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The islands remained part of the Netherlands after the Indonesian National Revolution and became part of the Netherlands-New-Guinea. The old military base was converted into a refugee camp for the ethnic Dutch, Indo and loyalist Indonesians who fled Indonesia or were expelled by the Indonesian government. At 1960 the Netherlands recognised the new settlements created on the archipelago as official villages and Bernhardstad as a small city. | The islands remained part of the Netherlands after the Indonesian National Revolution and became part of the Netherlands-New-Guinea. The old military base was converted into a refugee camp for the ethnic Dutch, Indo and loyalist Indonesians who fled Indonesia or were expelled by the Indonesian government. At 1960 the Netherlands recognised the new settlements created on the archipelago as official villages and Bernhardstad as a small city. | ||
| − | After the dissolution of the Netherlands-New-Guinea, the archipelago remained part of the Netherlands under direct colonial rule. A resolution to relocate the population of Dutch Mualenia and hand the archipelago to Indonesia was vetoed by the United States of America, in return for a concession to lease one of the uninhabited islands for an US military base. The Bernhardstad Agreement on 17 August 1967 signed by representatives | + | After the dissolution of the Netherlands-New-Guinea, the archipelago remained part of the Netherlands under direct colonial rule. A resolution to relocate the population of Dutch Mualenia and hand the archipelago to Indonesia was vetoed by the United States of America, in return for a concession to lease one of the uninhabited islands for an US military base. The Bernhardstad Agreement on 17 August 1967 signed by representatives from Indonesia, the Netherlands, the United States of America and the Soviet Union saw the official recognition of Dutch Mualenia as a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in return for 30% of the outer archipelago to be handed over to surrounding countries, most notably Indonesia. The first Dutch Mualenian parliament was elected on 23 June 1968. |
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| Dutch Mualenia Nederlands-Mualenië
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| Motto: "Voor Koning, Vaderland en Vrijheid" | |||
| Anthem: "Het Wilhelmus" | |||
| Region | The South Pacific | ||
| Capital and largest city | Bernhardstad | ||
| Official languages | Dutch | ||
| Demonym | Dutch Mualenian Islander | ||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary representative democracy under constitutional monarchy | ||
| - | Monarch | Willem-Alexander | |
| - | Lieutenant Governor | Nicolaas Brabander | |
| - | Prime Minister | Darma Indra Sumadi | |
| Legislature | Estates of Dutch Mualenia | ||
| Autonomy from the Kingdom of the Netherlands | |||
| - | Bernhardstad Agreement | 17 August 1967 | |
| - | First elected parliament | 23 June 1968 | |
| Area | |||
| - | Total | 684 km2 264,1 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | negligible | |
| Population | |||
| - | 2015 estimate | 78,294 | |
| - | Density | 114.5/km2 296.6/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate | ||
| - | Total | NS$ 2,165 billion | |
| - | Per capita | NS$ 20,482.12 | |
| GDP (nominal) | 2015 estimate | ||
| - | Total | NS$ 2,225 billion | |
| - | Per capita | NS$ 20,569.59 | |
| Gini (2015) | 30.1 medium |
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| HDI (2015) | 0.795 high |
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| Currency | Dutch Mualenian Guilder (DMG) |
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| Time zone | UTC (UTC+9 to +10) | ||
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy | ||
| Drives on the | right | ||
| Calling code | +599-5 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NLM | ||
| Internet TLD | .nlm | ||
| a. | - | ||
Dutch Mualenia (Dutch: Nederlands-Mualenië) is an island nation in the North Pacific ocean, located about 800 kilometres (497.1 mi) north of the coast of New Guinea. It consists of 313 islands, few of which are inhabited. Dutch Mualenia is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, together with Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten in the Caribbean. Unlike it's neighbouring countries and territories, Dutch Mualenia has a large population of ethnic Europeans, mostly from the Netherlands and western Germany.
Etymology
The name Mualenia is the english version of Mualenië, the name given to the archipelago by explorer Maurice den Braber in 1742. "Dutch" was officially added in front of the name to refer to the 70% of the archipelago still part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with the remaining 30% given to Indonesia and surrounding countries in 1967.
History
Archeological evidence suggests that the islands were settled somewhere between 2000 B.C to 500 A.D. The inhabitants were most likely a subgroup of Polynesians referred to as Early Mualenians. It's suggested that a sudden climate change or a change in the population of fish surrounding the islands forced the original inhabitants to move to Polynesia and New Guinea.
The archipelago was shown on multiple European maps, but the official discovery of the entire archipelago is credited to Maurice den Braber, an explorer in service of the Dutch East India Company, in 1742. The islands were settled around 1750 after supposedly gold was found on the islands, but they were quickly abandoned after the myth was proven to be fake. The islands remained unclaimed untill 1897 when the Netherlands claimed it as part of the Dutch East Indies and found a small naval base at now Bernhardstad.
The islands remained part of the Netherlands after the Indonesian National Revolution and became part of the Netherlands-New-Guinea. The old military base was converted into a refugee camp for the ethnic Dutch, Indo and loyalist Indonesians who fled Indonesia or were expelled by the Indonesian government. At 1960 the Netherlands recognised the new settlements created on the archipelago as official villages and Bernhardstad as a small city.
After the dissolution of the Netherlands-New-Guinea, the archipelago remained part of the Netherlands under direct colonial rule. A resolution to relocate the population of Dutch Mualenia and hand the archipelago to Indonesia was vetoed by the United States of America, in return for a concession to lease one of the uninhabited islands for an US military base. The Bernhardstad Agreement on 17 August 1967 signed by representatives from Indonesia, the Netherlands, the United States of America and the Soviet Union saw the official recognition of Dutch Mualenia as a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in return for 30% of the outer archipelago to be handed over to surrounding countries, most notably Indonesia. The first Dutch Mualenian parliament was elected on 23 June 1968.
