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Johna de Witt develops on early age a very well sence of the importance of intelegence and even greater mis trust of royals a like, especially men as Louis XIV, Charles XII of Sweden, Prince Bishop of Munster, the Lector of Brandenburg, and of course the Oranges.
Furhter, he realise that Holland needed more buffer states in the East and South, despite his own thesis which state that Nations waging war for only teritorial gain or prestige of the Monarch, is bad for the economical development of a nation.
The provinces of Utrecht, Gelre, Overijssel and State Braban were not more than buffer states for the Protection of Holland and in lesser extend Zeeland.
He does it well enough so he can die of old age insted of very violent death when the country is at the brink of collapse. What would be the effect on the Dutch Republic?
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