so. you know that i study the ancient world. at some point i thought the question 'what if spain was divided into city-states', and thus this map was born lol
i'll now proceed to talk about every ancient greece-like area (cause not all of them are city states), but first, some preambles
the base map is supposed to show the comarcas, but it was divided into very weird areas, and i wasn't able to see what it corresponded to. that's why you might see some weird divisions here and there.
i tried to divide them into areas of 1 million inhabitants. sometimes this wasn't possible, either because there were cities / metro areas of more than that, or because i had isolated that territory creating others and i had no choice but to make it its own.
this map didn't show the canary islands :(
i know some groupings are a bit weird, i didn't plan this out and just did it on the go so yeah
i know it doesn't make sense to compare modern populations and settings with an ancient greek administrative model but this is just for fun <3
i also added different government systems. i did them randomly for fun, so don't think much about them ksdks, i just wanted to showcase the variety of different government systems in ancient greece
okay, let's go (under the cut)
madrid: the most populated city-state, it is an autochratic monarchy
toledo: it is a democratic city-state
alcarria: it is a kingdom formed by three main tribes, the guadalajarians, the henarians, and the cuencians. the capital is in cuenca.
la mancha: it is a league formed by the city-states of albacete, hellín, villarrobledo, almansa, la roda, chinchilla, ciudad real, puertollano, tomelloso, alcázar de san juan, valdepeñas, and manzanares. the capital is ciudad real.
morena-cazorla: it is a kingdom formed by two main tribes, the morenians and cazorla-segurians, each one with one king and one capital; respectively jaén and córdoba.
guadalhorcia: it is a federation under the leadership of the city-state of antequera. the other city-states are vélez, alhaurín, ronda, cártama, nerja, tórrox, and álora. they are all oligarchies.
málaga: it is an aristocratic oligarchic city-state.
sevilla: it is a democratic city-state.
tartessia: it is an ethnic kingdom (ethnos). the capital is almonte.
cádiz: it is a tyranic autochratic city-state (ruled by a tyrant).
[i just realised i have two 11s... oops. let's pretend the northern 11 is number 12 okay?]
11. huelva: it is a democratic city-state.
12. caceressia: it is an ethnic kingdom. the capital is mérida.
13. nasridia: it is a kingdom divided into the tribes of the granadians, alpujarrians, bazians, huescarians, guadixians, and alhamians. the capital is granada.
14. indalia: it is a federation under the leadership of the city-state of almería. the other city-states are roquetas, el ejido, nerja, vera, huércal-overa, purchena, vélez, lorca, caravaca, and totana.
15. cartagena: it is a democratic city-state.
16. murcia: it is an ethnic kingdom. the capital is murcia.
17. alacant: it is a tyranic autochratic city-state.
18. jucaria: it is a kingdom divided into the tribes of the utielians, bunyolians, albaidans, and jucarians. the capital is gandia.
19. valencia: it is a tyranic autochratic city-state.
20. west iberia: it is a league formed by the city-states of alcora, albocasser, cirat, segorbe, vinaros, castelló, borriana, morella, andorra, alcañiz, híjar, teruel, utrillas, mora de rubielos, calamocha, cantavieja, valderrobres, albarracín, illueca, calatayud, daroca, la almunia, cariñena, belchite, quinto, and caspe. its capital is teruel.
21. aragón: it is a league formed by the city-states of zaragoza, borja, ejea, utebo, tarazona, alagón, samianigo, fraga, monzón, uesca, xaca, tamarit, sariñena, graus, boltanya, and barbastro. its capital is zaragoza.
22. east iberia: it is an ethnic kingdom. the capital is lleida.
23. barcelona: it is a tyranic autochratic city-state.
24. llobregat: it is a democratic city-state (technically it is sant feliù de llobregat, but i wanted it to encompass other cities like cornellá or sant boi).
25. mataró: it is a democratic city-state.
26. girona: it is a monarchic autocratic city-state.
27. balearia: it is a league formed by the city-states of palma, sóller, inca, petra, llucmajor, manacor, ciutadella, maó, eivissa, and formentera. the capital is palma.
28. coruña: it is an oligarchic autocratic city-state.
29. galicia: it is an ethnic kingdom. the capital is vigo.
30. west leonia: it is an ethnic kingdom. the capital is astorga.
31. oviedo: it is a democratic city-state.
32. east leonia: it is an ethnic kingdom. the capital is león.
33. castilla: it is a league formed by the city-states of santander, torrelavega, castro-urdiales, miranda, aranda, burgos, briviesca, medina de pomar, valle de mena, lerma, roa, haro, logroño, calahorra, and arnedo. the capital is burgos.
34. bizkaia: it is a federation under the leadership of the city-state of bilbo. the other city-states are durango, ondarroa, gernika, sopela, balmaseda, and igorre. they're all democracies.
35. gasteiz: it is a democratic city-state.
36. nafarroa: it is a league formed by the city-states of iruña, tudela, lizarra, erriberri, and zangoza. the capital is iruña.
37. transdueria: it is a federation under the leadership of the city-state of salamanca. the other city-states are almazán, soria, burgo de osma, ólvega, ágreda, segovia, el espinar, cuéllar, palazuelos, san ildefonso, ávila, arévalo, arenas de san pedro, las navas del marqués, candeleda, santa marta, béjar, ciudad rodrigo, and villamayor. they're all monarchies.
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