One of the two largest countries in the Iberian peninsula.Spain or the Kingdom of Spain is one of the few European countries, which is a monarchy. It is the largest country located on the Iberian peninsula. From the western part of Spain bordering Portugal to the capital city of Lisbon. Spain has already been mentioned as the monarchy is inherited which means that the authorities in that country is the royal line. The current king of Spain, is the John Charles Bourbon dynasty. John Charles was the king in 1975 after the death of General Francisco Franco. The king, who enjoys great support among the public state, not concentrated in the hands of any of its real power. The king is the supreme head of state military forces. It also appoints the prime minister, who by tradition must be drawn from the winning group. Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities. The largest city of Spain while the countries capital is Madrid, a city in which live about 3 250 000 inhabitants. The next-largest city is Barcelona, which lives around 1 million 600 thousand inhabitants. Barcelona is the capital of the autonomous region of Catalonia that is. The next-largest city is Valencia and Seville and Saragossa later.