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While I doubt their naval dominance can last indefinitely, I wonder what needs to be changed so that the Dutch don't go from major power to completely minor at the start of the 19th century. From what I understand a lot of funding went to maintaining the land force to protect against French aggression but that led to a decline of their financial power and thus everything else. So how do we save the Dutch from becoming "just that other low country"?

(Not a later change than 18th century and not earlier than 17th).
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