History of the Netherlands
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| General Rank | 24 |
| Demographics | |
| Language | Dutch, English |
| Population | 588 |
| Capital | Amsterdam |
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| Current President | DanielB1989 |
| Political Party | Iron & Wine |
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| Currency | NLG |
| GDP (last 7 days) | 99.40 Gold |
| Inflation | -6.15 % |
| Military | |
| Soldiers | 69 |
| Average Strength | 3.41 |
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- This nation is now part of a union between Belgium and the Netherlands.
The Netherlands lies on the west coast of the European Continent. It's original neighbors are Germany, United Kingdom and Belgium. The Netherlands consists of four provinces although the "real" Netherlands is divided in 12 provinces. The Dutch capital is located in the Western Netherlands province. Since the 5th April 2009 it is merged with Belgium and forms an union. Now the Netherlands are a part of the United Netherlands, it is ofter referred as "Northern Netherlands".
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Society
The Netherlands have had a large growth of inhabitants and quickly grew to 300 users. Though lately the amount of members have dropped by an average of 17%
Though there is a lively eDutch community lots of users come and go because of the large amount of bugs and the small amount of actual options.
Language
The main language is Dutch, but most Dutch users speak some English as well. Articles in newspapers are often written in Dutch, international messages are written in Dutch accompanied by an English translation.
Economy
The Dutch economy is small considering the size of the country. Most products are cheap compared to other countries, making the NLG a strong currency. (1 Sept 08)
Also the Netherlands has a high grain region, the Western Netherlands region.
For the countries who need a Q5 Hospital, we build them! Just send a message to our President and he will send you a message with the details.
Citizen Fee
The Citizen fee for new Dutch players is 30 NLG at this moment. (23 March 09) Citizen Fee has been lowered by dionysus on the 5th of april 2009 to the amount of 10 NLG
Recommended Exchange Rate
1 Gold = 26.08 NLG (June 4th)
1 Gold = 27.85 NLG (September 1st)
1 Gold = 85 NLG (December 9th)
1 Gold = 66.50 NLG (March 17th)
1 Gold = 117.58 NLG (April 2nd)
Politics
Current Government
Government of March 2009
| Office(s) | Name |
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| President | DanielB1989 |
| Prime Minister | ArtemIvanov |
| Vice Prime Minister | dionysus |
| Minister of Economic Affairs | Luuklag |
| Vice Minister of Economic Affairs | Frerk |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Cocoamok |
| Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs | jsuyk |
| Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs | Flando |
| Minister of Defense | DanielB1989 |
| Vice Minister of Defense | ChristiaanB94 |
| Minister of Home Affairs | Sir Olf |
| Vice Minister of Home Affairs | Theo Westerbaan |
| Vice Minister of Media | naponet |
| Minister of Natural Resources | Deviltje |
Current Dutch political parties
| Logo | Party Name | Initials | Members | Congressmen |
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| Iron & Wine | I&W | 55 | 18 |
| Links Nederland | LN | 55 | 11 |
| Liberaal Christendemocraten | LCD | 14 | 2 |
| Dutch Three Star | DTS | 18 | 2 |
| Neerlands Hoop | NH | 36 | 8 |
See Also: Category:Parties of Netherlands
Constitution
In August Iron & Wine introduced the first Dutch constitution.
Military
The Dutch forces include well-equipped and well-trained soldiers. The avarage soldier is just a citizen of eNetherland. But we also have the 'flying dutchman', the elite of our soldiers who fight almsost every day in the battle's fought for Peace countries. These soldiers are known for the're avatars. Only the best soldiers in the Enetherlands can get in the flying duchtman corps. The rest of the soldiers are in the Dutch Orange Legion. A little group of that Legion are commando soldiers. The best trained and equiped soldiers of the Orange Legion.
Minister of Defence: Osxy
General of the eDutch armed forces: Jazar
Soldiers: 69
Average strength: 3.48
(March 13th)
Alliances
The Netherlands is a former member of the Mediterranean Alliance. Currently, The Netherlands is a member of PEACE Global Community
The Netherlands has mutual protection pacts with the following nations:
| Country | Date Ending |
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 Mexico (PEACE Member)
| April 3, 2009 |
 Indonesia (PEACE Member)
| April 19, 2009 |
 Hungary (PEACE Member)
| April 21, 2009 |
History
2008
March
The GoT government established an allowance/sponsorship program to help companies and citizens gain more purchasing power. This gave a push to the Dutch economy which had issues of overproduction in multiple sectors.
April
During the I&W government some positive innovations were introduced in the Netherlands. The government started a Q1 weapon company to train unemployed citizens for a minimal loan, though enough to at least pay for their food. On the 18th of April the MPP with Italy became active, quickly followed by the MPP's with Italy, Spain and Portugal. The Netherlands now were officially part of the Mediterranean Alliance.
May
A bug messed up the Dutch elections of the month May. I&W lost all its votes but one due to unknown reasons. The Netherlands supported the war against Switzerland by sending paratroopers to France.
June
Elections were won by I&W, making them the country's leader once again. The national hospital company was upgraded to Q3 and a trainingcentre was set up to get more new hospital employees.
August
Again the Elections were won by I&W, while player Onrche tried to take over the government with the use of multi-accounts during the party leader elections. A new constitution was released at the end of the month. As the Mediterranean Alliance was falling apart, the Dutch government decided to side with PEACE Global Community in order to protect the sovereignty of the Netherlands. Their first act as a new member of this alliance was to send troops in order to protect Hungary that had been invaded by Romania.
October
After 4 months of being ruled by the I&W party the SPV beated I&W in the elections. The new president is Cocoamok.
December
GDGR and C.D.P fused together in GDGR, making it a bigger and more active party. The New name for this party is : LCD, liberaal christendemocraten.(English : Liberal Christian Democrates)
2009
January
A new Month and year started, for more fun! Happy Newyear!
Februari
The 'food crisis' occurred in the Netherlands. In one day all food stocks were bought up from the market, therefore giving all the citizens of the eNetherlands a hard time to get some bread. This event was the trigger for the later Tax Proposal.
March
For the first time the political party Neerlands Hoop is in the Government of the eNetherlands.
I&W regains majority in the congress with 18 Seats.
Q5 Hospital is placed in the Northern Region.
Party Leader Repsaj of Neerlands Hoop leaves to Belgium and Hardcore-Gabber becomes the Party President.
Presidental History
| Term | President | Party |
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| Dec 2007 | Mathijs | |
| Jan 2008 | Unkki | FOK |
| Feb 2008 | Unkki | FOK |
| Mar 2008 | Overmaze | Gathering of Tweakers |
| Apr 2008 | Metsadah | Iron & Wine |
| May 2008 | Jazar | Gathering of Tweakers |
| June 2008 | dionysus | Iron & Wine |
| July 2008 | dionysus | Iron & Wine |
| Aug 2008 | Chielio | Iron & Wine |
| Sept 2008 | Chielio | Iron & Wine |
| Oct 2008 | Cocoamok | Socialistische Partij van het Volk |
| Nov 2008 | Cocoamok | Links Nederland |
| Dec 2008 | Cocoamok | Links Nederland |
| Jan 2009 | Cocoamok | Links Nederland |
| Feb 2009 | DanielB1989 | Iron & Wine |
| Mar 2009 | DanielB1989 | Iron & Wine |
| Apr 2009 | Dionysus | Iron & Wine |
