Stories of The North Pacific feature: A Brief History Of Dutchyland.
For the sixth volume of Stories of The North Pacific, the Executive Staff of the Ministry of Culture has chosen to feature: A Brief History Of Dutchyland. Congratulations to its author, Dutchyland!
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A Brief History Of Dutchyland.
Millions of years before Dutchyland was even a recognized nation, Dutchyland was but an island in the region of Secular Sevens, and that was before Secular Sevens was even recognized as a region by various civilizations around the world. It was ruled by the Dutchays, a native species with its own separate animal kingdom because Dutchays are made out of whatever they find in nature, which is a unique trait that no other form of life has in Dutchyland. Dutchyland was originally an island composed of nothing but rainforests and rivers, with a lake in the center of the island. The volcano in the northeast portion of the island is also worth noting.
Eventually a man by the name of Dutchy, who was an exile born in an unknown long-lost civilization, discovered the island after being exiled on a boat in the Sagan Sea for two weeks. As he stepped out of the boat and placed his left foot on the beach of Dutchyland, he became the first man to ever set foot on the island. He wandered about the island for a few hours, learning its geography, discovering fresh food and water, and eventually coming in contact with the Dutchays. The Dutchays, who have never come in contact with man, accepted the new creature into its society. For six years, Dutchy lived alone with the Dutchays, embracing the cultures of the Dutchays and learning how to survive on the island.
Throughout those six years, Dutchy wrote of his experiences in a book, which was eventually published in the mainlands and titled "Thus Spake Dutchy". As word of his experiences spread throughout the region, the island eventually became populated with five million people and the island became a recognized nation. Dutchy, knowing that these 5 million people couldn't survive without his knowledge of the entire island, took charge of the people and became the first ever ruler of Dutchyland. In the first few months of leadership, he didn't allow any political freedoms for his citizens, as none of the citizens knew enough about the geography of the nation to run it efficiently, plus they were stupid anyways. But as time went by, he gave more and more political freedoms to his citizens. He took some of them away shortly after, but the citizens voted to have them all back again. It's also worth noting that when Dutchy became ruler, the strength of the economy rose sharply. Civil rights have generally fluctuated between Excellent and Superb, occasionally going as low as Very Good and as high as World Benchmark.
As Dutchy became older, he realized that he didn't have the charm he used to have. He lacked the endurance to perform his daily activities as leader of Dutchyland. He announced that after he finishes his 23rd term as leader of the country, he will not lead the country anymore. Due to the nation's powerful education system and the everlasting corruption-free culture, the citizens of Dutchyland refused to form any parties or political action committee as they understood why the core tenets of democracy were important. In a short period of time, a new leader was elected. On the day after the election results were released to the public, the Dutchyland Senate voted on a new title for the leader, the leader was officially consider a "Dutchy" and will be referred to as such for the remainder of the leader's life. Shortly after the election, it was heavily covered by the media when the new Dutchy shook the hands of the original Dutchy and greeted him by saying "What's good Dutchy?" and he replied by saying "Not much, life is good Dutchy."
Shortly after the election, Jedoria, who bordered the Sagan Sea along with Dutchyland, declared war on every nation in the region of Secular Sevens. The nations of Paragade, Thesum, Noodly Appendage, and Veracitus retaliated by preparing for an invasion. When the time came, Dutchy came to the realization that his military was bloody awful. There was very little funding and it was very small to the point wear those damn Maxtopians could take him over anyday. After increased pressure from the neighboring Thesum's diplomacy, Noodly Appendage's dick-waving, and Jedoria's military threat. Dutchy eventually started to build up his military and dropped his radical left-wing foreign policy. Dutchy is now more on the left-leaning side when it comes to foreign policy. He generally prefers diplomacy as opposed to using his military when tensions with other nations increase, but he will still drop the bombshell on your pussy-ass if he feels like it. The nations of Thesum, Paragade, Veracitus, and Dutchyland formed a regional security alliance.
Shortly after Jedoria's surrender, the nation of Noodly Appendage, who at the time had the region's largest defense force and highest defense spending, felt as if it was necessary to constantly remind everyone that he had the largest and most powerful military in the region, most likely due to Jedoria's military threat. After weeks, Dutchy decided to speak out on this, threatening to ignite the volcano on the island and cover the entire region in soot. Tensions rose as Thesum spoke out, claiming that erupting the volcano is a reckless decision. Noodly Appendage threatened to launch nuclear warheads at Dutchyland. Over time, tensions relaxed as both sides were more quiet about what they could do.
Things went smoothly afterwards. Life, Prosperity, Freedom, Happiness. Dutchy had nothing but good things to say during these days, a time of peace when Dutchy kept balance between the Dutchays, the Maxtopians, and the Dutchylandians. But that all changed when the zombies attacked. Dutchyland strongly advocated of a huge regional effort on a possible cure. However, nations such as Noodly Appendage decided that it would be better to utilize its resources on killing every zombie it sees. Halfway through the zombie apocalypse, everyone suddenly realized that researching a cure is actually a pretty good idea. However, it was too late, everyone got infected. But suddenly, everyone was unzombified and the dead came back to life and lived their lives as if nothing happened. It was very odd.
Some time after the election of a new Dutchy, Dutchyland becoming delegate of Secular Sevens, and the collapse of Deadora, a warlike nation who attacked multiple demilitarized nations, a major regional earthquake occurred. Multiple nations disappeared as the geography of the region completely changed. For some reason, the region's name suddenly became Sothoryos, it was weird. Nations such as Thesum, Paragade, Noodly Appendage, Jinlong, Blue Black White, Red Black White, Sharanga, and Syara survived the earthquake. Dutchyland still consisted of a single island, but it was more of a horseshoe shape.
Immediately, there was a power struggle for the delegate spot. There were four nations in the region who were members of the World Assembly: Dutchyland, Thesum, Paragade, and Blue Black White. At first, Thesum gained power as Delegate, but Paragade soon took over as delegate. For some time, there was a gridlock in the endorsements. Paragade was endorsed by Dutchyland and Thesum, Thesum was endorsed by Paragade and Dutchyland, Dutchyland was endorsed by Blue Black White and Thesum, and Blue Black White was endorsed by Dutchyland. Thesum, Paragade, and Dutchyland were part of the regional military alliance, and they agreed that they should endorse each other. However, Paragade decided not to follow up on that agreement despite advocating it in the past. Noodly Appendage temporarily joined the World Assembly and endorsed Thesum. Dutchyland realized that Noodly Appendage was going to leave the World Assembly after Thesum was elected, which meant that Noodly Appendage's invisible endorsement would have played a role in something that does not concern a non-WA member nation. Dutchy publicly spoke out on this act of corruption and unendorsed Thesum in order to nullify the invisible endorsement, increasing tensions within the region. After Paragade declared that it would be good for regional security if Thesum becomes delegate and that every member of the regional security alliance should endorse each other to ease tensions, Dutchyland decided to re-endorse Thesum, and it took every ounce of Dutchy's self-control to do so. Shortly afterwards, Dutchyland noticed that it needed one more endorsement to become the delegate, and Paragade did not endorse Dutchyland, despite agreeing that every member of the security alliance will endorse each other. Dutchy spoke out on this, and Paragade claimed that it would be better for the region if Dutchyland was not leader, breaking the agreement. Dutchyland called Paragade out on its hypocrisy, with no further responses from Paragade.
Life in the region was very quiet after this event. Excluding Dutchyland's failed WA proposal to condemn The Flood, all was quiet on the Sothoryos front. As time passed by, more and more nations collapsed and other nations, such as Thesum and Syara, left the region. Dutchyland was once again delegate of the region, but it was a dying region. As the 4th Dutchy was elected, he decided that there are bigger opportunities for Dutchyland in the world. He decided that life in the region of Sothoryos needed to pass, so he acted on his will and decided it was time to leave, and to bring his nation with him.
And now here is Dutchyland, quietly making a name for itself in the region of The North Pacific. The 5th Dutchy was elected shorly afterwards. He is the first Dutchy to be elected in the region of The North Pacific. He has declared the nation to be independent from regional politics following his unendorsement of the delegate and most of the region's "Security council".Excluding the Second Zombie Apocalypse, which ended with the same result of the 1st zombie apocalypse, everything has been quiet and has gone smoothly. oh, this is not including the two warnings by a moderating nation. They don't count though, Dutchy's words were the truth, the minuscule nations that he insulted really were pussies who should suck Dutchy's dick.
Dutchyland recently elected the 6th Dutchy.