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{{CountryInfo
|Name            = [[File:Dutch-icon.png]] Kingdom of the Netherlands [[File:Netherlands-icon.png]]
|NativeName      = {{ILSize|Dutch Empire-icon.png|Dutch Language}}: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
|YearExist       = 1839-Present
|image           = Netherlands.png
|Caption         = You, the ocean! You’re mine!
|Alias           = <div style="overflow:auto; height:auto; max-height:100px; background:transparent;">Holland<br>Orange
|TimeofExist     = 19 April 1839-Present
|Government      = [[File:Centralism-icon.png]][[File:ConMon-icon.png]] [[Centralism|Unitary Parliamentary]] [[Constitutional Monarchism|Constitutional Monarchy]]
|Languages       = '''Official:'''<br>[[File:Dutch Empire-icon.png]] [[Dutch Colonial Empire|Dutch]]
|Affiliation     = <div style="overflow:auto; height:auto; max-height:100px; background:transparent;">
*[[File:Benelux-icon.png]] [[Benelux]]
*[[File:NATO-icon.png]] [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]]
*[[File:UN-icon.png]] [[United Nations]]
**[[File:UNESCO-icon.png]] [[United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization|UNESCO]]
**[[File:WHO-icon.png]] [[World Health Organization]]
*[[File:EU-icon.png]] [[European Union]]
**[[File:Euro-icon.png]] [[Eurozone]]
**[[file:Schengen Area-icon.png]] [[Schengen Area]]
*[[File:UfM-icon.png]] [[Union for the Mediterranean|Mediterranean Union]]
*[[File:CoE-icon.png]] [[Council of Europe]]
*[[file:Interpol-icon.png]] [[Interpol]]
|Religions       = <div style="overflow:auto; height:auto; max-height:100px; background:transparent;">
*[[File:Christianity-icon.png]] [[Christianity]] (main)
**[[File:Catholicism-icon.png]] [[Catholicism]]
**[[File:Protestantism-icon.png]] [[Protestantism]]
***[[File:Calvinism-icon.png]] [[Calvinism]]
*[[File:Islam-icon.png]] [[Islam]]
*[[File:Hinduism-icon.png]] [[Hinduism]]
*[[File:Buddhism-icon.png]] [[Buddhism]]
*[[File:Judaism-icon.png]] [[Judaism]]
*[[File:Atheism-icon.png]] [[Atheism]]
|Friends         = <div style="overflow:auto; height:auto; max-height:100px; background:transparent;">[[File:Belgium-icon.png]] [[Belgium]]<br>[[File:Luxembourg-icon.png]] [[Luxembourg]]<br>[[File:Canada-icon.png]] [[Canada|Weed buddy]]<br>[[File:Japan-icon.png]] [[Japan]]<br>[[File:Indonesia-icon.png]] [[Indonesia]] (mostly)<br>[[File:UK-icon.png]] [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[File:USA-icon.png]] [[United States of America|United States]]
|Enemies         = <div style="overflow:auto; height:auto; max-height:100px; background:transparent;">[[File:North Korea-icon.png]] [[North Korea]]<br>[[File:Russia-icon.png]] [[Russia]]<br>[[File:Hungary-icon.png]] [[Hungary]]
|Likes           = <div style="overflow:auto; height:auto; max-height:100px; background:transparent;"> Bikes, tulips, daisies, fries in a paper bag with mayo and peanut sauce on top, ice skating, weed, drugs, 4/20
|Dislikes        = <div style="overflow:auto; height:auto; max-height:100px; background:transparent;"> rising sea level, when its dams are broken and it can into drown (Help! I cannot into highland! blub blub), being called Holland, floods
|Preceded        = [[File:UK of the Netherlands-icon.png]] [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands|UK of the Netherlands]]
|Succeeded       =
|founded = 1839 
|predicon = UK of the Netherlands
|onlypredecessor = United Kingdom of the Netherlands
|ended = 
|nexticon = 
|onlysuccessor = 
|themecolor = #1E4785
|textcolor = #ffffff
}}The '''Netherlands''', also informally known as '''Holland''', is <s>a dimension in Minecraft</s> Western European country. He has a lot of bikes 🚲, it’s his favorite method of transportation. In modern times, he became very [[File:Prog-icon.png]] [[Progressivism|progressive]].

== Geschiedenis (History) ==
In 1839, the Treaty of London marked a significant moment for the Netherlands as it recognized [[File:Belgium-icon.png]] [[Belgium|Belgian]] independence, bringing an end to the Belgian Revolution. This period saw constitutional reforms in 1848, ushering in [[File:Parliament-icon.png]] [[Parliamentarianism|parliamentary]] democracy and expanding civil liberties within the country. Meanwhile, Dutch [[File:Dutch Empire-icon.png]] [[Dutch Colonial Empire|colonial]] expansion continued, particularly in the [[File:Dutch East Indies-icon.png]] [[Dutch East Indies]].

Between 1870 and 1914, the Netherlands underwent rapid industrialization, with sectors like shipping, trade, and finance flourishing. The nation also expanded its territories in the [[File:Dutch-icon.png]] [[Dutch West Indies|Caribbean]], acquiring [[File:Surinam-icon.png]] [[Dutch Surinam|Suriname]] and the [[File:Netherlands Antilles-icon.png]] [[Netherlands Antilles]]. However, the outbreak of World War I in 1914 brought economic challenges, despite the Netherlands maintaining neutrality throughout the conflict.

During World War II, from 1940 to 1945, the Netherlands was invaded and occupied by [[File:Nazi Germany-icon.png]] [[German Third Reich|Nazi Germany]], leading to a period of resistance and eventual liberation by [[File:Allies-icon.png]] [[Allied Powers|Allied]] forces. Following the war, the process of decolonization gained momentum, with the Netherlands granting independence to its remaining colonies.

In the latter half of the 20th century, the Netherlands experienced significant economic growth and became known for his [[File:Prog-icon.png]] [[Progressivism|progressive]] social policies. Joining the [[File:EEC-icon.png]] [[European Economic Community]] (EEC) in 1957, the Netherlands was one of the founding members, signaling its commitment to European integration. The turn of the century saw continued prosperity and technological advancement, with the Netherlands leading the way in areas such as renewable energy, water management, and agriculture.

== Immoreel Progressivisme (Immoral Progressivism) ==
The reason Netherlands is often portrayed high on weed in Polandball media is because drugs are legal there (drug addicts are given rehab, while foreigners possessing drugs are escorted back to their native country), with people being allowed to buy up to five grams of marijuana in coffee shops.

Officially, it’s illegal to buy weed from coffee shops and often frowned upon to smoke weed in most public places. Nevertheless, people are able to grow up to three plants of it in the privacy of their own home. The Netherlands also legalizes abortion and euthanasia, which is very bad. His eyes are sometimes light red because he is on drugs.

== Trivia ==
*Contradicting popular belief, the official flower of Netherlands is not the tulip, but the daisy. Tulips are still very popular there, though.
*Netherlands has the highest population density in Europe.
*The name "Netherlands" literally means “low countries” in reference to his low elevation and flat topography, with 26% situated below sea level.

== Relaties (Relations) ==
=== Vrienden (Friends) ===
*[[File:Belgium-icon.png]] [[Belgium|België]] - Love your chocolate brother.
*[[File:Luxembourg-icon.png]] [[Luxembourg|Luxemburg]] - Tiny [[File:Benelux-icon.png]] [[Benelux]] brother.
*[[File:Canada-icon.png]] [[Canada]] - Pretty nice country. Let me hang out at his place for a while when [[File:Nazi-icon.png]] [[German Third Reich|Nazis]] kicked me out. <s>Also likes weed too? Sweeeet!</s>
*[[File:Indonesia-icon.png]] [[Indonesia|Indonesië]] - Insane son with delicious cuisine. I am very sorry for abusing and hurting your people for centuries ago and not recognizing your independence after 78 years
*[[File:Jamaica-icon.png]] [[Jamaica]] - <s>My friend in weed, he said to me he wanted to smoke a tree one day</s> I love his and his weird philosophical theories, we also do cultural exchange

=== Neutraal (Neutral) ===
*[[File:Poland-icon.png]] [[Kakistocracy|Polandball Community]] - I is do allow weed but please stop making it my entire personality.

== Hoe te Tekenen (How to draw) ==
{{Flag|NetherFlag.png|Flag of the Netherlands}}
# Draw a ball.
# Fill the ball with three horizontal stripes of color top-to-bottom in the following order: red, white, blue.
# Draw the eyes and you are done!
# Instead of white, draw the eyes in a light shade of red (optional)
{{FlagColour
|c1 = Red
|h1 = #AD1D25
|c2 = White
|h2 = #FFFFFF
|c3 = Blue
|h3 = #1E4785
}}
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