As far as I can tell they want out for two reasons: 1. They want to preserve their own culture, which is apparently distinct from Spain's. 2. They've some iss

As far as I can tell they want out for two reasons: 1. They want to preserve their own culture, which is apparently distinct from Spain's. 2. They've some issue with the Spanish government, seems to be around corruption and/or unfair treatment. Don't know enough about this to comment on it though. How does seceding make sense here? It's not the only solution, it's one of many, and it's probably one of the worst - they're going to torpedo Spain's recovering economy, and have to build a new country of their own. Who's going to run the hospitals? Where's the money/electricity/food/water/fuel etc coming from?