Greater Netherlands (Dutch: Groot-Nederland) is the political movement to unite all Dutch-speaking people in Europe into a single state. The basic scenario entails the reunification of the Netherlands and Flanders in any of a number of political forms, including a confederation, a federation, or a unitary state. Much more expansive versions tend to include the former and currently Dutch-speaking portions of France, the formerly Dutch-speaking areas of Germany, or even the ethnically Dutch and/or Afrikaans-speaking parts of South Africa and Suriname, a former Dutch colony in South America. In its most limited form (a merger of Flanders and the Netherlands), a Greater Netherlands would consist of 23 million inhabitants; would comprise an area of 54,900 km² (equivalent to a population density of 418 persons/km²); and would possess a GDP per capita of $US38,700.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 01:22:48 +0000
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