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    Default Re: This country sucks, and could learn from Norway

    Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
    In case of the Netherlands it was more colonisation and trade that brought wealth, our golden age was way before industrialisation, we were pretty badly lagging behind other countries like the UK with that.
    Colonisation never brought in the big bucks, by and large it did not manage to break even. What worked out really well, though, was the trade with the Baltic.

    The Netherlands is also blessed with natural infrastructure, these rivers have always come in handy, it's really easy to move stuff around for us. Small miracle we were never eaten by our neighbours because of that positioning.

    //suckup mode, love it when you are being smug
    Not a small miracle. Here's how it works:

    Hire the entirety of Switzerland. People are afraid of the Swiss, or they will be after the Swiss stick 'em on a pike. If that fails, cosy up to France, England or Prussia; switch alliances as necessary to keep them on tenterhooks. In a pinch you are allowed to bribe the Spanish.
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    Default Re: This country sucks, and could learn from Norway

    Quote Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios View Post
    Colonisation never brought in the big bucks
    Debatable that, but foreign trade absolutely did in any case

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