| 西班牙 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 政府類型 | 議會君憲制 (如果卡洛斯派獲勝，則為絕對君主制) |
| 執政黨 | 中間派（保守黨） |
| 首都 | 馬德里 (ID 487) |
| 人口 | 421萬 |
| 主體民族 | 西班牙人 |
| 被接受民族 | 加泰羅尼亞人, 巴斯克人 |
| 識字率 | 13% |
| 國家價值觀 | 平等 |
| 科研學派 | 傳統學術界 |
| 地位 | 列強 |
」我們有一個偉大的國家，我們是一個偉大的民族——讓我們信任它。」——西班牙國王費利佩六世
在1836年, 西班牙一開始是一個列強，有一支相對優秀的軍隊 (儘管無法與他的鄰居 
法國相媲美), 良好的科技基礎，以及 
Philippines 和
Cuba 作為殖民地. 西班牙擁有約400萬勞動力，能夠維持一支龐大的軍隊，但識字率很低，很難趕上其他列強的科研競賽。 由於沒有工廠開工，西班牙要實現工業化還需要一段時間，這可能會導致列強地位在遊戲初期被一個與之競爭的次強而超越。政治上，在當時西班牙是一個非常民主的歐洲國家，有着十分民主的自由選舉權和公眾集會權。保守派起初很強大，但幾年後自由黨很可能會統治西班牙。不過，有一種方法可以改變這種情況，因為在遊戲開始時就發生了內戰。
西班牙有兩個獨特的 決議：
- 門迪薩法爾充公令： 以與
Papal States關係惡化和鬥爭性增強為代價，獲得25.000 資金。 - 國民警衛隊： 提高徵稅效率 1 %
第一次卡洛斯戰爭
The north east of the country is controlled by Carlist Rebels, a right-wing counter-revolutionary movement that supports Carlos of Spain in his ambitions on the Spanish Throne.
Theoretically, these rebels can easily be defeated by the Spanish Army, but one might consider the possibilities first. If the Carlists control Madrid for a full year, the liberal Constitutional Monarchy will be overthrown to form an absolute monarchy without voting rights, a ruling-party only Upper House and all other political reforms removed. So, its up to the player to decide whether the Rebels should be crushed or not. If you decide to go with an Absolute Monarchy, just follow the Rebels and free the Regions that they have occupied without actually attacking them. Wait for them to take the capital, then destroy their forces. Free all regions that are under the Rebels occupation but keep Madrid in their hands. After a year, the new King and government will be in power. This offers some advantages:
As Spain is an Absolute Monarchy with a ruling-party only Upper House, it can keep the reactionaries and their state capitalism to build up your Industry, but if the people are getting restless for reforms, you can just switch to the Liberals at December 31, wait for the new year (so that a new Upper House is formed), change back to the reactionaries and do whatever political reforms you wish (as the Upper House is now 100% liberal).
How to control the upper house
A liberal ruling party will randomly change the policy back to an appointed upper house. This can however be overruled. First get a reactionary upper house. On the 1. January change to the liberal party. There will go 1 year before one can change party again even in a absolute monarchy. When the liberal ruling party change the upper house back to appointed the reactionary upper house can change it back. At the next 1. January one will have a 100% liberal upper house and then can change the ruling party to the reactionary (or fascist or Communist).
This way it is possible to make 4 reforms every 2 years. Be aware though, that the reforms have a cooldown of 3 months, so if one doesn't make a reform on 1st of January, then one can only make 3 reforms pr. year
Another benefit is that one can choose what ever dictatorship one wishes. First enact the "Harrassed parties" and later "Gerrymanding" in voters rights reform and voting to "only landed". Then the government type will change to HM's government and all parties will be available. Next year one can choose whatever radical party one wishes(Anarcho-Liberal, Communist, Reactionary, Fascist) and remove the "only landed" voting and the appropriate dictatorship will be a reality.
下一步
歐洲的敵人
As long as 
Portugal is not allied with anyone, it might be a good idea to conquer the two border states, as they are full of people who are just waiting to work for you. Portuguese Mozambique and Angola might also be good colonies to add to your own. If you do this early on, you can use the time you need to reduce your infamy to industrialize and do some research. The 
Netherlands is also a good target. They have very good colonies in South-East Asia and if you attack them after their little war with 
Belgium(that they usually lose)they will have a small army or no army in Europe and all you then have to do is occupy their home land and Indonesia will be under a Spanish flag. You should try to keep good relations to France however, as they might be too tough to defeat early on.
Otherwise the Italian states 
Sardinia-Piedmont and 
Two Sicilies can be good targets. The islands of Sardinia and Sicily taken be the target of a casus belli and one can use the superior Spanish armada to block off the armies. One can beat both nations if the troops should end in combat, but it is too costly especially considering the ease of blocking them off and wait for the warscore to tick up. In addition to adding land to Spain it also weakens a potential future rival 
Italy.
老帝國
One should concentrate either on South America or Africa/Asia and build up a new colonial empire. The South American nations are easy targets, as they are usually never allied to other Great Powers - except 
Brazil, which usually allies with France. So, try to keep the Great Powers out of Brazil and conquer the nation step by step, or choose another South American country to start with, but keep an eye on your infamy. South America is very rewarding, as the states are usually full of good resources and are usually flooded with immigrants later on.
A well-timed attack against 
Mexico can also be effective. One can try to attack at the same time as 
United States.
Another good strategy is to create a great SOI on those countries. Spain has already very good relations with most of them and Portugal at the beginning of the game, so you can get them in your SOI is easy and fast at very low cost in diplomacy points. These initial good relations are lost if carlist rebels take power.
征服亞洲與殖民非洲
If one like to colonize Africa one can attack uncivilized nations like 
Morocco or 
Sokoto, then colonize the neighboring states. But be aware that the colonization of Africa needs certain technologies to be researched first. A very interesting move is the conquest of 
Japan or 
China, but in order to achieve this one will need a very large army. But once these Nations are under control, manpower or income will not be a problem again. The smaller far east Asian nations (
Brunei, 
Johore, 
Luang Prabang) are also fine additions to the Spanish colonies.
Fernando Po lies in a fortunate position for colonizing the central parts of Africa. Watch out for 
United Kingdom, France, Netherlands and 
Denmark as they will colonize the same areas.
If one intends to colonize inland Africa, one needs a lot of navies and ports. The Spanish decision Confiscations of Mendizabal gives a fine cash injection which can be invested in naval ports in mainland Spain.
西班牙海軍
Building, maintaining, and keeping the Spanish Navy ahead technologically can be very useful since Spain is one of the three countries that start out in 1836 with a global empire(The others being Great Britain and France). A good Spanish navy can prevent "the disaster of 1898," help you colonize around the globe, and bring wars to an end using a massive blockade (especially when one is attacking South American or Asian/African nations). It might even help Spain take back its former empire in the Americas.