Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain (), is a sovereign state located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, with two large archipelagoes, the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands off the North African Atlantic coast, two cities, Ceuta and Melilla, in the North African mainland and several small islands in the Alboran Sea near the Moroccan coast. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the only European country to have a border with an African country (Morocco) and its African territory accounts for nearly 5% of its population, mostly in the Canary Islands but also in Ceuta and Melilla. 

With an area of , Spain is the largest country in Southern Europe, the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union, and the fourth largest country in the European continent. By population, Spain is the sixth largest in Europe and the fifth in the European Union. Spain's capital and largest city is Madrid; other major urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Bilbao and Málaga. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What sort of territory is being discussed?
2. What is the main quality of the state the article talks about?
3. What kind of a state is Spain?
Q2:
1. What sovereign state does the article explore?
2. What sovereign state does the paragraph discuss?
3. What nation is at the center of the article?
Q3:
1. In what region is Spain the largest country?
2. In what context is Spain the biggest country?
3. What is Spain the largest country out of?
Q4:
1. Where does Spain's population rank within Europe?
2. What is the rank of Spain's population within Europe?
3. What does Spain's population rank as against other European nations?
Q5:
1. What borders Spain to the south?
2. What can be found at Spain's southern border?
3. What does Spain border on its southern side?
Q6:
1. Does Spain border Africa?
2. Is Africa on one of Spain's borders?
3. Does Spain share a border with an African country?
Q7:
1. Are there a lot of other European countries that border Africa besides Spain?
2. Are there many European countries, besides Spain, which border Africa?
3. Do lots of other countries in Europe border Africa, as does Spain?
Q8:
1. What African country does Spain border?
2. What African country shares a border with Spain?
3. Where in Africa does Spain border?
Q9:
1. What is the capital of Spain?
2. Which city is Spain's capital?
3. What city serves as the capital of Spain?
Q10:
1. How many large cities does Spain have in addition to Madrid?
2. Besides Madrid, how many other large urban zones are there in Spain?
3. How many metropolitan zones does Spain have, not counting Madrid?
Q11:
1. Where does Madrid rank in size within Spain?
2. How big is Madrid with respect to Spain's other cities?
3. What is the rank in size of Spain's capital city, compared to others?
Q12:
1. Which Spanish islands share the name of a bird?
2. What islands belonging to Spain have the same name as a bird?
3. Which Spanish islands have a name that can also refer to a bird?
