Basques are people of unknown origin inhabiting a territory in north-central Spain. Throughout their history, they have been independent and freedom-loving. They created strict laws that addressed every aspect of social and private life and maintained order and law through assemblies that were democratically elected and which represented the voices of all classes of people. Even after a united Spanish kingdom was founded in the fifteenth century, the Basques maintained their own customs, laws, and foreign relations.
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