Country : Netherlands

Country : Netherlands













Monday,22 2012

General Information
My country is a is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with some islands in the Caribbean .

GeographyNetherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom

History
HabsburgNetherlands 1519–1581
Under Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, the Netherlands region was part of the Seventeen Provinces, which also included most of present-day Belgium, Luxembourg,and some land in France and Germany.

Dutch Republic 1581–1795
After independence, the provinces of Holland, Zeeland, Groningen, Friesland, Utrecht, Overijssel, and Gelderland formed a confederationknown as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. All these provinces were autonomous and had their own government, the "States of the Province".

French domination 1795–1814
On 19January 1795, one day after stadtholder William V of Orange fled to England, the Batavian Republic was proclaimed, rendering the Netherlands a unitary state. From 1795 to 1806, the Batavian Republicdesignated the Netherlands as a republic modelled after the French Republic.

Kingdom of the Netherlands 1815–1940
William I of the Netherlands, son of the last stadtholder William V van Oranje,returned to the Netherlands in 1813 and became Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands. On 16 March 1815, the Sovereign Prince became King of the Netherlands.


Government and Politics
The Netherlandshas been a constitutional monarchy since 1815 and a parliamentary democracy since 1848. The Netherlands is described as a consociational state. Dutch politics and governance are characterised by an...