Yes, I saw that general thread. That thread does not have much movement. In my opinion, each election has its own entity (as there are special threads for Scotland or the Faroe, beyond UK or Denmark). Particularly taking into account that the focus of these elections are the independence of Catalonia.
That is up to the posters: We have national threads on the board for Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Italy and Spain. So Spain is not alone and not the biggest country having one. It is typically done for countries with a federal system or autonomous regions and therefore many elections.
Since every nation gets their own thread, I don't see what the issue is here