Netherlands
Netherlands (officially Kingdom of the Netherlands) is a country in Western Europe, with its capital at Amsterdam, and is home to roughly 18.0M people.
Dutch is the official language; the currency in circulation is Euro (€); people from here are called Dutch.
> INTEL_
> NOTABLE_
- »About a quarter of the country lies below sea level.
- »The Dutch are on average the tallest people in the world.
- »It is one of the largest agricultural exporters on Earth despite its size.
> BORDERS_
Netherlands touches two neighbours: Belgium to the south and Germany to the east. Directions run from one centre to the other.
> THE CAPITAL_
Amsterdam is the constitutional capital, but the government, parliament and supreme court all sit in The Hague, an arrangement unique in Europe.
> SCALE_
36,832 km² (14,221 sq mi), 134th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Taiwan.
Population 17,993,485, 72nd of 198 on file. That averages 489 per km² (1,265 per sq mi).
> THE FLAG_
The oldest tricolour still in use. It began as orange-white-blue for William of Orange; the orange was replaced with red in the 17th century, most likely because the dye faded badly at sea.
Easily confused with Paraguay and Hungary.
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