Batavian Empire

The Dutch Empire commonly called 'the Empire', is a semi-constitutional empire. It is bordered by 12 nations: the Neo Roman Empire, Turkish-Ottoman Empire, Central African Empire, Ethiopian Empire, Helvetia, Lichtenstein, Morocco, Russia, India, Canada, New-Granada and Brazil. The Dutch Empire covers about 26,3 square kilometers and has an estimated population of 1,2 billion. The Dutch Empire comprises of 111 departments, 4 Crown Territories, 1 Imperial City and 1 Military Administrated Zone.

The Dutch Empire contains absolute world hegemony since the dissolution of the United Nations in 2034. They are the chairman of the Royal Alliance and have good relations with every member nation of the Royal Alliance. They also have some special relations with nations which are not a member of the Royal Alliance.

Formation of the Empire
In 2025 the European Union ceased to exist because of too many intern conflicts and economic crisis. Although the European Union was lost The Netherlands tried too hard to keep the Union alive. They used much of their own money to try to save the EU but when it was officially dissolved January 1, 2025 they lost everything. Many Dutch citizens were very angry with their government and rebellions started all over the country. Belgium also tried to save the Union with the same scenario, but it was even worse because they already had a bad economy. In Belgium and The Netherlands people lost the faith in their democratic political system which lead to more popularity of the royals. A young politician, Saviël, saw this and began with forming a rebellion to overthrow the democratic government. In the late spring of 2027 his little army was big enough to start a rebellion and they gathered in the Dutch town Doorn. They started a march towards the capital city of Amsterdam, the police couldn't stop them and the army was mobilised way to late, and many soldiers even agreed with Saviël. A week after the beginning of the "Loyal March" Saviël's rebellion marched into the capital city, which lead to the surrender of the provinces Noord-Holland and Utrecht. One day later Flevoland also signed terms of surrender. Saviël named his growing resistance the Monarchists.

The Monarchists started with invading the province of Gelderland, The Netherlands started with an offensive near the Grebbenberg but it lead to a huge victory for the Monarchists. After this victory king Willem-Alexander decided to join the side of the Monarchists and told he was willing to sign terms of unconditional surrender. The parliament immediately proclaimed the republic and forced the king to abdicate. This lead to the point that more than half of the Dutch army deserted or joined the side of the monarchists. In the following weeks the provinces Overijssel, Drenthe, and Groningen surrendered. Although the Monarchists had huge advantage in The Netherlands, Europe supported the Republic of the Netherlands. To stop this Saviël ordered the growing monarchistic organisations in Luxembourg to commit a coup d'état. The coup was a success which lead to a monarchistic Luxembourg. With Limburg surrenders to the Monarchists they attacked Belgium from Luxembourg and Limburg.

Belgium had almost no soldiers left to fight and Saviël ordered the Monarchists to attack Brussels immediately. In a three days fight Belgium surrendered. With the loss of Belgium The Netherlands became isolated and vulnerable. Saviël decided to attack The Hague immediately, now the remaining Benelux was so vulnerable. With a final march and an army three times as big as the republic's The Hague was invaded seven days later. Zuid-Holland, Brabant and Frisia surrendered with this loss. In Zealand some volunteer French republican troops kept fighting for a few more days but were crushed and May 31, 2027 the Treaty of Doorn was signed which lead to the unification of The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg and the proclamation of the Dutch Empire. The Empire was the jure constitutional but the parliament elections were not there yet and the Dutch crown was still unclaimed but guarded by Saviël.

The Tripple Alliance
As soon as Saviël governed the Dutch Empire he started with militarising the land. Military service became compulsory and in half a year an army around the million people was ready to fight. The Dutch economy was also boosting with renewed gas drillings in the province Groningen. The country became quickly very popular because of a lot of civil freedom despite the monarchistic government. A huge amount of emancipation and homo-sympathy swept across the country which was well supported by Saviël. After some pressure France agreed to have a referendum for French-Flandres with the option to join the Dutch Empire. This lead to 78% for unification and so French-Flandres joined the Dutch Empire December 8, 2027. A month later East-Frisia asked Germany for a similar referendum. In the first place Germany refused, but after a lot of pressure from Saviël they agreed and with a 65% voting for unification they also joined the Empire January 2, 2028. The Dutch Empire could benefit even more from these peaceful annexations.

After Italian elections in March 2028 the Monarchistic party won a full majority in the parliament and held a referendum to restore the monarchy which led to a 56-44 outcome. As soon as the monarchy was restored Italy started tightening relations with the Dutch Empire and they formed a common defence/attack-agreement in the end of April. After a few weeks Poland joined the alliance and in May 2028 the Triple Alliance was born. The alliance combined the forces of the three militarising countries and if one nation was attacked the other nations would help with the defence. With the birth of this alliance Italy and Poland retreated from the NATO, with two major powers out the United States and Canada both resigned from the NATO. As soon as the United States and Canada retreated their troops from Europe Poland attacked aggressively the German Federation. This came as a total surprise and Germany moved all their forces to the eastern border, leaving the western border unarmed and Dutch forces immediately crossed the border. 12 Dutch divisions occupied the border areas and started with the invasion of Nordrhein-Westphalia. Germany had a shortage of troops to fight a two-side war and after a month fighting the German army surrendered. The treaty of Potsdam was signed which gave some western provinces to the Dutch Empire, including the Rheinland. and some eastern German lands to Poland. Bayern received independence as the Republic of Bavaria. The remaining provinces became the Unitary Republic of Germany.