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The Netherlands is a small-sized country in the North-West of Europe. The Netherlands consists of 4 original regions, denoted in the 4 directions of the wind. It borders with 6 regions of 4 foreign countries. It has a small but active population which The Netherlands have a relative small but experienced and long-lasting internationally orientated community because it relies on diplomacy and Mutual Protection Pacts for its defense. The Netherlands has been on and off the map since 2011 due to the location of there being an Oil resource in Western Netherlands, which has been a keen interest tobe kept in the hands of by their oppressor Poland.
Society
Community
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The community is diverse, consisting of many RL-Dutch, and many people from abroad. The Dutch community has generally been seen as an international orientated country. The Dutch community gathers on their external forum and an external chat-channel.
Language
Both Dutch and English are the official languages of the Netherlands. Most citizens speak English quite well and generally English is used most most on the forum.
Government publications
Articles in newspapers and international messages are nearly always written in English and sometimes accompanied by a Dutch translation. In official ministry publications both English and Dutch are used to accompany all the citizens language abilities.
Geography
The original territory of the Netherlands is composed of several regions:
Northern Netherlands (occupied by ), Southern Netherlands, Western Netherlands, and Eastern Netherlands (occupied by ).
Its current territories are listed below:
History
The Netherlands was a founding member of the Mediterranean Alliance , PEACE and the Phoenix alliance systems and often delivered prominent citizens into high-ranking positions within those organisations. The Netherlands formed for almost a year a union together with Belgium called the United Netherlands. The Netherlands joined 20pxGEA late 2011 and in 2012 the Netherlands was accepted as a full member of EDEN which it left begin of 2013.
For complete history see main article History of Netherlands
Economy
Currency
The currency of the Netherlands is the Dutch Guilder or Nederlandse Gulden (NLG)
Wages
The minimum wage is currently set at 1 NLG.
Trading Embargo
This country doesn't have any trading embargoes at the moment. |
Taxes
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- Last update: 12 April 2016
Politics
Constitution and Law
The law is determined by a majority vote in Congress. The leading law is the constitution (in it's amended form). An overview of all laws can be found in the Lawbook of Netherlands.
Political Parties
|- bgcolor="#85C1E9" |1 | |Democratisch Nederland |DemNL |22 |10 |Center-Left, Libertarian |Shawtyl0w |- bgcolor="#EB984E" |2 | |Geuzen Partij Nederland |GPN |17 |6 |Center-right, Authoritarian |West Side Clicc |- bgcolor="#58D68D" |3 | |Revolution et Libertas |ReL |11 |2 |Center, Libertarian |Sarandir |- bgcolor="#EB984E" |4 | |House of Orange | |8 |4 |Center, Libertarian |AmirCrowley |- bgcolor="#AAB7B8" |5 | |Verenigd Nederland |VN |8 |0 |Center-Right, Libertarian |SpeeD94 |- bgcolor="gold" |6 | |Iron and Bananas |I&W |4 |0 |Center-Right, Libertarian |alex-3 |} Updated: 31/03/2023
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- Also see other articles in the Category: Congress of Netherlands
The legislative chamber of the country is also referred to as Congress, Parliament, or Second Chamber. It debates on laws The Congress of the Netherlands is the highest legislative body. With a 66% percent majority, Congress can change anything. (In order to amend the constitution, two votes needs to be held in two consecutive terms).
In the Netherlands we distinguish the in-game Congress, where simple adjustments to the game, like changing taxes, can be made, and forum Congress, where more complex laws and policies are debated and voted on. Every new law needs to be debated and voted on in forum Congress before being processed in-game. Every citizen of the Netherlands may participate in public Congress debates, however only Congress-members may vote on proposals. The Congress is managed by the Chairman of Congress and his deputy the vice-chairman of Congress, they manage the debates (closing votes, closing old topics, tame the incidental flamewar) they publish updates on the congress in eNL congress newspaper.
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Role of the President in Netherlands
- The Country President (CP) is the formal head of state, government and military, although the President’s forum based and in-game powers are limited by the constitutional and congressional legal order of the Netherlands.
- The President resides in Het Catshuis where he publishes in the Presidential Newspaper. He also has the privilege/duty to hand out Medals.
Presidential History
- For an overview of all the Dutch presidents and the historical roles see Presidential History of Netherlands
File:Rijksoverheid-s.jpg Government
- The Country President is the formal head of state, government and military.
- The Government consists of the NL President, the NL vice-President and the NL Ministers
- Role of the Government
- The NL Government is responsible for the daily management of the Netherlands. The following ministries have a fixed position, meaning they can not be removed ::and their posts must be filled: Ministry of Finances and Ministry of Defense.
- Government formation
- The Government is formed after the Country President Elections.
- The Government is formed by the Country President.
- The Government is presented to the congress where it needs to be accepted by a vote of confidence held in the congress forum.
- The Government is formed by the Country President.
- The Government is formed after the Country President Elections.
Current Government
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- for an historical overview of all governments please see Governmental History of the Netherlands
Military
Armed Forces of the Netherlands
The Armed Forces of the Netherlands consist of two Military units called eNL Navy and the Korps Mariniers, who are officially supported by the Dutch state and thus financed by the Congress. They are directly operated from the Dutch Ministry of Defense and the President. Soldier in these units can get supplies in the form of weapons in priority battles on #nl-army on irc.rizon.net.
Military units
Here is an overview of Dutch Military units, the coloured rows are state owned. For more history and information please visit this page.
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The Netherlands is a medium-sized country in the North-West of Europe. The Netherlands originally consists out of 4 regions, named after the 4 directions of the wind (Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Netherlands). It borders 6 regions of 4 foreign countries. It has a small but active population. The Netherlands had been on and off the map since 2011 due to the location of a historic Oil resource in the Western Netherlands, which used to be a keen interest by Poland. Since the resource shuffle, the Netherlands is now standing pretty steady on the world map as the oil resource was removed from the region of Western Netherlands and replaced by iron, fish and sand. At this moment, The Netherlands are renting their resources to Canada and Spain.
Society
Community
The community is diverse, consisting of many RL-Dutch, followed by multiple people from abroad. The Dutch community has generally been seen as an internationally orientated country, given the fact the English language is almost exclusively used in media and day-to-day communication.
Government articles in newspapers and international messages are always written in English.
Top 5 most experienced players in Netherlands
Nickname | Experience level | |
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1. | Weekstrom | 1610 |
2. | vgriquel | 1333 |
3. | Lord.jax | 1158 |
4. | Persian Hawk | 1024 |
5. | Redi Jodikku | 995 |
Last update: May 2022
Top 5 strongest players in Netherlands
Nickname | Strength | |
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1. | GNoddle | 348,119 |
2. | Rineke | 343,520 |
3. | Redi Jodikku | 336,798 |
4. | Weekstrom | 334,821 |
5. | Zeeuwsmeisje | 334,631 |
Last update: May 2022
Top 5 patriots in Netherlands
Nickname | Damage | |
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1. | Redi Jodikku | 4,715,553,170,118 |
2. | Weekstrom | 4,410,658,209,928 |
3. | Fosite | 1,647,505,565,087 |
4. | Fmcv | 1,401,892,551,322 |
5. | BlackWidow9 | 1,337,226,536,033 |
Last update: May 2022
History
The Netherlands was a founding member of the Mediterranean Alliance , PEACE and the Phoenix alliance systems and often delivered prominent citizens into high-ranking positions within those organisations. The Netherlands formed for almost a year a union together with Belgium called the United Netherlands. The Netherlands joined GEA late 2011 and in 2012 the Netherlands was accepted as a full member of EDEN which it left begin of 2013. December of 2015 it joined Orion, where it was until 2020.
Geography
Name | Resource(s) | Capital | Residents | |
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Western Netherlands | Amsterdam | 282 ▲ | ||
Southern Netherlands | Maastricht | 84 ▲ | ||
Eastern Netherlands | Arnhem | 185 ▲ | ||
Northern Netherlands | None | Groningen | 89 ▲ |
Updated: 31/03/2023
Economy
Currency
The currency of the Netherlands is the Dutch Guilder or Nederlandse Gulden (NLG)
Taxes
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Updated: 31 March 2023
Embargoes
No active embargoes - the Netherlands can trade with any other country in eRepublik.
Politics
Constitution and Law
The law is determined by a majority vote in Congress. The leading law is the constitution. An overview of all laws can be found in the Lawbook of the Netherlands, managed by the Chairman of Congress on the appropriate wiki page.
Political parties
- Please also see the category: Historical Parties of Netherlands
Rank | Logo | Party Name | Abbr. | Members | Congress seats | Political Stance | Party President |
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1 | Democratisch Nederland | DemNL | 22 | 10 | Center-Left, Libertarian | Shawtyl0w | |
2 | Geuzen Partij Nederland | GPN | 17 | 6 | Center-right, Authoritarian | West Side Clicc | |
3 | Revolution et Libertas | ReL | 11 | 2 | Center, Libertarian | Sarandir | |
4 | | House of Orange | 8 | 4 | Center, Libertarian | AmirCrowley | |
5 | Verenigd Nederland | VN | 8 | 0 | Center-Right, Libertarian | SpeeD94 | |
6 | Iron and Bananas | I&W | 4 | 0 | Center-Right, Libertarian | alex-3 |
Updated: 31/03/2023
Congress
The legislative chamber of the country is also referred to as Congress or Parliament. It debates laws and other proposals.
The Congress of the Netherlands is the highest legislative body. With a 66% percent majority, Congress can change anything. (In order to amend the constitution, two votes need to be held in two consecutive terms).
In the Netherlands, the Congress debates are public to all citizens, made through the articles released by UNL Binnenhof newspapers (with the exception of private or sensitive matters, which are solved via Congress mass messages). Voting is done in Congress mass messages, and the results of the vote are published in articles released by UNL Binnenhof newspapers. Every citizen of the Netherlands may participate in public Congress debates, however, only Congress members may vote on proposals. The Congress is managed by the Chairman of Congress and his deputy, they manage the debates (opening and closing debates and votes, tame the incidental flamewar)
Current Congress
March 2023:
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President
Role of the President in the Netherlands
- The Country President (CP) is the formal head of state, government and military, although the President’s powers are limited by the constitutional and congressional legal order of the Netherlands.
- The President resides in Het Catshuis where he publishes in the Presidential Newspaper.
Presidential History
- For an overview of all the Dutch presidents and their historical roles see Presidential History of Netherlands
Government
- The Country President is the formal head of state, government and military.
- The Government consists of the President, Vice-President, Ministers and Advisors
- The Government is responsible for the daily management of the Netherlands.
- The Government is formed after the Country President Elections by the Country President.
Country President & Vice President
Representative of our country both in the Netherlands and abroad. Manages the government of the Netherlands, and is the head executive of eDutch Foreign Policy (declaring war e.g.) & eDutch Armed Forces. The Vice President is a supportive role, its tasks are based or limited by the President's will.
Ministry of Home Affairs
An interior ministry is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, emergency management, national security, supervision of local governments, the conduct of elections, public administration and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a Minister of the Interior or a Minister of Home Affairs.
- Obligatory Tasks: Investigating and accepting/refusing citizenship applications in the Security Council of Immigration.
- Optional Tasks: Investigating population numbers and Political Take-Over dangers; informing citizens about the Government (updates e.g.).
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government (prime minister or president).
- Obligatory Tasks: Representing the Netherlands on eRepublik Channels; representative to alliances/treaties/organisations.
- Optional Tasks: Informing citizens about Foreign Affairs; establishing (personal) contacts with other Country Presidents and MoFAs.
Ministry of Defence
The title Defence Minister, also known as Minister of Defence, Minister for Defence, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of National Defense or some similar variation, is assigned to the person in a cabinet position in charge of a Ministry of Defence, which regulates the armed forces in some sovereign nations. The minister usually has a very important role in a cabinet.
- Obligatory Tasks: Coordinating the Military Units of the Netherlands; setting battle priorities.
- Optional Tasks: Informing citizens about Defence (Battle Orders); Handing out supplies; organizing events.
Ministry of Finances
The finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in a government in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation.
- Obligatory Tasks: Setting a budget for the Government; Managing the Congress and Country President Tax; Informing Congress about financial transfers.
- Optional Tasks: Informing citizens about Finances; 'Manipulating' the Monetary Market.
Advisors
Advisors are older and experienced citizens who are not tasked with any specific tasks, but yet take part in the government by giving advice and sometimes functioning as representative to foreign entities, or an intermediary in internal affairs.
- Obligatory Tasks: None.
- Optional Tasks: Giving advice; representing the eNetherlands.
Previous Governments
- For an overview of all the Dutch Governments see Governmental History of Netherlands
Military
Top 5 Rank Points (Ground) in Netherlands
Nickname | Damage | |
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1. | Weekstrom | 530,859,924,003 |
2. | Redi Jodikku | 519,726,405,287 |
3. | Fosite | 207,154,277,701 |
4. | BlackWidow9 | 185,857,244,557 |
5. | Fmcv | 183,549,595,072 |
Last update: May 2021
Top 5 Rank Points (Air) in Netherlands
Nickname | Damage | |
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1. | vgriquel | 82,674,369 |
2. | Persian Hawk | 69,631,906 |
3. | Lord.jax | 47,521,419 |
4. | NoTie112 | 46,203,705 |
5. | Shiilter | 37,623,822 |
Last update: May 2022
Armed Forces of the Netherlands
The Armed Forces of the Netherlands consist of one Military unit called Dutch Armed Forces, which is officially supported by the Dutch state. They are directly operated by the Dutch Ministry of Defense and the President.
Wars and Conflict
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Military units
Name | Logo | Commander | Members | Active Members |
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Dutch Armed Forces | Shawtyl0w | 196 ▲ | 25 ▼ | |
Praetorian Guard NL | Zeeuwsmeisje | 58 ▲ | 3 ▼ | |
Progressive MU | Chean | 50 ▲ | 2 ▼ | |
Phoenix | Persian Hawk | 11 | 11 | |
0 EBars | Terrifier | 5 | 5 | |
Royal Dutch Airlines | Erkan Z | 2 | 1 | |
Qualia | Feynmann | 1 | 1 | |
The Flying Dutchman | RFZG | 1 ▼ | 1 ▼ | |
The Netherlands | Arcanic Mindje | 1 ▬ | 0 ▼ | |
eNL Benevolent Dictator | Trannsvaal | 1 ▬ | 0 ▼ | |
Alpha Unit | N/A | 1 ▬ | 0 ▬ | |
De Oranjewacht | Xyrrath | 1 ▬ | 0 ▬ | |
eNL Army | N/A | 1 ▬ | 0 ▬ |
Updated: 31/03/2023
Alliances
Currently, the Netherlands is not a member of any alliance.
The Netherlands often delivered prominent citizens into high-ranking positions within these organisations:
- Founding member of Mediterranean Alliance - July 2008
- Founding member of PEACE - Netherlands withdrew 23 November 2009 together with Brazil after many other countries left already[1]
- Founding member of Phoenix - February 2011
- Member of GEA - 11 December 2011[2] - 23 June 2012 as an EDEN trial-member
- Member of - EDEN 24 June 2012[3] - 16 February 2013[4]
- Member of - Orion December 2015[5] - 2020
MPP's
The Netherlands has mutual protection pacts with the following nation(s):
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Wars and Conflict
- Two or more of its original regions are under Polish occupation on and off since January 2011. The Netherlands was never able to remain longer on the map for a couple of days since then, except during the time a treaty was signed between Netherlands and Poland. Sometimes Poland would let eNL have one or two regions, but since relations between the two countries have deteriorated that hasn't happened for over the better part of 2013.
For a historical overview of all wars and conflicts see The Military history page
Alliances
Currently the Netherlands not a member of any alliance, but in June 2013 officially requested to join Asgard to which entry was denied[?]
The Netherlands often delivered prominent citizens into high-ranking positions within these organisations:
- Founding member of Mediterranean Alliance - disbanded July 2008
- Founding member of PEACE - Netherlands withdrew 23 November 2009 together with Brazil after many other countries left already [https:// ]
- Founding member of Phoenix - disbanded February 2011
- Member of 20pxGEA - 11 December 2011 [6]- 23 june 2012 as an EDEN trial-member
- Member of - EDEN 24 June 2012 [7] - 16 February 2013 [8]
MPP's
The Netherlands has mutual protection pacts with the following nation(s):
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