Spain wank?

Spain avoided the two most devastating events of the 20th century by staying neutral during both world wars. However, Spain suffered from a civil war and ensuing fascist dictatorship. Spain's not a bad place to live nowadays, but avoiding world war twice seems like it should have a bigger payoff. With any post-1900 POD, wank Spain, under any definition you like.
 
The Republican side wins the civil war in the first 18 months and Spain develops to become a Scandinavian-style social democracy with ridiculously high standards of living, but with a Mediterranean climate.
 
The Republican side wins the civil war in the first 18 months and Spain develops to become a Scandinavian-style social democracy with ridiculously high standards of living, but with a Mediterranean climate.

Does Spain have sufficient natural resources to pull this off? A big part of Norway's success is their large reserves of oil. I'm unsure of Sweden and Finland, although the latter it is certainly a lovely country to visit.
 
Sweden, Finland and Denmark are all more or less at the same standard of living as Norway.
The oil wealth is not spent, but put into a fund for the future.

It's possible for Spain if they can somehow mellow out the bi-polarity of the Spanish society of 1910-1939 and get people to get along.

Perhaps the Spanish government sees after WW1 how industry is crucial for national survival and in a bi-partisan effort invest alot in the maritime, agricultural and technological sectors, becoming a larger economic machine. Thusly becoming stabler and more socially mobile, somewhat reducing the internal strife with autonomy(Galicia, Catalonia, Euskadria etc) and creating a more "Spanish" identity.

The more wealth and social mobility the less religious people tend to get, and by this smoothing over the "fall of the traditional catholic authority".

Just my somewhat uninformed 2 cents.
 
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