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Netherlands

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The Netherlands, also informally known as Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean, and the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. During the Republican period the Dutch Republic experienced major political, economic and cultural development known as the Dutch Golden Age, and the Netherlands has been a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a unitary structure since 1848. It is a founding member of the European Union, eurozone, NATO, OECD and World Trade Organization.

Facts
Government Type
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy 2
Capital
Amsterdam 2
Government type (class)
Monarchy 1
Classification
Status (Extant or Former)
Extant 1
FAQs

Is Amsterdam where the Dutch government sits?

Amsterdam is the nominal capital; the main national political institutions are in The Hague.

Not quite. Amsterdam is the most populous city and the nominal capital of the Netherlands, but the primary national political institutions are in The Hague.
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Source 1001 Philosophers: Anna Maria van Schurman (1001 Philosophers)Lead, nationality
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was a Dutch philosopher of the Modern era

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Source Bernard Mandeville (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)Lead, nationality
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Born on 15 November 1670, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

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was a Dutch philosopher, physician, and professor of medicine

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was a Dutch philosopher

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was a Dutch philosopher and scientist

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1. Wikipedia: Netherlands
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  • Introduction
    The Netherlands has been a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a unitary structure since 1848.
  • Netherlands: Status
    The Netherlands, also informally known as Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
  • In Era: The Contemporary Period, lead paragraph and infobox, existence dates
    , also informally known as Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four
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2. Wikipedia: Netherlands
  • Infobox, Government
    The Netherlands has been a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a unitary structure since 1848.
  • Capital section
    Amsterdam is the country's most populous city and the nominal capital, though the primary national political institutions are in The Hague.
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