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A viceroyalty is a local, political, social, and administrative institution, created by the Spanish monarchy for ruling its overseas territories. The administration over the vast territories of the Spanish Empire is carried out by Viceroys, who become governors of an area, which is considered not as a colony but as a province of the empire, with the same rights as any other province in Peninsular Spain. | A viceroyalty is a local, political, social, and administrative institution, created by the Spanish monarchy for ruling its overseas territories. The administration over the vast territories of the Spanish Empire is carried out by Viceroys, who become governors of an area, which is considered not as a colony but as a province of the empire, with the same rights as any other province in Peninsular Spain. | ||
Spain currently has | Spain currently has 3 viceroyalties, which are Guinea, [[Spanish Antilles]], and [[New Spain]]. The Philippines also used to be a province but left the kingdom after Spain backed a democratic coup. | ||
== '''Constitution''' == | == '''Constitution''' == | ||