Why not at the congress of Vienna, take the kingdom of Holland ( as it was under Louis Bonaparte) with some addtions as Cleve, Bentheim, Overmaas, Gelre and a bit of Julich, completed with some lands between to make it more smooth, as Pompeus presented topled with the Provinces of the Austrian Netherlands, Brabant,
/Antwerpen, Flandres, Limbourg after Waterloo France have to ceded France Flanders including Lile but can keep Hainaut and Namen. Luxembourg foes to Prussia and the province of Liege will be split between Prussia, France and the Netherlands.
Sizable Kingdom, having its internal difficulties, which countries doesn't, emerging industry, and some nice start points for a future colonial empire. In short, not a Great power but certainly not a minor one. Definitely a broker nation which can tip the balance of power if it chose a side.
/Antwerpen, Flandres, Limbourg after Waterloo France have to ceded France Flanders including Lile but can keep Hainaut and Namen. Luxembourg foes to Prussia and the province of Liege will be split between Prussia, France and the Netherlands.
Sizable Kingdom, having its internal difficulties, which countries doesn't, emerging industry, and some nice start points for a future colonial empire. In short, not a Great power but certainly not a minor one. Definitely a broker nation which can tip the balance of power if it chose a side.