New Netherlands

This nation is a part of TheSteampunkTotoro's Alternate America nations. Huge thanks to Aen for the base map.

New Netherlands is a former colony of the Dutch Empire. Formed in 1589, it's a rival of New Vinland and New Sweden, due to it's geographical location, some of these rivalries even lead to war. New Netherlands is the second most powerful nation in the east coast, after U.N.S.A. It gained independence in 1885. It's one of the world's biggest industrial nations, beating U.N.S.A just and just. It borders New Vinland, New Sweden and Ändemark, and has water borders with [x] and U.N.S.A

Languages
Official: Dutch

Regional: Iroquois, Swedish

Percentages

Dutch: 84%

Swedish: 7%

English 4%

Other: 5%

Religion
Protestant: 45%

Catholic: 32%

Atheist: 11%

Other: 12%

History
1589- First Dutch settlers arrive and create the first settlement, New Amsterdam.

1609- Invasion of New Sweden, the northern half of the colony is taken.

1610- The Swedes surrender and the dutch occupied lands are annexed.

1613- An alliance with the Iroquois is formed.

1622- The British declare war on the Netherlands due to a land dispute in modern day Frysingen, and most of the north is devastated, but with the help of the Dutch motherland, and the French who saw an opportunity to weaken the Brits by declaring war on them.

1623- The colony in Frysingen is captured and annexed as a part of New Netherlands.

1643- Beginning of the Swenno-Dutch war of 1643. The colony of New Sweden is invaded with 20 000 troops.

1644- New Sweden is totally occupied and morale is high, but so are the casualties.

1645- Amtrecht is burned to the ground by Swedish troops from Vinland, in fear of the next battles being in New Amsterdam, as 24 000 Swedish troops are only 80 kilometers north, and most of their army is in the south and exhausted, the Dutch surrender and release New Sweden.

1682- Massacre of Fort Valken, Native American's aggravated by the expansion of the Dutch and mistreatment of the natives, an assault on the fort of Valken and capture of old Middelzee is enacted, 8 000 colonists dead, 5 500 Natives dead.

Dutch-Huron war of 1682-1685- After the fall of Fort Valken, the native's burn many villages, in answer the Dutch raid, slaughter native villages and take wives of native's whose husbands they've killed. 9 800 Dutch dead, and 11 230 Native's dead.

1694- Invasion of the independent english religious colonies in current day Bratingen and Noordelijk. The small colony doesn't fare well with no outside support.

1696- The small colonies are annexed and many of the colonists flee to New Vinland to avoid prosecution.

1721- The alliance with the Iroquois is demolished after heated relations between the Iroquois and New Vinland.

1729- The remaining Iroquois are embedded into the colony after their defeat against the Swedes.

1885- Independence is gained through due to nationalistic riots and liberty mad politicians.

1886- A major land deal with New Vinland, losing some coastal territory in the north, but gaining more land along Lake Ontario.

1914/1918- New Netherlands remained neutral, but provided arms to entente nations.

The Great Depression- New Netherlands was heavily hit for 1931-1934 when the lack of goods resulted in large schale riots and even fires in parks lighted by angry citizens.

1940- As Netherlands is invaded and occupied New Netherlands declares war on the Axis, 200 000 men are sent to Europe, 150 000 men are sent to fight Axis nations in the American continents. 40 000 Dutch refugees enter New Netherlands.

1944- Fall of Mexico and [x], of the 240 000 men sent to the south, 92 000 were killed or wounded.

1945- Fall of the Reich, of the 290 000 men in Europe, 46 000 were killed and 68 000 severally wounded.

Cold War Era- Part of the western block, and the "North American Union" opposing the soviets.

1992- After a terrorist attack in New Amsterdam, and ties of the terrorists are found in a terrorist organization in Iraq, many men are sent to fight the terrorists.

1998- Fall of "Light of Allah" a radical terrorist group in Iraq is defeated with the help of several nations, mainly Russia, Iraq and U.N.S.A.

Monarchs & Presidents
Monarchs

1589-1885 The Dutch Royal Family

Presidents

1885-1890 Mathijs Schurman, 1 Term

1890-1900 Quinten Ruurknick, 2 Terms

1900-1905 Evert-Jan Ossenkamp, 1 Term

1905-1920 Theun Van Dekker, 3 Terms

1920-1925 Christian De Wilpe, 1 Term

1925-1930 Kevin Capelleveen, 1 Term

1930-1935 Coen Van Brusse, 1 Term

1935-1940 Reinut Bensing, 1 Term

1940-1950 Eline Blokzilj, 2 Terms, First Female President

1950-1955 Reinut Bensing, 1 Term

1955-1960 Eline Blokzilj, 1 Term

1960-1970 Andries Te Broker, 2 Terms

1970-1975 Nelis Jakobsen, 1 Term

1975-1985 Gust Beijnheim, 2 Terms

1985-1990 Sebastien Ebbink, 1 Term

1990-1995 Carolien Fieneman, 2 Terms

1995-2005 Lars Temmink, 2 Terms

2005-2010 Arthur Caleveld, 1 Term

2010-2015 Carolien Fieneman, 1 Term

2015-2020 Anton Seelenhorst, 1 Term

Relations
Netherlands: The relations between these two nations were bitter until world war two, when the royal family fled to New Netherlands because of the German Invasion, it's one of New Netherlands biggest trade partners and allies.

Britain: The second world war caused the two nations to become close allies and trade partners, even though of the scars during the colonial era.

Germany: A friendship similar to Britain, even after the world war.

New Vinland: The two nations are trade partners, and heavy rivals in winter sports, Vinland often being the winner.

New Sweden: An ally of New Netherlands, the wars during the colonial period have been forgotten, and a rival in summer sports, New Netherlands usually being the winner. New Sweden helped New Netherlands gain independence.

U.S.N.A: The U.S.N.A is like the larger brother of New Netherlands, as they usually do peacekeeping ops at the same time and both have similar agendas and ideologies.

Ändemark: They are good trading partners, with 67% of Ändemarks exports arriving in New Netherlands.

Mexico: Trade is scarce as neither side wants to heal the wounds of World war two enthusiastically. 

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WIP

Economics & Statistics
GDP per capita: 52,349 $

GDP: 3.565,17 Trillion $

Average Life Expectancy: 78,2 years

Education: 28th best