What does a Popular Front Spain look like?

What kind of nation would Spain had the Popular Front won the civil war. Would the republican government take over? Or would it be a Communist state. In either case how would it differ and how would it impact the world, discuss.
 
What kind of nation would Spain had the Popular Front won the civil war. Would the republican government take over?

If it wins the civil war it doesn't have to take over since it is already in control.

Or would it be a Communist state.


No. For the Republicans to win there would have to be either a major change in the early development of the war that results in a victory on the battle of the Straits and the Army of Africa being isolated in Spanish Morocco or a later intervention on the Republican side by Britain and France. In either case the Communists wouldn't gain influence, let alone power, because then the Republican government wouldn't have to rely solely on (utterly crappy and unenthusiastic) Soviet assistance.

In either case how would it differ and how would it impact the world, discuss.

There are too many possible scenarios to consider without deciding first how and why does a Republican victory happen. There is even a massive TL by Dr. Strangelove where the Republicans "win" the civil war and then fight with the Allies in WW2 by simply aborting it, i.e. they discover the military coup in the works before it happens and purge everyone involved.
 
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