There is also a nice quote from when, after a period of chaos in the late 19th century, Spaniards democratically chose to bring in a foreign King to govern them (sorry if I got this wrong -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeo_I_of_Spain ). In a short two years, Amadeo ended up fleeing the country claiming Spain to be simply ungovernable; and that the most dangerous enemies of Spain where the Spaniards themselves.