Biggest possible Netherlands

If you are willing to go outside of Europe there are all sorts of possibilities.

Its possible many colonies could have been integrated like France did with French Guyana.

Suriname was forced to become independent, so integrating it should be doable.

If South Africa remains Dutch it might eventually get integrated too. It would probably only be Cape Colony though with no great Trek.

Smaller colonies like these are probably necessary though. A dutch Brazil might be possible with the right POD, but it unlikely to be absorbed, its just too big. Same goes for a dutch Australia.


Another radical idea is if the Netherlands leads German Unification. Ive read a couple of TLs where that happens, and with the right POD I suppose its possible, but good luck. If it did happen Dutch Germany could potentially absorb much bigger colonies. Though I think Indonesia would still be off the table.
 
Perhaps the Dutch get several allies during the eighty years war, and Spain is crushed. That may lead to a harsher peace treaty, awarding the "United Provinces" a large amount of land, like Belgium, Luxemberg and some Other Germanic territories.
 
The Dutch could definitely defeat the Belgians in 1830, or prevent the revolution in general. Maybe with a later great war against a unified Germany (which Germany loses), the Netherlands could gain Kleve and other bordering parts of Germany. I'm not sure how a Dutch state could gain the very northern parts of modern day France which historically spoke Dutch, though, although it's an interesting idea.
 
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