<p><span data-sheets-value={ data-sheets-userformat={>Old troubles persist in modern Spain including huge public debts extensive corruption widespread unlawfulness oligarchical politics territorial splits and permanent protests and riots. The origins of these problems are remote: the ruinous Spanish Empire made a weak state which built an incomplete nation which sustains a minority democracy. The Spanish Frustration provides an interpretation of several important aspects of present-day Spain and its past stories.</span></p>