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'''The Netherlands''' are 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 with 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 an historic [[Oil]] resource in the [[Western Netherlands]], which used to be a keen interest by {{CountryLink|Poland}}. Since the resource shuffle, the Netherlands are now standing pretty steady on the world map as the oil resource was removed from the region of Western Netherlands.
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'''The Netherlands''' are 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 with 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 an historic [[Oil]] resource in the [[Western Netherlands]], which used to be a keen interest by {{CountryLink|Poland}}. Since the resource shuffle, the Netherlands are now standing pretty steady on the world map as the oil resource was removed from the region of Western Netherlands. At this moment, The Netherlands are renting their food and weapons resources to Iran
  
 
==[[File:Icon achievement society builder on.gif]] Society==
 
==[[File:Icon achievement society builder on.gif]] Society==
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The community is diverse, consisting of many RL-Dutch, followed by several people from abroad. The Dutch community has generally been seen as an international orientated country, given the fact English language is widely used in media and day-to-day communication.
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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.
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The Dutch community gathers on their external forum.
The Dutch community gathers on their external forum and an external chat-channel.
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===Language===
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Both Dutch and English are the official languages of the Netherlands. Most citizens speak English quite well and generally English is used most on the forum and in the media.
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===Government publications===
 
===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 often used to accompany all the citizens language abilities.
 
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 often used to accompany all the citizens language abilities.
 
===[[File:Paper-Compass.png|45px|]]  Geography===
 
{{RegionsTable|Northern Netherlands|Southern Netherlands|Western Netherlands|last=Eastern Netherlands|showprod=1}}
 
  
 
==[[File:Icon_achievement_resistance_on.gif‎]] History==
 
==[[File:Icon_achievement_resistance_on.gif‎]] History==
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=== Currency ===
 
=== Currency ===
 
The currency of the Netherlands is the [[Dutch guilder|Dutch Guilder]] or Nederlandse Gulden ('''NLG''')
 
The currency of the Netherlands is the [[Dutch guilder|Dutch Guilder]] or Nederlandse Gulden ('''NLG''')
 
=== Wages ===
 
The minimum wage is currently set at 1 NLG.
 
Average wage is currently at 218.65 NLG.
 
 
===Trading Embargo===
 
{{EmbargoList|Netherlands}}
 
===Taxes===
 
 
 
 
 
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==[[File:Icon achievement congressman on.gif]] Politics==
 
==[[File:Icon achievement congressman on.gif]] Politics==
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=== [[File:2ekamerlogo-m.png|50px]] Congress ===
 
=== [[File:2ekamerlogo-m.png|50px]] Congress ===
 
[[File:Tweede_Kamer.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The Dutch Congress, known as the ''Tweede Kamer'' (Second chamber)]]
 
[[File:Tweede_Kamer.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The Dutch Congress, known as the ''Tweede Kamer'' (Second chamber)]]
* ''Also see other articles in the Category: [[:Category:Congress of Netherlands|Congress of Netherlands]]''
 
  
The legislative chamber of the country is also referred to as ''Congress'', ''Parliament'', or ''Second Chamber''. It debates on laws
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The legislative chamber of the country is also referred to as ''Congress'' or ''Parliament'' . 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 of the Netherlands|constitution]], two votes needs to be held in two consecutive terms'').
 
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 of the Netherlands|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 [http://enetherlands.nl/viewforum.php?f=27 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.
 
In the Netherlands we distinguish the in-game Congress, where simple adjustments to the game, like changing taxes, can be made, and [http://enetherlands.nl/viewforum.php?f=27 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.
 
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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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)
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====  Congress ====
 
====  Congress ====
  
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=== [[File:Cpemblem.jpg‎|80px]] President  ===
 
=== [[File:Cpemblem.jpg‎|80px]] President  ===
[[File:Citizen4525634.png|thumb|150px|right|Current president [[NoTie112]]]]
 
 
'''Role of the President in Netherlands'''  
 
'''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.  
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: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 {{eLink|newspaper|239643|Presidential Newspaper}}. He also has the privilege/duty to hand out [[Medals of the Netherlands|Medals]].
 
:The President resides in [[Het Catshuis]] where he publishes in the {{eLink|newspaper|239643|Presidential Newspaper}}. He also has the privilege/duty to hand out [[Medals of the Netherlands|Medals]].
  
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::* The Government is formed after the Country President [[Elections]].
 
::* The Government is formed after the Country President [[Elections]].
 
::** The Government is formed by the Country President.
 
::** 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.
 
====  Current Government ====
 
 
{{:Netherlands/Government}}
 
  
 
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=== [[File:NL Krijgsmacht.png|65px]] Armed Forces of the Netherlands ===
 
=== [[File:NL Krijgsmacht.png|65px]] Armed Forces of the Netherlands ===
  
The Armed Forces of the Netherlands consist of one [[Military unit]] called '''Dutch Armed Forces''', 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 [http://www.enetherlands.nl/portal.php #nl-army on irc.rizon.net].
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The Armed Forces of the Netherlands consist of one [[Military unit]] called '''Dutch Armed Forces''', who are officially supported by the Dutch state. They are directly operated from the [[Dutch Ministry of Defense]] and the President.
  
 
===Wars and Conflict===
 
===Wars and Conflict===
The Netherlands currently have a trainingwar with Canada.
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The Netherlands currently have a training war with Estonia.
  
 
===Military units===
 
===Military units===

Revision as of 02:50, 6 October 2018


Languages: 
EnglishIcon-English.png
NederlandsIcon-Netherlands.png
Netherlands
Flag of Netherlands   Coat of Arms of Netherlands

On the map


General
General rank 56
Country power 279
Anthem Wilhelmus
Motto Je maintiendrai
Capital Western Netherlands
Alliance Orion
Demographics
Language English, Dutch
Population 147
Average level 43
Politics
President MDSanderon
Party Revolution et Libertas
Political titles
vCP NoTie112
MoD Janty F
MoFA Janty F
Governor NoTie112
MoEd Gwom
Economics
Currency Flag-Netherlands.jpg NLG (Nederlandse Gulden, Dutch Guilder)
Minimum salary Flag-Netherlands.jpg 1.00 NLG
Average salary Flag-Netherlands.jpg 442.01 NLG
Food bonus 10%
Weapon bonus 10%
House bonus 10%
Aircraft bonus 0%
Military
Territories 4
Communication
Forum enetherlands.nl

Map of Netherlands

Last update 29 August 2016

The Netherlands are 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 with 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 an historic Oil resource in the Western Netherlands, which used to be a keen interest by Icon-Poland.png Poland. Since the resource shuffle, the Netherlands are now standing pretty steady on the world map as the oil resource was removed from the region of Western Netherlands. At this moment, The Netherlands are renting their food and weapons resources to Iran

Icon achievement Society Builder on.gif Society

Community

Icon - Forums.png

The community is diverse, consisting of many RL-Dutch, followed by several people from abroad. The Dutch community has generally been seen as an international orientated country, given the fact English language is widely used in media and day-to-day communication.

The Dutch community gathers on their external 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 often used to accompany all the citizens language abilities.

Icon achievement Resistance Hero on.gif History

The Netherlands was a founding member of the Mediterranean Alliance , Icon-PEACE.png PEACE and the Icon-Phoenix.png 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 Icon-Belgium.png Belgium called the Icon-United Netherlands.png United Netherlands. The Netherlands joined 20pxGEA late 2011 and in 2012 the Netherlands was accepted as a full member of Icon-EDEN.pngEDEN which it left begin of 2013. December of 2015 it joined Flag-Orion.jpg Orion.

Icon achievement Hard Worker on.gif Economy

Currency

The currency of the Netherlands is the Dutch Guilder or Nederlandse Gulden (NLG)


Product Work Tax Import Tax VAT
Icon - Food Q3.png Food 4% 2% 4%
Icon - Weapon Q2.png Weapon 4% 2% 1%
Icon - Aircraft Q1.png Aircraft weapon 4% 1% 1%
Icon - Moving ticket Q3.png Moving ticket 4% 1% 10%
Icon - House Q3.png House 4% 1% 1%
Raw material Work Tax Import Tax VAT
Icon - Food Raw Materials.png Food raw material 4% 1% -
Icon - Weapon Raw Materials.png Weapon raw material 4% 1% -
Icon - Aircraft Weapon Raw Materials.png Aircraft weapon raw material 4% 1% -
Icon - House Raw Materials.png House raw material 4% 1% -

Icon achievement Congress Member on.gif Politics

Wetboek.png 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 the Netherlands.

Icon position party president.gif Political parties

|- bgcolor="#85C1E9" |1 |Party-Democratisch Nederland.png |Democratisch Nederland |DemNL |22 |10 |Center-Left, Libertarian |Shawtyl0w |- bgcolor="#EB984E" |2 |Party-Geuzen Partij Nederland.jpg |Geuzen Partij Nederland |GPN |17 |6 |Center-right, Authoritarian |West Side Clicc |- bgcolor="#58D68D" |3 |Party-Revolution et Libertas.jpg |Revolution et Libertas |ReL |11 |2 |Center, Libertarian |Sarandir |- bgcolor="#EB984E" |4 |Party-House of Orange.png‎ |House of Orange | |8 |4 |Center, Libertarian |AmirCrowley |- bgcolor="#AAB7B8" |5 |Party-Verenigd Nederland.jpg |Verenigd Nederland |VN |8 |0 |Center-Right, Libertarian |SpeeD94 |- bgcolor="gold" |6 |Party-Iron & Wine v2.jpg |Iron and Bananas |I&W |4 |0 |Center-Right, Libertarian |alex-3 |} Updated: 31/03/2023

50px Congress

File:Tweede Kamer.jpg
The Dutch Congress, known as the Tweede Kamer (Second chamber)

The legislative chamber of the country is also referred to as Congress or Parliament . 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)

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80px President

Role of the President in 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. He also has the privilege/duty to hand out Medals.

Presidential History

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.

Previous Governments

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NL Krijgsmacht.png Armed Forces of the Netherlands

The Armed Forces of the Netherlands consist of one Military unit called Dutch Armed Forces, who are officially supported by the Dutch state. They are directly operated from the Dutch Ministry of Defense and the President.

Wars and Conflict

The Netherlands currently have a training war with Estonia.

Military units

|- | Dutch Armed Forces | Dutch Armed Forces.jpg | Shawtyl0w | 196 | 25 |- | Praetorian Guard NL | Praetorian Guards.jpg | Zeeuwsmeisje | 58 | 3 |- | Progressive MU | Progressive.jpg | 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 | The Flying Dutchman.jpg | RFZG | 1 | 1 |- | The Netherlands | The netherlands.jpg | Arcanic Mindje | 1 | 0 |- | eNL Benevolent Dictator | ENL Benevolent Dictator.png | Trannsvaal | 1 | 0 |- | Alpha Unit | Alphaunit.jpg | N/A | 1 | 0 |- | De Oranjewacht | De Oranjewacht.jpg | Xyrrath | 1 | 0 |- | eNL Army | ENL Army.jpg | N/A | 1 | 0 |- |} Updated: 31/03/2023

Alliances

Currently the Netherlands is a member of the Orion alliance.

The Netherlands often delivered prominent citizens into high-ranking positions within these organisations:

  • Founding member of Mediterranean Alliance - disbanded July 2008
  • Founding member of Seal-PEACE.png PEACE - Netherlands withdrew 23 November 2009 together with Brazil after many other countries left already[1]
  • Founding member of Icon-Phoenix.png Phoenix - disbanded February 2011
  • Member of 20pxGEA - 11 December 2011[2] - 23 June 2012 as an EDEN trial-member
  • Member of Icon-EDEN.png - EDEN 24 June 2012[3] - 16 February 2013[4]
  • Member of Flag-Orion.jpg - Orion December 2015[5] - Current

MPP's

The Netherlands has mutual protection pacts with the following nation(s):

This country doesn't have any mutual protection pacts at the moment.


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