ATION What is "Spain" to you? What common features do the Autonomous Communities that make up Spain share that allows us to speak of a unified nation?...

A) COMMON CHARACTERISTICS THAT DEFINE THE NATION

What is "Spain" to you? What common features do the Autonomous Communities that make up Spain share that allows us to speak of a unified nation? What are the most important social (languages, religions, cultures, traditions, etc.), economic, and political similarities in the region?

B) DIFFERENCES THAT RESIST THE NOTION OF "NATION'

In what sense is the idea of "Spain" elusive? What are the most important social (languages, religions, cultures, traditions, etc.), economic, and political differences in the region? What regions see themselves as different from the rest of Spain? Why do they feel this way? What impact does this have (socially, politically, and economically) on the nation?