Netherlands (Springtime of Nations)

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Kingdom of the Netherlands Koninkrijk der Nederlanden Kerajaan Belanda Timeline: Springtime of Nations OTL equivalent: Majority of the Netherlands, Suriname, parts of Indonesia
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  "Je maintiendrai" I will uphold
Anthem:  "De Staten van Holland" The States of Holland
Mainland Netherlands
Map of the seven constituent countries shown to scale
Capital		Amsterdam
Official languages		Dutch Indonesian
Regional languages		English Papiamento West Frisian Dutch Low Saxon
Demonym(s)		Dutch
Countries		Aruba Curaçao Netherlands Batavia New Guinea Sint Maarten Suriname
Government		Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
-	Monarch	Marie II
-	Prime Minister	Esther-Mirjam Sent
-	Minister plenipotentiary of ABBNSS	Guillfred Besaril
Legislature		States General
-	Upper house	Senate
-	Lower house	House of Representatives
Independence		from Spain and France
-	Dutch Republic	26 July 1581 (declared) 30 January 1648 (recognised)
-	Batavian Republic	19 January 1795
-	Kingdom of Holland	5 June 1806
-	Annexation by First French Empire	1 July 1810
-	Kingdom of the Netherlands	16 March 1815
-	Secession of Belgium	4 October 1830 (declared) 19 April 1839 (recognised)
-	Annexation by German Empire (Establishment of the Dutch government in-exile)	12 November 1908
-	Indonesian War of Independence	27 March 1964 (declared) 23 January 1970 (recognised)
-	Dissolvement of the Batavian State	9 January 1998
Area
-	Total	618,695 km2 (41st) 238,879 sq mi
Population
-	2023 estimate	81,193,819
-	Density	532/km2  1,377.9/sq mi
Currency		Guilder
Time zone		4 timezones European Netherlands: CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) (DST) American Netherlands: AST (UTC-4) DST not observed Batavia: ICT (UTC+1) DST not observed New Guinea: ICT (UTC+9) DST not observed
Date formats		dd-mm-yyyy
Drives on the		right
Internet TLD		5 TLDs .nl  (Netherlands) .aw  (Aruba) .cw  (Curaçao) .sx  (Sint Maarten) .bq  (Caribbean Netherlands) .dg  (Suriname) .bt  (Batavia) .dg  (New Guinea)
Calling code		4 codes +31(Netherlands) +297(Aruba) +599(CuraçaoTemplate:\Caribbean) +1 721 (Sint Maarten) +297(Suriname) +21(Batavia) +967 (New Guinea)

The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland ; Indonesian: Kerajaan Belanda), officially, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean, South America, and Asia. Mainland Netherlands consists of eleven provinces; it borders Germany to the east, and France to the south, with a North Sea coastline to the north and west. It also has a border with the United Kingdom, Guiana, and Brazil, via Suriname, and Indonesia, and Australia due to its Asian states. It shares maritime borders with the United Kingdom, Palau, and Insulinde. The official language is Dutch, with Indonesian as a secondary official language in the regions of Batavia, and New Guinea. Dutch, English and Papiamento are official in the Caribbean territories, and Suriname.