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United Provinces

The United Provinces are a Protestant stronghold in North-western Europe, a place where science, trade and freedom of thought have flourished since the Spanish were driven out in the last century. Having tamed their land and held back the sea, the Dutch have also embraced the sea and become the foremost naval power in the world. A mere generation ago, the Dutch navy sailed into the Thames and burned the English fleet at anchor: this kind of bravado and expertise is not quickly forgotten.

Dutch merchantmen range across the world’s oceans, and the wealth of the world passes through Dutch ports. Dutchmen can be found trading in the Indies, where they give the locals a run for their money, and the Caribbean. They are everywhere, in fact, where there is a profit to be made. Spanish claims to the New World and its trade are cheerfully ignored, as are Spanish threats. The Dutch have learned to live with Hapsburg threats hanging over their heads. Having beaten off brutal attempts to bring them to heel, the Dutch now have little love for Hapsburg-ruled Spain or Austria. A distant Catholic emperor holds no appeal for them. An expansionist France, on the other hand, does bear watching, and guarding against.

Other rivals close at hand are now less of a threat than they used to be. The British have been… tamed is too strong a word… brought to their senses by having a good, honest Dutchman on their throne. William III of Orange was an acceptable Protestant ruler for the British when they needed one. His presence has done much to calm relations, especially as the equally-mercantile British have designs on world trade that should rightfully be Dutch!

For the future, the Dutch have much to be hopeful about. They have a strong navy, and a tradition of victory. There is wealth aplenty in every corner of the world, if only the Dutch have the will to go and take it!

[Secret Garden]

신기하네요. 공화국에서 어떻게 왕이 나올 수 있는걸까요. 쿠테타 라던지, 뭐 그런걸로 된 왕인가요?;

[로마의케사르]

그게 프랑스 대혁명 전쟁때 네덜란드가 프랑스에 점령당했잖아요...그때 네덜란드 공화국이 몰락합니다.. 그리고 나폴레옹이 집권했을때 지 동생을 네덜란드의 국왕으로 세웠걸랑요.. 나중에는 프랑스에 아주 합병해버리구요...그리고 나폴레옹이 몰락뒤 이른바 메테르니히 체제라고 보수반동으로 유럽국가가 왕정국가로 되돌아 갔지 않습니까? 그 때 빈회의에서 네덜란드를 왕국으로 되돌려서 총독의 아들이 국왕이 되었죠... 그리고 지금과 같이 쭉~ 왕정국가로~

[isee]

아 그랫군..케사르님 ㄳ

[isee]

링크가봤다가 미치고 팔짝뛴.....

[Aetius]

뭐 16세기 17세기에도 공화국이라 하긴 거시기하고... steadholder라고 좀 엘리트들이 다스린거 같긴한데.. 예를들어 오렌지 공처럼.. 음.. 패스 =ㅅ=