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The '''Kingdom of the Netherlands''' (Dutch: ''Koninkrijk der Nederlanden'',) Malay:is ''Kekaisarana Belanda'',multinational Sinhala:country. නෙදර්ලන්තIt අධිරාජ්‍යය),consists alsoof knownthree simplymajor asconstituent themembers (''componenten'Netherlands''',)— '''Dutchthe Union'''[[Netherlands]], or '''Batavianthe [[Zeylan|Union''', isof aZeylan]], multinationaland sovereign[[New stateBatavia]]. andIt constitutionalis monarchyoften withcharacterized territoriesas ina Europe,decentralized Oceania,federation Asia,or anda Africafederacy, andwith the Caribbean.Netherlands Most''de offacto'' itspossessing landasymmetric areapowers is in Oceania and Asia, while most of its population isover inother Westernconstituent Europestates.
 
It is the foremost multi-continental sovereign state in the world, with territories in Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, and Australasia. The bulk of the population and economic value is located in the European provinces of the Netherlands, followed by the Province of Zeylan in southern Asia. The Kingdom is considered the foundation of the cultural-economic [[Batavosphere]] region.
The three predominant constituent countries of the Kingdom are the [[Netherlands|European Netherlands]], [[New Batavia]], and [[Zeylan]]. They are ''de jure'' equal partners, with other islands and territories acting as special districts or dependencies of one of these countries. With economic and political power centered in Europe, efforts have been made to equalize the power of each constituent member. The Prime Minister of the Netherlands serves as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers with the other countries represented by ''de facto'' junior Minister Plenipotentiaries.
 
== History ==
 
== Constituents ==
==== Dutch colonial era ====
Each of the three constituent countries manage their own subdivisions, which also include overseas territories of that particular constituent nation.
 
{| class="wikitable"
==== Genesis of the Dutch Union ====
! colspan="2" |Country
! rowspan="2" |Capital
|-
!
!<small>Subdivision</small>
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Netherlands]]
| rowspan="2" |Amsterdam
|-
| rowspan="5" |
|European provinces
|-
|Saint Helena and Mauritius
|Mauritsstad
|-
|Sint Maarten
|Fort Amsterdam
|-
|Saba
|De Botte
|-
|Sint Eustatius
|Oranjestad
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Zeylan|Union of Zeylan]]
| rowspan="2" |Kolamba
|-
|
|Province of Zeylan
|-
|
|Kingdom of Kandy
|Kandie
|-
| colspan="2" |[[New Batavia]]
| rowspan="2" |Noorstadt
|-
| rowspan="3" |
|Province of New Batavia
|-
|Mynors Islands
|—
|-
|Mijnclara Island
|—
|-
! colspan="2" |'''Kingdom of the Netherlands'''
|Amsterdam
|}
 
== Government and Politics ==
The Kingdom is a constitutional federal monarchy, a union of three constituent states with a quasi-federal structure. The head of state is the monarch of the Netherlands, who hails from the [[House of Orange-Nassau|Orange-Nassau dynasty]]. Each state has an independent head of government, though the Prime Minister of the Netherlands is in effect acknowledged as being of a higher status. As established in the late 20th century, the Kingdom operates on the principle of equality from practicality (''gelijkheid van nut''), emphasizing the ideal of justice through pragmatism.
 
==== System of governanceExecutive ====
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== Geography ==
 
== Economy ==
 
== DemographicsLegal system ==
{{Main|Roman-Dutch law}}
 
== CultureForeign relations ==
 
== See also ==
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