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“kingdom of the netherlands”
(sovereign state and constitutional monarchy in western europe)
“amsterdam”
(capital of the netherlands)
“bruekelen”
birthplace of dutch actor rutger hauer
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*HOLLAND*
(technically a ‘region’ in ‘the netherlands’)
(though it is sometimes used as alternate name for “the netherlands”)
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(
i/ˈnɛðərləndz/; dutch: Nederland [ˈneːdərˌlɑnt] (
listen); frisian: Nederlân)
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*the netherlands is the main constituent country of the “Kingdom of the Netherlands”*
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(it is a densely populated country located in “Western Europe” with three island territories in the “Caribbean”)
(the “European” part of the “Netherlands” borders “Germany” to the east, “Belgium” to the south, and the “North Sea” to the northwest, sharing “maritime borders” with “Belgium”, the “United Kingdom”, and “Germany”)
(the largest cities in the “Netherlands” are “Amsterdam”, “Rotterdam”, “The Hague” and “Utrecht”)
(‘Amsterdam’ is the country’s capital, while “The Hague” holds the “Dutch” seat of government and parliament)
(the name Holland is used to refer informally to the whole of the country of the “Netherlands”)
(“Netherlands” literally means “lower countries”, influenced by its low land and flat geography, with only about 50% of its land exceeding one metre above “sea level”)
(most of the areas below sea level are ‘man-made’)
(since the late 16th century, large areas (“polders”) have been reclaimed from the sea and lakes, amounting to nearly 17% of the country’s current land mass)
(with a “population density” of 408 people per km2 – 505 (July 2016) if water is excluded – the “Netherlands” is classified as a very densely populated country))
(only “Bangladesh’, “South Korea, and “Taiwan” have both a larger population and higher population density)
(nevertheless, the “Netherlands” is the world’s second-largest exporter of food and agricultural products, after the “United States”)
(this is partly due to the fertility of the soil and the mild climate)
(the “Netherlands” was the third country in the world to have an ‘elected parliament’, and since 1848 it has been governed as a “parliamentary democracy” and a “constitutional monarchy”, organized as a “unitary state”)
(the “Netherlands” has a long history of social tolerance and is generally regarded as a “liberal” country, having legalized ‘abortion’, ‘prostitution’ and ‘euthanasia’, while maintaining a progressive drugs policy)
(in 2001, it became the world’s first country to legalise “same-sex marriage”)
(the “netherlands” is a founding member of the EU, Eurozone, G-10, NATO, OECD and WTO, and a part of the trilateral “Benelux Union”
(the country is host to the “Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons” and five “international courts”: the “Permanent Court of Arbitration”, the “International Court of Justice”, the “International Criminal Tribunal” for the ‘Former Yugoslavia'”, the “International Criminal Court” and the “Special Tribunal for Lebanon”)
(the first four are situated in “The Hague”, as is the EU’s criminal intelligence agency “Europol” and judicial co-operation agency “Eurojust”
(this has led to the city being dubbed “the world’s legal capital”)
(the Netherlands” is also a part of the “Schengen Area”)
(the “Netherlands” has a market-based mixed economy, ranking 17th of 177 countries according to the “Index of Economic Freedom”)
(it had the thirteenth-highest per capita income in the world in 2013 according to the “International Monetary Fund”)
(the “port of rotterdam” is the largest port in “Europe”)
(in 2013, the “United Nations World ‘Happiness’ Report” ranked the “Netherlands” as the 7th-happiest country in the world, reflecting its high ‘quality of life’)
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(‘the netherlands’ also ranks 2nd-highest in the “inequality-adjusted human development index”)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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👈👈👈☜*“KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥