| Kingdom of the Netherlands Koninkrijk der Nederlanden Timeline: Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum
OTL equivalent: Netherlands, Suriname, Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten | ||||||
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| Motto: Je maintiendrai (French) ("I will hold firm") |
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| Anthem: Wilhelmus |
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 Location of the Netherlands
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| Capital | Amsterdam | |||||
| Ethnic groups | Dutch; Indonesians; Germans; Turkish; Surinamese; Moroccans | |||||
| Religion | Irreligion; Christianity; Islam; Buddhism; Hinduism | |||||
| Demonym | Dutch | |||||
| Government | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy with federal elements | |||||
| - | King | Willem-Alexander | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Mark Rutte | ||||
| Legislature | States General of the Netherlands | |||||
| - | Upper house | Senate | ||||
| - | Lower house | House of Representatives | ||||
| Establishment | ||||||
| - | Establishment of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands | March 16, 1815 | ||||
| - | Charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | December 15, 1954 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | estimate | 17,601,390 | ||||
| Currency | Euro (EUR) |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) (Metropolitan Netherlands) AST (UTC−4) (Suriname/Netherlands Antilles) |
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| Internet TLD | .nl | |||||
| Calling code | +31 +597 (Suriname) +559 (Netherlands Antilles) |
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| Membership international or regional organizations | United Nations; European Community | |||||
The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederlanden), officially known as the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden), is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy located in Western Europe, South America and the Caribbeans. As the Kingdom, it consists of three constituent countries: Metropolitan Netherlands, Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. Metropolitan Netherlands (officially known only as "the Netherlands"), while only a quarter in size compared with Suriname, is administering most of the kingdom affairs on behalf of the entire kingdom, with Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles being dependent on the Metropolitan Netherlands.
As the constituent country, it is a parliamentary democracy organized as a unitary state. Metropolitan Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and West Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders with Belgium, West Germany and the United Kingdom. Metropolitan Netherlands is the lowest country in the earth, with about 20% of its area and 21% of its population located below sea level, and 50% of its land lying less than one meter above sea level, hence the meaning of the country's name, "lower countries." The capital is Amsterdam and the seat of government is The Hague.
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