Netherlands

The Netherlands was a country on Earth located on the continent of Europe. The people of the Netherlands were known as the Dutch. The Netherlands flag was three horizontal bands of red, white, and blue. Its neighbor countries at times have been Germany, Belgium, France and across the channel Great Britain.

Amsterdam was a Dutch city, and one time in its history the capital city. The Amsterdam News, a black newspaper, was named after this city – its home city of New York having been founded by the Dutch and originally named New Amsterdam. 

Important people from the Netherlands were 17th century philosopher Benedict de Spinoza who wrote The Ethics, and 19th century painter Vincent van Gogh,  and painter Johannes Vermeer who made paintings like The Concert. 

In the late 20th century, the Netherlands was a founding member of the European Space Agency. 

A large area of the Netherlands was flooded in April 2063. 

''In the alternate timeline created by Vosk and the Na'kuhl, Vladimir Lenin had been assassinated in 1916 and Russia had never become communist. Adolf Hitler therefore "quickly took England", being able to keep his focus on the West after the successful occupation of France, Belgium and the Netherlands.''

Also see

 * Dutch

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Niederlande Pays-Bas Nederland