General Information[]
The 
Netherlands, at their start, are a 
Catholic 
Dutch feudal 
monarchy of the 
HRE located in the southwestern areas of the Low Countries region, of the Western Europe subcontinent. The monarchy is formed with the lands of Catholic 
Holland, 
Flanders and 
Brabant on January 5, 1477, with 
cores, bordering fellow Catholic 
England southwest, 
France, 
Austria and 
Liege south, 
Aachen, 
Cologne and 
Cleves east, and Austria and 
Utrecht northeast, and the waters of the Coast of Holland (North Sea area, North Atlantic region) northwest.
The Netherlands leaves the HRE by October 24, 1648, have its European homelands annexed by Catholic Revolutionary France on July 10, 1810, gain its homelands back from Revolutionary France on November 30, 1813, have its homelands taken this time by 
Secular 
Germany on May 17, 1940, and gains homelands back again on May 5, 1945.
The Netherlands joins the 
European Union in 1958, and is on-map to the present day.
Called "Netherlands" on-file
See also: 
Belgium, Germany, 
France, 
Luxembourg, Holland, 
Spain, Austria, 
Indonesia, 
Suriname
Form Netherlands (Form Dutch Nation)[]
- Requirement(s):
Is not: The Papal State, Holy Roman Empire, Belgium or European Union- One of the following must be true: Is Burgundy, Primary Culture is Dutch or Primary Culture is Flemish
- Administrative Technology at least 55
- Is a tributary or free
- Is not a nomad nation
- Is not at war
- Netherlands does NOT exist
- Own core province(s): Breda (95), Zeeland (96), Amsterdam (97), Utrecht (98), Gelderen (99) and Friesland (100)
- Effect(s):
- Country is removed from the HRE
- If Burgundy then:
- Capital moves to Amsterdam (97)
- Change Primary Culture to Dutch
- If France exists then:
- French region provinces cede to France
- If a Catholic Theocracy then:
- Change government to an Administrative Monarchy
- The Papal State becomes 'displeased' with you
- If a Protestant Theocracy then:
- Any subject country owned in the France region cedes provinces to France
- Country changes to Netherlands
- Obtain new missions
- Gain a permanent claim on Region(s): Low Countries
- Gain permanent claim on Area(s): Wallonia and Picardy
- Change Government Rank to Kingdom
- Gain 25 Prestige
- Can embrace Dutch Ideas and Traditions
Strategy[]
Present Day[]
The Netherlands starts off in an interesting position in Europe. You only border 2 countries: Germany and Belgium. Try to seek an alliance with France, 
Poland, 
Great Britain, and possible Germany if the Germans are friendly towards you.
The European Route[]
This strategy is tricky because it will not work unless The Netherlands leaves or certain countries leave the 
European Union.
Immediately rival and start fabricating on Belgium from day one. They are going to be your first route of expanding into Europe. You are going to want to ally France or Germany in order to crush Belgium and his allies. If Belgium allies with Germany or France, you might want to restart because you will not be able to defeat either the Germans or the French by yourself. Once Belgium has been dealt with, your next target is Luxembourg. Luxembourg is extremely easy to annex because they will have almost no military or allies. From this point onward, expansion can be a bit tricky. Backstabbing France or Germany when the two are severely weakened from fighting a war against either each other, or against other European nations, is the way to go. When that happens, launch your aggressive Dutch surprise attack against them.
The Caribbean/South American Route[]
As the Netherlands, you actually control three islands in the Caribbean: Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten. You can use this to your advantage by fabricating and easily annexing the Caribbean OPM's, as well as fabricating on 
Venezuela. Securing an alliance with 
Brazil will not only be easy (they are almost always Friendly towards the Dutch), but the Brazilians will make your South American conquests much easier than expanding by yourself.
Updates[]
- Page updated to mod version 1.10.3