Kingdom of the Netherlands

General information

Common name	Netherlands
Local name	Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
Name	Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
Motto	(I shall maintain)
Anthem	Het Wilhelmus
Capital	Amsterdam2
Largest city	capital
Official languages	Dutch1, English, Papiamento, Frisian
Government
Government	Parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy
Monarch	Beatrix
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom	Mark Rutte
Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba	Edwin Abath
Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao	Sheldry Osepa
Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten	Mathias Voges
Legislature	States-General
Upper House	Senate
Lower House	House of Representatives
Establishment	Establishment
Present Kingdom established	1815
Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands (federacy)	October 28, 1954
Geography
Total Area	16478 sq mi (42678 km2) (134th)
Water %	18.41
Demography
Population Est.	17000000 (58th)
Density (pop.)	393.3/km² (23rd) (1019/sq mi)
Economy
Other information
Currency	Euro (European Netherlands), US Dollar (Caribbean Netherlands), Netherlands Antillean guilder (Curaçao, Sint Maarten) and Aruban florin (Aruba) (- EUR, USD, ANG and AWG)
Time zone	CET and AST (UTC+1 and -4)
- Summer (DST)	CEST and AST (UTC+2 and -4)
Drives on the	right
Internet TLD	.nl3, .aw, .an, .bq
Calling code	+31, +297, +599