Katalonijom i Baskijom, obje sa zajednicama koje država priznaje za historijske nacionalnosti, upravljaju autonomna zakonodavna tijela i sudovi, a one održavaju veze s federalnom vladom putem vladinih vijeća, čije predsjednike odobrava monarh.
Catalonia and Basque country, each home to communities the state recognises as historical nationalities, are governed by autonomous legislatures and courts, and maintain ties to the federal government through government councils, whose presidents require approval from the monarch.