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Country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean.

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Facts about Netherlands

Median Income:
44,000
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NL
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0
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Dutch
Mobile Country Code:
204
Total Fertility Rate:
1.68
Retirement Age:
66.33
Human Development Index:
0.931
Age of Majority:
18
Area:
37,378
Unemployment Rate:
3.8
Mains Voltage:
230
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Life Expectancy:
81.51
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Country Calling Code:
+31
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Democracy Index:
9
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Hashtag:
Netherlands
Inception:
1/19/1795
Population:
17,942,942
Suicide Rate:
9.3
Gini Coefficient:
29.2,25.4
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Wikiquote | Netherlands

There will never be a revolution in the Netherlands, because you are not allowed to walk on the grass there. Full quote with translation help from Google: "A few weeks ago I wrote an article in NRC Handelsblad in which I quoted Karl Marx. There will never be a revolution in the Netherlands, because you are not allowed to walk on the grass there, and the Dutch do not do that. Some 150 years ago this would have been the absolute national truth, except for Multatuli, whose hero Woutertje Pieterse expresses a completely different view in his Robber Song..." A coup in the Netherlands Karl Marx about the Netherlands.

Full quote with translation help from Google: "A few weeks ago I wrote an article in NRC Handelsblad in which I quoted Karl Marx. There will never be a revolution in the Netherlands, because you are not allowed to walk on the grass there, and the Dutch do not do that. Some 150 years ago this would have been the absolute national truth, except for Multatuli, whose hero Woutertje Pieterse expresses a completely different view in his Robber Song..." A coup in the Netherlands Karl Marx about the Netherlands.A coup in the Netherlands Karl Marx about the Netherlands.
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Wikipedia | Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with a North Sea coastline to the north and west. It shares maritime borders with the United Kingdom, Germany, and Belgium. The official language is Dutch, with West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland. Dutch, English, and Papiamento are official in the Caribbean territories.