Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject Cultural Studies - European Studies, grade: 1,3, International School Of Management, Campus Frankfurt, language: English, abstract: Spain is a country in Southwestern Europe, located on the Iberian Peninsula together with Portugal. With an area of 505,990 sq km, it is the fourth-largest democracy in Europe. The capital and simultaneous the biggest city is Madrid, with almost 3.4 million inhabitants. In addition to the mainland of Spain, several island groups belong to the country. These include but are not limited to the Canary Islands, which are just off the coast of North Africa and about 100 km from Morocco, and the Balearic Islands, near the east coast of Spain's mainland. Spain has 47.3 million inhabitants, which makes Spain the sixth-biggest country in Europe measured by the population.