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The Spanish Empire in its heyday used to be the most powerful empire the world had ever seen.

鼎盛時期的西班牙帝國曾經是世界上最強大的帝國。

Over the centuries however, her power began to gradually erode away.

然而幾百年來，她的力量開始逐漸被侵蝕。

But the empire's lasting legacy, the Spanish language has remained a strong force in the modern world.

但作為帝國的持久遺產，西班牙語在現代世界中依然保持著強大的力量。

Spanish is the fourth most spoken language in the world.

西班牙語是世界上第四大語言。

Has more native speakers than English, and is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.

母語使用者比英語多，是聯合國六種正式語文之一。

Spanish is the majority language spoken in 21 different countries and territories around the world that largely mirror the historical borders of the old Spanish Empire.

西班牙語是世界上21個不同國家和地區使用的主要語言，這在很大程度上反映了舊西班牙帝國的歷史邊界。

So what would happen if all 21 of these countries united today and create a new and modern Spanish Empire of the 21st Century?

那麼，如果今天這21個國家全部聯合起來，建立一個嶄新的21世紀現代化的西班牙帝國，會發生什麼呢？

To begin with, the territory of this vast empire would make it the second largest country in the world.

首先，這個龐大帝國的領土將使其成為世界第二大國家。

Significantly behind Russia, in first place.

明顯落後於俄羅斯，排在第一位。

The empire would be home to a population of 452,346,000 people, which is 6% of everybody in the world.

帝國將擁有452,346,000人口，佔世界所有人的6%。

However, that still only makes it the 3rd largest country in the world in terms of population.

然而，這仍然只能使其成為世界上人口第三大國。

Since India and China both have significantly greater numbers of people.

由於印度和中國的人口數量都明顯增多。

10% of the empire's population would live in Europe,

帝國10%的人口會生活在歐洲。

Less than 1% would live in Africa,

只有不到1%的人會生活在非洲。

And the vast majority would live in the scattered territories of the Americas.

而絕大多數人會生活在美洲的零散地域。

Mexico City would be by far the largest city in this new empire.

墨西哥城將是這個新帝國迄今為止最大的城市。

Followed by Buenos Aires, Bogota, Lima, and Santiago.

其次是布宜諾斯艾利斯、波哥大、利馬和聖地亞哥。

Out of the top 10 largest cities, only two - Madrid and Barcelona, would be located inside of Spain.

在十大城市中，只有兩個城市--馬德里和巴塞羅那會位於西班牙境內。

Mexico alone would count for over 1 out of 4 people in the empire *25%*.

光是墨西哥就能算得上是帝國4人中的1人以上*25%*。

And speaking of the population of this empire, the people who make it up would be an incredibly ethnically diverse group

而說到這個帝國的人口，組成這個帝國的人，將是一個種族極其多元化的群體。

Mestizos (people of mixed European and Amerindian heritage) make up the majority of this population at 60%.

梅斯蒂索人（歐洲人和美洲印第安人的混血兒）占人口的60%。

While people that identify as exclusively white make up 18% of the population.

而完全認同為白人的人占人口的18%。

And people who identify as exclusively Amerindian or Indigenous make up a further 14%

專屬美洲印第安人或土著人的人又佔14%。

People who identify as black make up 3%

認同為黑人的人佔3%；

And the remaining 5% is a mixed group of various other ethnicities.

而剩下的5%則是其他各族的混合群體。

The empire would also be overwhelmingly catholic, with 72% of this population adhering to this faith.

帝國也會有絕大部分的天主教徒，其中72%的人口信奉這種信仰。

1 out of every 4 Catholics in the entire world would call the new Spanish Empire "home".

全世界每4個天主教徒中就有1個會把西班牙新帝國稱為 "家"。

While a further 13% of the Empire's population would be Protestant.

而帝國還有13%的人口會是新教徒。

And 10% would be Irreligious, Agnostic, or Atheist.

而10%的人會是無神論者、不可知論者或無神論者。

Of course, Spanish would be by far the most spoken language in the empire.

當然，西班牙語會是目前帝國使用最多的語言。

94% of the population would claim Spanish as their mother tongue.

94%的人聲稱西班牙語是他們的母語。

While hundreds of various indigenous languages of the Americas would be spoken by a further 5% of the population

雖然還有5%的人口講數百種美洲土著語言。

Economically speaking, the empire would have a GDP of 4.63 trillion US dollars, making it the fourth largest economy in the world

從經濟上看，帝國的GDP將達到4.63萬億美元，成為世界第四大經濟體。

Behind Japan, China, and the United States

排在日本、中國和美國之後

The Spanish Empire would also control the largest oil reserves in the world in modern day Venezuela.

西班牙帝國還將控制現代委內瑞拉世界上最大的石油儲備。

So while gold and silver was the main commodity plundered in the New World by Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries,

所以，雖然金銀是16、17世紀西班牙在新大陸掠奪的主要商品。

oil would likely be the main commodity of the 21st century.

石油將可能成為21世紀的主要商品。

The Spanish Empire would also have one of the largest militaries in the world.

西班牙帝國也將擁有世界上最大的軍事力量之一。

With 1,593,000 active duty troops,

擁有1 593 000名現役軍人。

and another 1,878,000 troops placed into reserves.

並將另外1,878,000名阿兵哥編入預備役。

Combining the two, the Empire would have the 6th largest military in the world,

兩者相加，帝國將擁有世界第六大軍隊。

with more soldiers than either the United States or China.

的阿兵哥比美國和中國都多。

The budget that would fund this military though, would be a bit lacking,

不過能為這支軍隊提供資金的預算，就有點不夠用了。

At only 51.9 billion US dollars,

僅為519億美元。

The seventh largest budget in the world, ahead of the United Kingdom,

是世界第七大預算國，排在英國之前。

but remaining behind France, India, and Saudi Arabia.

但仍落後於法國、印度和沙特阿拉伯。

The capitol of this new Spanish Empire might be Madrid for historical reasons,

由於歷史原因，這個西班牙新帝國的首都可能是馬德里。

but much more likely would actually be Mexico City,

但更有可能的其實是墨西哥城。

owing to the fact that it would be the largest city in the empire,

由於它將是帝國最大的城市。

is already the capitol city of Mexico, and is the largest city in the entire western hemisphere.

已經是墨西哥的首都，也是整個西半球最大的城市。

Which is where the majority of the Spanish Empire's territory and population would be located.

也就是西班牙帝國的大部分領土和人口會在這裡。