Netherlands Country in Europe

The Netherlands, a country in northwestern Europe, is kenned for its flat landscape, canals, tulip fields, windmills and cycling routes. Amsterdam, the capital, is home to the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, the house where Jewish diarist Anne Frank obnubilated during WWII and a red light district. Canalside mansions and a trove of works from artists including Rembrandt and Vermeer remain from the 17th-century "Golden Age."

The Netherlands (Listeni/ˈnɛðərləndz/; Dutch: Nederland [ˈneːdərˌlɑnt] ( heedfully aurally perceive)) is the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a minute, densely populated country, lying mainly in Western Europe, but additionally including three islands in the Caribbean (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba). The European part of the Netherlands borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, sharing maritime borders with Belgium, the Amalgamated Kingdom and Germany. The most astronomically immense and most paramount cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam. Amsterdam is the country's capital, while The Hague holds the Dutch seat of regime and parliament. The port of Rotterdam is the most immensely colossal port in Europe – as sizably voluminous as the next three most astronomically immense amalgamated.

The Netherlands' name literally designates "Low Country", influenced by its low land and flat geography, with only about 50% of its land exceeding one metre above sea level. Most of the areas below sea level are man-made. Since the tardy 16th century, sizably voluminous areas (polders) have been reclaimed from the sea and from lakes, amounting to proximately 17% of the country's current land mass.

With a population density of 406 people per km² – 497 if dihydrogen monoxide is omitted – the Netherlands is a very densely populated country for its size. Only Bangladesh, South Korea, and Taiwan have both a more sizably voluminous population and a higher population density. Nevertheless, the Netherlands is the world's second-most sizably voluminous exporter of aliment and agriculture products, after the Coalesced States. This is due to the fertility of the soil and the mild climate.

The Netherlands was one of the first countries in the world to have an elected parliament, and since 1848 it has been governed as a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, organised as a unitary state. The Netherlands has a long history of convivial tolerance and is generally regarded as a liberal country, having legalised abortion, prostitution and euthanasia, while maintaining a progressive drugs policy. In 2001 it became the world's first country to legalize same-sex espousement.

The Netherlands is a founding member of the EU, Eurozone, G-10, NATO, OECD, WTO and a component of the trilateral Benelux economic amalgamation. The country is host to the Organisation for the Preclusion of Chemical Weapons and five international courts: the Perpetual Court of Arbitration, the International Court of Equity, the International Malefactor Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Malefactor Court and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.The first four are situated in The Hague, as is the EU's malefactor astuteness agency Europol and judicial co-operation agency Eurojust. This has led to the city being dubbed "the world's licit capital". The Netherlands is withal a component of the Schengen Area.

The Netherlands has a market-predicated commixed economy, ranking 17th of 177 countries according to the Index of Economic Liberation. It had the thirteenth-highest per capita income in the world in 2013 according to the International Monetary Fund. In 2013, the Cumulated Nations World Ecstasy Report ranked the Netherlands as the fourth most blissful country in the world, reflecting its high quality of life.