Netherlands
Netherlands Netherlands / is a constituent country that forms the European part of the lowland kingdom which formally consists of a European part that includes twelve provinces, is located in northwestern Europe, and a Caribbean part consists of three islands in the Caribbean in Latin America. The European part borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares its maritime borders with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. The system of government in the Netherlands is a parliamentary democracy, and its official capital is Amsterdam, while the king and government are based in The Hague. The port of Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe - and the size of the three ports that follow together - and was the largest port in the world between 1962 and 2004. The Netherlands is one of the first countries to introduce the system of elected parliaments, and it is a founding member of the European Union, the eur...