Quebec:  Not the only place partial to Constitutional Oxymoron

Connoisseurs of Quebec's interminable constitutional wrangles will recall the concept of "Sovereignty Association" promoted by the province's Separatists.  Sovereignty Association is a hard concept for most people to comprehend.  Many claim that it panders to the innate Quebecois desire for a Free and Independent Quebec within a Strong Canada.

Similar ambiguity pervades Spain's relations with its regions.

After the demise of Franco and his fascist regime in 1975, there was  a revulsion against the rule of Madrid and a desire to accommodate the separatist impulses of the Basques and Catalans.

These sentiments gave rise to the second article of Spain's 1978 Constitution:

The Constitution is based on the indissoluble unity of the Spanish Nation, the common and indivisible homeland of all Spaniards: it recognizes and guarantees the right to self-government of the nationalities and regions of which it is composed and the solidarity among all.

No ambiguity there, right? 

Just as with Quebec, there were some regions  which have gained more equality than their peers.  Initially this group was confined to the Basque country, Galicia and Catalonia.

After  a referendum and intense negotiations, Andalucia was admitted to this group in 1981.