Most diverse or divided nation in Europe?

[Sheilbh]

Yeah. I doubt that'd even get a raised eyebrow. Jaywalking's a weird Americanism. Maybe Germans take it seriously?

[Razgovory]

Nobody takes it seriously here.

[Syt]

Yeah. I doubt that'd even get a raised eyebrow. Jaywalking's a weird Americanism. Maybe Germans take it seriously?

Not really. I've never heard of anyone getting fined or told off by police for crossing the street where they weren't supposed to. In Vienna I once (accidentally) crossed a red light in front of a police car. The policemen grinned when they noticed I was a bit embarrassed and one wagged his finger at me.

Pedestrians crossing despite a red light is pretty common, especially if there's a tram to catch.

[Iormlund]

How would Spain rank?  I don't really know how well established non-Catalan/Valencian ethnic identities are.  I'd actually be interested in anecdotes on the subject.  Galician linguistically is far closer to Portuguese, and I would be interested to know how "Spanish" certain non-Castilian types view themselves.

One should not confuse Spain with Castille, even if most of us speak Castillian now.

That was kind of the entire point of the question in my post.  I was wondering if a man from Grenada, Extremadura or Leon thought of himself primarily by region or thought of himself as vaguely "Spanish". Also curious how these regional identities co-exist with separatist identities like the Catalans or Basques.

It varies from person to person. Some see themselves as Spanish first, some see themselves as Aragonese or Andalusians, some as Europeans, most as a combination of the above. Many simply don't care that much.
The one thing we have in common is most of us are annoyed at the antics of Catalan/Basque nationalists though.

In any case trying to show others how proud you are of being Spanish is often frowned upon and marks you as part of the extreme right (unless there's a World Cup or something).