The NetherlandS is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy.
The Netherlands is located in Northwestern Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and
Germany to the east. The capital is Amsterdam and the seat of government is The Hague.
The Netherlands is often called Holland, which is formally incorrect as North and South Holland are actually two of its twelve provinces.
The word Dutch is used to refer to the people, the language, and anything appertaining to the Netherlands.
Being one of the first parliamentary democracies, the Netherlands was a modern country from its very foundation.
Among other affiliations the country is a founding member of the European Union (EU), NATO, OECD, WTO, and has signed the Kyoto protocol.
With Belgium and Luxembourg it forms the Benelux economic union. The country is host to five international courts: the Permanent Court of Arbitration,
the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Court and the
Special Tribunal for Lebanon. The former four are situated in The Hague as is the EU's criminal intelligence agency Europol.
This has led to the city being dubbed "the world's legal capital.
The Netherlands is a geographically low-lying country, with about 27% of its area and 60% of its population located below sea level.
Significant areas have been gained through land reclamation and preserved through an elaborate system of polders and dikes.
Much of the Netherlands is formed by the estuary of three important European rivers, which together with their distributaries form the
Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta. Most of the country is very flat, with the exception of foothills in the far southeast and several low-hill ranges
in the central parts created by ice-age glaciers.
The Netherlands is a densely populated country. It is known for its traditional windmills, tulips, cheese, clogs (wooden shoes),
delftware and gouda pottery, for its bicycles, and in addition, traditional values and civil virtues such as its social tolerance.
The country has more recently become known for its liberal policies toward drugs, prostitution, homosexuality, and euthanasia.
It also has one of the most free market capitalist economies in the world, ranking 12th of 157 countries.
@Jasonswag1995 It's worth a fortune if it's 16-17th century porcelain work from Delft. But even in that time a lot of fakes we're created and the chance that it's a fake is a lot bigger than it being original.
Silverhazed 3 weeks ago
@Jasonswag1995 It depends on where it's made, when it's made and how many are made. But I don't think YouTube is the right place to ask...
MaxwellEindhoven 1 month ago
i have a porcelain doll in its oringinal box and everything that says handmade......waterland holland ............i dont know if its really worth anything .....even though it is porcelain...........do you think its worth anything ?
Jasonswag1995 3 months ago