Flanders, New Andalusia, French Guyana, Carnatica, Netherlands, New York, CuraГ§ao, Ceylon, Dutch GuyanaД¬apture and hold 25 regions by the end of the year 1799, including the regions shown. There is wealth aplenty in every corner of the world, if only the Dutch have the will to go and take it!Д¬apture and hold 15 regions by the end of the year 1750, including the regions shown. They have a strong navy, and a tradition of victory. His presence has done much to calm relations, especially as the equally-mercantile British have designs on world trade that should rightfully be Dutch!ДЇor the future, the Dutch have much to be hopeful about.

William III of Orange was an acceptable Protestant ruler for the British when they needed one. The British have beenвЂ¦ tamed is too strong a wordвЂ¦ brought to their senses by having a good, honest Dutchman on their throne. Other rivals close at hand are now less of a threat than they used to be. An expansionist France, on the other hand, does bear watching, and guarding against. A distant Catholic emperor holds no appeal for them. Having beaten off brutal attempts to bring them to heel, the Dutch now have little love for Hapsburg-ruled Spain or Austria. The Dutch have learned to live with Hapsburg threats hanging over their heads. Spanish claims to the New World and its trade are cheerfully ignored, as are Spanish threats.

They are everywhere, in fact, where there is a profit to be made. Dutchmen can be found trading in the Indies, where they give the locals a run for their money, and the Caribbean. A mere generation ago, the Dutch navy sailed into the Thames and burned the English fleet at anchor: this kind of bravado and expertise is not quickly forgotten.Дutch merchantmen range across the worldвЂ™s oceans, and the wealth of the world passes through Dutch ports. Having tamed their land and held back the sea, the Dutch have also embraced the sea and become the foremost naval power in the world. The United Provinces are a Protestant stronghold in North-western Europe, a place where science, trade and freedom of thought have flourished since the Spanish were driven out in the last century.

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