Being the current year is irrelevant.
The Spanish government said the vote was illegal, and they would not recognize the result.
Brexit, and Scotland were sanctioned votes in the legal framework they took place in. Kosovo was done at the point of a gun towards Serbia.
After the Catolonia legislatior had their UDI vote, Spain, acting within actual Spanish law, moved in and asserted control of the government.
There are no gold stars because they went through with their independence attempt. They quickly found out that they crossed a bridge and didn’t anticipate that Spain was seriously so to use their legal powers to shut this stuff down.
When they decided to do this in defiance of the law, they were technically in revolt. And here we are.
They can either make a statement in December, and let Spain make the next more, or they shoot.
Thanks for the explanation, Senor Franco.