How are they so rich, successful, important and influential in spite of being half the size of Serbia?
>>541121320High intelligence and creativity, excellent genetics, and an almost perfect balance between love of liberty and sober collectivism
>>541121320Historically, the Netherlands built its wealth through global maritime trade and banking. Today, its strong economy is driven by highly automated agriculture, advanced technology manufacturing (like ASML), and major natural gas reserves
>>541121320Because Dutch people are fucking awesome that's why.
Check these digits and respect women.
>>541121320land that is difficult to conquer and being filthy rich
>>541121583>Historically, the Netherlands built its wealth through global maritime trade and bankingWe were already quite developed in the late medieval periodAlso in Roman times the Dutch (Batavians and Frisians) were already renowned warriors famous for their height, bravery, and skills in amphibious warfare. Tacitus writes they were the strongest and most honorable among all Germanics, and even those below the Rhine who were part of the Empire were exempt from tribute, instead contributing the elite Equus mounted regiments of the Praetorian GuardDespite this when Romans demanded too many young boys for their top ranks, the Batavians launched the largest rebellion the Roman empire has ever seen
the netherlands are a shitholebenelux as a whole has fallen
>>541121793new york status?
>>541121521yeah but what's the deal with those HUGE windows?
It's going to collapse though. Something changed in this country. We're becoming retarded. I doubt in 50 years or so we will still have the expertise to protect the country from the sea
>>541121869nice digits. yeah 69 is good with women!!
>>541121521Why did you guys push out the anglos and saxons?
>>541121925The Frisians were also the longest hold outs to conversion from their native indigenous beliefs and folklore.
>>541121925The dutch were the shortest people in Europe in 1850
>>541121320they are more brown and subhuman than france loll
>>541122221>Why did you guys push out the anglos and saxons?because of high intelligence and creativity, great genetics and the perfect balance between love of liberty and sober collectivism
>>541121925>We were already quite developed in the late medieval periodThis is what people don't understand. The Netherlands was developed even 400 years ago. They didn't have the tech we have today. But if you dropped the Netherlands from 400 years ago into the modern world, they would make sense of the modern world pretty quickly
>>541123246>Eastern EuropeanWhatever makes you feel good pajeet.
>>541121948Jelly
>>541121891How is it difficult to conquer it's all fucking flat
>>541123461what is this picture supposed to be you ugly amerimutt lol
Basically, all our worth comes from our high-quality migrants. In a few years more than 95% of our GDP will be attributable to the genius migrants that we imported.
>>541124185Calm down nigger. We conquered you, not the other way around. Do I have to remind you that Apartheid is a Dutch word?
>>541122221We never pushed out the Saxons? The entire east of the country is still predominantly saxon>>541122547Based on a single highly dubious study and besides, it means little when nutrition and epigenetic factors dominate and doesn't contradict even the anicent Dutch being extraordinarily tall at allThe core region of the Batavians lived (Betuwe) is known for its fertile soil, the word itself means great land>>541123386Yep, we were semi-industrialized even in the 16th century because we turned our waterways into proto-railways, and used peat as proto-coal
>>541124684Think you should be a little more concerned with your current situation than living on past glories Jan
>>541124684I highly doubt the south african anon is black. Only white south africans post here. So he's either afrikaner, meaning his ancestors were the colonizers and settlers, or is British, meaning his ancestors took Cape Colony from you Dutch and later on during the Boer Wars put dutchies in concentration camps. So...
>>541121320>richmyth, we're like 3x poorer than Belgians and Danes and mortgages up to our eyeballs>successful, important and influentialnot sure about all that but we're outward and forward looking and need to be successful to ward off zee Germans and probably a lot of it is simply "geography is destiny" and stuff, and being mad enough to reclaim land from the sea which did a lot to boost not just our sci-tech but culture
They're selling off the wealth of the nations Volk enmasse in a few decades, ruining hundreds of years of hard labour, discipline, guts and glory.Don't believe their lies.
>>541121521It sure shows man. Go figure.
>>541125703https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V7jatemzx0>>541124185>he doesn't knowfun fact, we are actually ace at warfare and especially on our own soil, and I'm not talking about chopping up Spaniards on iceskates or siege warfare, but straight up flooding and starving anyone who would be stupid enough to invade, it's just that we didn't get around to using it against Nazi Germany so only dutchies know, that said, you're welcome to try
>>541126847GG
>>541127581Yeah our gov and state was and is and probably always will be our biggest weakness. There probably wasn't enough of a fight we could've put up against the Nazis but they made damn sure we couldn't even fucking try, besides of course our glorious royals fleeing to Bongland so they could swoop in to "save the day" later and/or.. marry some nazi pos germ who would pretend to have been in the resistance, kek.
>>541121320Rightful Austrian clay
>>541121320the dutch are some of the worst people you'll ever meet.
>>541121320Kankernegerlands
>>541121320>High fish diet so have well developed brains.>Good work ethics.>Strong agriculture.>Right next to central europe, on the trade route between western and northern europe. Good ports to support trade too.>Valuing education and clear & honest communication. No bullshit sugar-coating, retarded ideas are immediately shot down.If they had a higher population and weren't literally surrounded by rivals (UK, France, Germany, Spain, etc), they'd be the ones running the continent.
>>541124023hikter dood wat nou ahh languageyou are just sea germany
>>541121925OMG. I love these hearty little floopindoopinstarvinpoopin stories ( Ò﹏Ó)
>>541121925>We were already quite developed in the late medieval periodquite developed lmaoif it wasn't for the eighty years war the Dutch golden age wouldn't have happened, the influx from French, Belgian and German elite who were fleeing the war made it happen you had to learn how to sail and navigate from the Belgians, you didn't even have trade routes until they arrived Amsterdam was nothing, a village at a safe location away from the war but yes you were "quite developed " and not even a hundred years later it magically tuned back to a swamp >muh brave and fierce Friesians the only significant battle they won was against Charles Martelthey lost every battle against him after that and got added to the Carolingian Empire
>>541129835>If they had a higher population and weren't literally surrounded by rivals (UK, France, Germany, Spain, etc), they'd be the ones running the continent.If we kept belgium and mainly Antwerpen we would be overpowered, of course France and England would not allow that
>>541131588>If we kept belgium and mainly Antwerpen we would be overpowered, of course France and England would not allow that>ZOMG! How dare (THEY) do this to (THEM) ٩(◕‿◕｡)۶
>>541121320aquarium country
>>541121320colonialism, natural resources, and no matter what chuddies say it generally helps to have a constant influx of migration from young work age people. and then next to that they have a organized society, with good systems in place that in general overtime help snowball into good practices and development of the country. majority of balkantards are genuinely such fucking retards that it hurts my head, hearing our politicians speak and looking at comments on our social media is enough to drive a man insane, genuinely healthier to look at demented /gif/ threads than that
>*blocks up all the roads in europe*
>>541121320Just check Orania and you will understand.
Geography + genetics + culture
>>541132870Vgh the North Sea... London nearby... infinite fish... access to Paris
>>541121320being tucked in between countries of similar culture and NOT being in close orbit of hyperagressive slaver empires like the mongols or various muslim states certainly helped
>>541132870Lotharingia is Evropa
>>541121320>>541121521>>541121925The Dutch created the entire world, the renaissance and capitalism. Frisians are Atlanteans. Britain and America are only so powerful because Frisians migrated to Britain long ago. This is the history they have hidden from us.
>>541132995We should build a mini Roman Empire like this.
>>541121521True.>>541133988True.
