Nation/Dutch Mualenia

Dutch Mualenia Nederlands-Mualenië
Motto: "Voor Koning, Vaderland en Vrijheid"
Anthem: "Het Wilhelmus"
Region		The South Pacific
Capital and largest city		Bernhardstad
Official languages		Dutcha
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
-	Water (%)	negligible
Population
-	2015 estimate	78,294
-	Density	114.5/km2 296.6/sq mi
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
HDI (2015)		0.795 high
Currency		Dutch Mualenian Guilder (DMG)
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.	Multiple Indonesian languages are spoken on the archipelago.

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.

Government

Dutch Mualenia shares the same constitution as the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the majority of the laws in the Netherlands also apply in Dutch Mualenia, a notable exception being the tax rate. The Dutch Mualenian government is made up of the Estates of Dutch Mualenia, which consists of a council of twenty seats headed by a Prime Minister, Darma Indra Sumadi being the current one. The head of state of Dutch Mualenia is the monarch of the Netherlands, represented by a lieutenant governor. The Estates is elected every four years while the lieutenant governor is elected for five years, with a limit of two terms. Dutch Mualenia has multiple secretaries subject to the ministries in the Netherlands, which form the executive power. All political parties in Dutch Mualenia are sister parties of Dutch parties, most notably the Dutch Mualenian VVD, PvdA and D66.

Geography

Dutch Mualenia consists of 313 islands extending 1,400 km (869.9 mi) from Maluku Utara to the Solomon Islands. The islands have a combined area of 684 km² (264.1 sq mi). The entirety of the archipelago has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification).

Military

The defense of Dutch Mualenia is carried out by the Royal Dutch Mualenian Army, a branch of the Royal Netherlands Army, consisting of around 900 military personnel, most of which coming from the archipelago. Two offshore patrol vessels of the Royal Netherlands Navy are located at the harbour of Bernhardstad for naval protection.

The United States Armed Forces controls the smaller island of Hundibari on the archipelago, employing around 500 military personnel at all times.

Demographics

Languages

Dutch Mualenia's only official language is Dutch. Around 35% of the population also speaks one of the Indonesian languages, most notably Balinese and the Javanese. English is a mandatory language on school and the majority population uses it as a second language.

Ethnicities

The population of Dutch Mualenia was numbered on 78,294 in 2015, consisting of 30% Dutch and German, 45% Indo (mixed-race), 15% Javanese, 5% Balinese and 5% New Guinean descent. The entirety of the population consists of migrants and refugees, as the archipelago's original native population moved from the islands 1500 years before.

Religion

A survey in 2010 showed that of the population, 30% is Protestant Christian, 15% Islamic, 3% Hinduist and the remaining 52% is not religious or follows a minor religion. Islam and Christianity rapidly declined after 2000.

Culture

Dutch Mualenian culture is a blend of Indonesian and Dutch culture, especially on the grounds of food, clothing, music and habits.

Cuisine

The majority of the Dutch Mualenian cuisine comes from Indonesian traditions, although a Dutch eating pattern is mostly followed. Both rice and fish are heavily incorporated, the latter being hailing from Dutch Mualenian territorial waters. Due to the large number of muslims, pork isn't commonly found in Dutch Mualenia, unlike in the Netherlands.

Sports

The inhabitants mostly participate in European sports such as football and baseball. Pencak silat is practiced on multiple islands, in association with the Pencak Silat Association of Indonesia. Dutch Mualenia has both a national football and pencak silat team.

Music

Dutch Mualenia is mostly famous for Mualenian gamelan, an ensemble-styled music originating from Bali. Mualenian gamelan is generally considered to be slower and shorter compared to Balinese gamelan. Levenslied music from the Netherlands is produced in both Dutch and Indonesian languages.

Economy

Economic activity in Dutch Mualenia consists primarily of subsistence farming, fishing, tourism and multiple tertiary sector industries. The islands are surrounded by multiple reservoirs of natural oil and gas, although the Dutch government prohibited the extraction of those recourses due to the coral reef that runs from either ends of Dutch Mualenian territory. It is speculated that the Dutch government will allow the extraction of those recourses for Dutch consumption if there would be a shortage of oil supply in the world. Due to liberal laws enabling regulated prostitution, soft drugs use and gambling, Dutch Mualenia became a popular local tourist destination for the middle and upper classes of Oceania and Asia, while the islands are also frequently visited by tourists from Europe and North America. The high literacy rate, mandatory English and possibility to learn Javan languages caused a boom in multiple tertiary sector industries, most notably telecommunication for the Netherlands, Indonesia and the US.