Polity

Netherlands

Modern Monarchies

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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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.

Connections

In Era

The Contemporary Period

Source Wikipedia: Netherlands

In the Other Atlases

Government Type

Monarchy

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Nationals Include

Baruch Spinoza

Also in Divinity Atlas: a national of this subject.

David Joris

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Geert Groote

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Johann Weyer

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Wim Hof

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Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak