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Originally, the Habsburg Netherlands were seventeen provinces. During the Dutch Revolt, seven of these provinces would secede, forming the Union of Utrecht, and later the Dutch Republic. However, the Largely Catholic Southern Netherlands formed the Union of Arras, against the North. It would...

"Rule the Netherlands! The Netherlands rule the waves!" What is the easiest way to make the Netherlands one of the strongest nations on the planet, within the top five economies and militaries? Sandwiched between the French and German cores of Europe, I don't think they can expand far into...