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Official nameReino de España (Kingdom of Spain)
Form of governmentconstitutional monarchy with two legislative houses (Senate [2642661]; Congress of Deputies [350])
Head of stateKing: Juan Carlos
Head of governmentPrime Minister: Mariano Rajoy
Official languageCastilian Spanish2
Official religionnone
Monetary uniteuro (€)
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1Includes 56 58 indirectly elected seats. 2The constitution states that “Castilian is the official Spanish official language of the State,” but that “all “the other Spanish languages ([including Euskera [(Basque]), Catalan, and Galician ) will] also be official in the corresponding autonomous communitiesrespective Autonomous Communities.”