Have the Netherland unite Germany

I doubt it would compare with Denmark, Danish nationalism is fundamental build in opposition to German identity, Denmark was always a poor rural puritan backwater dominated by the more cultivated German identity (which build it own nationalism in opposition to French), Netherland was different, a rich, diverse, cultivated centre which sucked immigrants from the entire Europe to it.

I did not mean the Dutch or Danish identity. I just meant that the Dutch Rhineland and the Netherlands would be in the same position as the Danish Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark.
 

Valdemar II

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I did not mean the Dutch or Danish identity. I just meant that the Dutch Rhineland and the Netherlands would be in the same position as the Danish Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark.

My point is that Netherland is unlikely to take as agressive position as Denmark did, which somewhat provoked the conflict. The hostility in SH build on century old conflicts, which Netherland would lack in this case with newly united Rhinland under their command, the Holsteiners distaste for Danish culture, rampant Danish militarism (Denmark had a big and qualitive good army), economic defragmention and Danish inferiority complex toward Germany. The processes in United Netherland is going to work the other way, toward a greater integration of the provinces, so unless it fragment early, I would give it good chances for survival.
 
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