The Land of Valencia, composed by the provinces of Castelló, València, and Alacant, has an extension 23,505 square kilometers, and 485 kilometers of coastline.

Most of its largest cities were founded by the Iberians, the Greek and, later, the Romans. However, it was not until the Arab invasion in the 8th century that the Land of Valencia was vertebrated as a whole nation, in the form of a Muslim Kingdom. Later, in the 13th century, King James I of Aragon conquered it to the Moors, establishing the Christian Kingdom of Valencia, as part of the Crown of Aragon.

After the union in the 16th century of the Crowns of Aragon. Castille, Leon, and Navarre to form Spain, the Land of Valencia, like other Spanish kingdoms, kept its autonomy as a nation, with its own laws and Constitution (Furs). However, in 1609, Valencians lost the battle of Almansa in their war between the supporters (mostly Castilians) of the Borbon Royal Family, and the supporters of the Austria's Royal Family, mostly Valencians. That resulted in the abolition of the Valencian Code of Laws and supposed the end of the Kingdom of Valencia as a nation. Since then until 1982 Valencia was a region without any executive and legislative power. In 1982, Valencians passed into law their Statute of Autonomy which gave us the needed base for limited auto-governement, as the Spanish Constitution of 1978 establishes it as a right for all the peoples of Spain.

Culturally, Valencia is also one of the richest regions in Spain. Valencians are bilingual, being Valencian as well as Spanish the two official languages of the State. Valencian literature dates back to the years of the Muslim occupation, when it was one of the few Arab Kingdoms who permitted music and other recreations that were forbidden by Koran's law. Valencia also had its Golden Century in the 16th century, in which people excelled in all cultural and political manifestations. The city of Valencia was, during the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries, one of the top cultural and political centers of the Mediterranean. World-famous writers and poets such as Joanot Martorell, who wrote Tirant lo Blanch, which later Cervantes would use as reference for The Quixote, and Ausiàs March, were born in the Kingdom of Valencia. Also, one of the most infamous European families of the time, the Borgias (italianized adapatation of their real last name: Borjas) was Valencian.

After Spain expelled all Muslims and Jews from the Iberian Peninsula in the 16th century (who many of them were established in Valencia working as crafstmen), and later when the Kingdom of Valencia lost all its rights as a nation in the battle of Almansa (17th century), the country went into a slope which took almost 100 years to overcome. However, our culture and traditions remained strong within the population. Not even when Franco established himself as dictator of Spain, between 1939 to 1975, his ban on all cultural manifestations but Castillian-Spanish, such as the use of other languages, was successful, and Valencians would still speak their mother language, thus keeping one of our most important cultural manifestations from dissapear.

Today, following the advent of democracy in Spain after Franco's death in 1975, the Land of Valencia has become one of the top regions in Spain, both socially and economically. The Land of Valencia is one of the most moderns regions in Spain with advanced communications with the rest of Spain and Europe, has one of the best technological parks in the world, hosts top mark industries such as automobile's and television's, and has impressive infrastructures for tourism. It is also very much recognized for its quality in agriculture, being on top of all the orange cultivation, which has made Valencia famous all over the world. Now, Valencia has even gained more international awareness as it has been recently appointed to become headquarters for the United Nation's International Water Court, in recognition of the ancient Water Tribunal which Valencians have kept working since the days of Muslim ruling.