>>17775534
>Spain
They completely wasted their potential.
>best climate in Europe
>best geopolitical location in Europe
>discovered and entire new continent
Didn't use literally any of it for their advantage.

They had everything to become a legit European first-league power, but an incopetent and shortsighted elites, who understood jack shit about economics led them into useless European wars, chronic price-inflation and a lack of industrialization.

Perhaps if they had never been conquered by the Arabs/Moors, they would organically educate actual political elites who knew a bit of governing a country into prosperity.