THE GUARDIAN: WILL BREAKAWAY CATALONIA FRACTURE SPAIN?

• Barça-loners: Will breakaway Catalonia fracture Spain?

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  Catalan artistic vitality might not thrive in splendid isolation

  20 Nov 2012: Barcelona's sense of itself, its collective spirit, can also be a trap. A living culture depends on openness, reciprocity, exchange

• Catalonian companies fear for future if region splits from Spain

  20 Nov 2012: Some business leaders believe multinationals such as Seat, Nissan and Nestlé could leave amid uncertainty about EU membership 49 comments

• Catalonia independence: the views of foreigners who live there

  20 Nov 2012: Foreigners who live in the region often have a different take on the issue compared with many Catalans. Here's a selection of their views 46 comments

• Catalans celebrate their difference – up to a point

  20 Nov 2012: Some from Catalonia are tired of the insistence on traits that apparently set them apart from the Spanish

• Immigration complicates Catalonia's separatist picture

  20 Nov 2012: Immigrants face familiar problems with xenophobia, while the Catalan language is both a barrier and an aid to integration

• The historic hurdles to Catalonia's independence

  20 Nov 2012: Enric Juliana for La Vanguardia: Spain stands in the way of an independence referendum. But Sunday's regional elections may offer another route 87 comments

• What Catalans love: human towers and a less exciting hokey cokey

  20 Nov 2012: Catalonia's communal entertainment includes building castells, dancing the sardana and eating calçots

• Would Catalonia be better as an independent nation?

  20 Nov 2012: We asked three Catalonian commenters on guardian world: Would Catalonia be better as an independent nation? Here are the responses and tell us your view in a comment
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• A Catalan history of Spain – interactive

  Interactive, 20 Nov 2012: Catalonia's distinctive history stretches back more than 1,000 years. From the County of Barcelona to medieval empire-building and today's Spain of nationalities and regions, see how Catalonia has shaped Spain, and how Spain has shaped it

• Catalonia tales: your views on the vote for independence

  20 Nov 2012: After appealing to Catalans around the world on Twitter, we print a selection of views on secession from Spain
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• Catalonia's tax burden: 'If you put up with it, they keep taking your money'

  20 Nov 2012: Voters who believe their taxes are funding poorer, 'lazy' regions in Spain are rallying to the separatist cause

• If Catalonia wins independence, where will it end?

  19 Nov 2012: Some separatists hope their spirit will spread 'by contagion' to outlying regions as far flung as the Balearic Islands

• Catalonia's leader tries to ride secessionist wave

  19 Nov 2012: Artur Mas has promised a referendum within four years. An election on Sunday will serve as a quasi-plebiscite on secession
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• The case for Catalonia's independence

  19 Nov 2012: Jordi Galí: Independence could enrich Catalonia, but it should be wary of turning into a Cuba or North Korea of the Mediterranean 158 comments

• Catalonia is voting on its future in Spain – and Madrid is worried

  19 Nov 2012: Election will decide whether Catalans risk breaking up the nation by going down separatist road
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About this series

Two months ago, Barcelona witnessed the biggest independence march in Europe since the second world war. Next weekend, a regional election will serve as a quasi-plebiscite on secession. But could Catalonia really make a go of it as an independent state? And would Spain let it? In Barça-loners, we examine the quest for a separate Catalan state, the costs and benefits, the impact of the financial crisis and the origins and implications of this historical faultline running through northeastern Spain