Why couldn't the mighty Spanish ever conquer their tiny neighbors? The English conquered the Scots and the Irish, and the Irish aren't even connected to them

Spain did invade and subjugate Portugal for a time

>>17793753 (OP)
Aren't there mountains and shit there? Also wasn't there some dude who was king of bogland, spain, portugal and the neatherlands all at the same time?

>>17793756
And moors invaded and subjugated Spain for 800 years
Portugal ended up creating an empire superior to Spain with superior modern nation states

>>17793761
>some dude who was king of bogland, spain, portugal and the neatherlands all at the same time?
He was German though

>>17793765
>Portugal ended up creating an empire superior to Spain with superior modern nation states
Delusional

>>17793753 (OP)
>just declare war on Andorra bro
the absolute state of /nu/his

>>17793768
worse, he was B*rgundian

Because neither the French nor the English nor the Dutch wanted Portugal to be conquered.
Not that Spain could conquer Portugal anyway in most cases after the 17th century. The only time they were a single state was through a persona union (a very short and unpopular one)

'Spain' was already the hegemony the moment Castile and Aragon went into a personal union, and the Habsburg crown ruling Spain also inherited most of the HRE ruled from Vienna (including much of Italy) and the rich lowlands. Not to mention, nearly the entire new world.
The spanish silver peso also became the de-facto currency of Europe because of it's overwhelming circulation from silver mines in the Americas.

The point being is that no other great power had any desire to watch Spain gobble up another great power like Portugal. Attempting to do so would likely trigger a large war.

Spanish hegemony ended after entering a long series of costly (often religious) wars mostly in the 17th century. The Spanish armada, the Dutch rebellion and the Thirty Year War, along with massive inflation because the Habsburg sucked at economy. Incest eventually put the final nail in the coffin and allowed for a new French hegemony during the late 17th and half of 18th century.

Portuguese soldiers were protected by supernatural forces

>>17793753 (OP)
Easy, there's no gold in Portugal

>>17793929
The English aren't supernatural anon

>>17793753 (OP)
Instead of venting their frustrations out on each other the Spanish and Portuguese decided to vent their frustrations out on their colonies.

its nuts isnt it?

>>17793753 (OP)

>>17793753 (OP)
Portugam was part of Spain from 1580 to 1640

>>17793929
>AAAAAIIIIEEEEEE THE SPANISH ARE INVADING HELP ME ENGLAND-SAMA
>dont worry my dear ally, I have already secured all your Indian and African ports for you!

>>17795214
The truth is that England never had a decisive role in maintaining Portugal independence. In all Castillan invasions they played a very minor role.

>>17795219
So Castille couldn't even conquer Portugal itself, and doesn't even have the excuse of Portugal receiving foreign aid?

>>17793768
>>17793793
>He was German though
Swiss, actually, who are not German according to Hitler.

>>17794417
Some posters on /his/ would have you believe otherwise, what with how much they rave about the Eternal Anglo.

>>17795229
>Swiss
*Bergjuden

>>17793753 (OP)
Because they tried and failed, and it wasn't because of the brits like how they cope about it, and in the one time in history where both countries shared a ruler, they took that as an opportunity to siphon Portugal into their self-destructive ideologic wars, but luckily we jumped ship before they sank

>>17793753 (OP)
Portugal rules Spain

>>17796380
>before they sank
Portugal post union was both poorer and less relevant than Castile was, it never regained its former superb under the Braganza.

>>17793753 (OP)
you got it backwards
the Portuguese have been mogging the Spanish for centuries

>>17793753 (OP)
celtcucks are tribal cavemen thus england conquered them easily

porchadguese are latinx chads so won

>>17796414
I can't speak between Portugal and Castille in specific, but post Union Portugal did manage to prop itself up again, in part due to the massive amount of gold from the Americas and the still profitable trade from Asia, it just wasn't one of the top dogs anymore, in part because it no longer had the edge over other European powers, something it depended on considering their small population. By the start of the 18th century, Portugal was one of the biggest gold producers in the world, and with it funded its own expansion, development, and a bunch of megalomaniac projects from their absolutist kings, to the point where the Vatican even granted the Archdiocese of Lisbon the right to wear the Triple Tiara, something that was reserved for just the Pope. Pombaline Lisbon also became one of the crown jewels of Europe after its reconstruction, regaining its status as a global hub for trade and commerce

>>17793753 (OP)
You don't kill your brother

>>17796549
Imagine being poorer than Poortugal, lmao.

>>17796557
Spaniards used to brutalize each other all the time

Because they're friends :D