists took control of the city. We got there just in time and were able to defend against the Carlist threat. We then mopped up resistance across Spain.

After the war, the Spanish Government invaded Portugal after various colonial disputes. The Luso-Spanish War resulted in the Angolan Coast, Macau, Goa, the Azores, Madeira, São Tomé e Principe, and Portuguese Mozambique being ceded to Spain. We then expanded the Mozambican colony by taking over the neighboring tribes and ultimately secured the entire coast.

In 1854, Prussia, now the North German Federation, cancelled the Hispano-German Alliance signed nearly two decades prior. Following the termination of the alliance, Russian diplomats offered an alliance with our government. The main aim was to counter the Anglo-German Axis which was newly created, which was an alliance between Great Britain and the North German Federation following the termination of our alliance. The Russians aimed to gain us as an ally so we could deal with the British whilst the Russians dealt with the Germans. We agreed, seeing this as a great opportunity to defend against the United Kingdom. 

We also built the Suez and Panama Canals in 1862, bringing us great prestige. We also gained a protectorate over Sulu, a country containing multiple Filipino islands, and gained Ethiopia, Geledi, Majerteen (Somali States), Morocco and Madagascar into our sphere of influence. 

In 1866, the Glorious Revolution (which actually occurred in 1868 btw) of Spain occurred. A mutiny of sailors in Cadiz led to a general uprising against Queen Isabella II of Spain. After her top generals and political advisors turned against her, she fled to Paris, and a provisional government was declared without any bloodshed at all. Following this event, a political vacuum formed: There was no one who currently ran the government. Some liberal radicals wanted an end to the monarchy, but most wanted some sort of monarch. The candidates were Prince Amadeo of Savoy (The historical choice), Prince Leopold of the Hohenzollern Dynasty (The German Prince. The proposition of the candidate was actually a cause for the Franco-Prussian War 2 years later) and Prince Alfonso VII (The Bourbon Choice and son of Isabella II). Very few wanted Alfonso, as many were afraid he would just be a puppet of his mother, so the choices were Leopold or Amadeo. We chose Leopold, and relations with Germany greatly improved. There was much hope for Leopold, as he was a moderate, who was not radical unlike Amadeo, who was a staunch liberal, and Alfonso, a staunch conservative. Things took a bad turn, however, when Leopold was assassinated in Madrid days after arriving in Spain. After this event, there was much fear that a different monarch would simply be assassinated as well, or, even worse, the Carlists could use the turmoil to launch an offensive against the government. As a result of this, the Spanish Royal Family was officially dissolved and a Republic was proclaimed. A month after the proclamation of the Republic, Alfonso attempted a coup against the government. The coup failed, however, and, finally, order was returned to Spain.

Thats it for now, I will have to see who Spanish History goes as I continue playing the game.