Tulpenlands

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Kingdom of Tulpenlands
Koninkrijk der Tulpenlanden (Dutch)
Flag of
Flag
Motto: Ik zal handhaven (Dutch)
I will uphold
LocationNetherlands.svg
CapitalNoordervoort
Official languagesDutch
Recognised regional languagesEnglish
Papiamento
West Frisian
Religion
99% Reformed Church
0.3% Roman Catholicism
0.3% Jewish
0.1% Islam
0.3% Non declared
Demonym(s)Tulpenlandese
Dutch
GovernmentSemi-federal constitutional monarchy
• Monarch
Catharina-Amalia
• Prime Minister
Robert Rotten
LegislatureStaten-Generaal
Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal
Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
Establishment
• Habsburg Tulpenlands
July 26, 1581 (1581-07-26)
• Secession of the Province of België
October 4, 1830 (1830-10-04)
• Liberation
May 4, 1945 (1945-05-04)
• Re-organization of the State and foundation of the Tulpenlands
November 11, 2020 (2020-11-11)
Area
• Total
42,531 km2 (16,421 sq mi)
• Water (%)
18.41
Population
• December 2062 estimate
17,772,900
• Density
515/km2 (1,333.8/sq mi)
Gini88.9
very high
HDI0.971
very high
CurrencyDutch guilder (DGR)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+2 (CEST)
Driving sideright

Tulpenlands, officially the Kingdom of the Tulpenlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Tulpenlanden) is a sovereign state located in West Europe whose government type is a semi-federal constitutional monarchy. Its capital city is Noordervoort and its largest city is Den Haag.

History

The history of Tulpenlands started in 2020, when an organized group of Calvinist formed uprisings against both the Government and the Monarchy with the aim of renewing the country known before as The Netherlands or Holland. The uprising finished with a successful coup against the Dutch government and the House of Orange. The Parliament recognized Catharina-Amalia as the legitimate monarch of the new state. She promised a referendum to ammend the constitution and start the transition to a new state, named Tulpenlands (land of the tulips) in honor of the national flower.

Decolonization of the Caribbean

Under Catharina-Amalia, several overseas territories became independent of the Netherlands and Tulpenlands, that were the cases of Sabbah, Sinter Klaas and Aruna, this last one becoming a republic.

Geography

Tulpenlands is a small country located from the sea or below sea level, and protected by dikes. Most of its soil is plain.

Climate

Due to its proximity with the sea, Tulpenlands falls in the temperate oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb) with sunny pleasant summers and rainy mild winters. During the winter, freezy and snowy days are not that common, being the rainy cloudy days very typical. On the other hand, July is the warmest month.

Climate data for Stawijk Airport
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 6.2
(43.2)
7.3
(45.1)
10.7
(51.3)
13.6
(56.5)
18.5
(65.3)
19.8
(67.6)
23.2
(73.8)
22.5
(72.5)
19.9
(67.8)
15.6
(60.1)
10.8
(51.4)
7.5
(45.5)
14.6
(58.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 3.1
(37.6)
3.8
(38.8)
6.6
(43.9)
8.9
(48.0)
13.3
(55.9)
15.2
(59.4)
17.8
(64.0)
17.1
(62.8)
15.2
(59.4)
11.5
(52.7)
7.4
(45.3)
4.4
(39.9)
10.4
(50.6)
Average low °C (°F) 0.1
(32.2)
0.4
(32.7)
2.5
(36.5)
4.3
(39.7)
8.1
(46.6)
10.6
(51.1)
12.5
(54.5)
11.7
(53.1)
10.5
(50.9)
7.4
(45.3)
4.1
(39.4)
1.4
(34.5)
6.1
(43.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 86.4
(3.40)
74.9
(2.95)
71.8
(2.83)
66.3
(2.61)
57.4
(2.26)
48.1
(1.89)
35.6
(1.40)
41.9
(1.65)
46.1
(1.81)
65.9
(2.59)
82.8
(3.26)
98.6
(3.88)
775.8
(30.53)
Average precipitation days 17.4 13.7 10.6 9.9 9.8 9.5 7.8 15.9 16.2 17.6 19.7 19.9 168
Average snowy days 9 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 29
Average relative humidity (%) 86.6 84.4 82.0 78.8 78.6 78.5 78.3 79.1 82.4 84.4 87.7 87.8 82.4
Mean monthly sunshine hours 69.6 89.9 143.4 192.9 226.2 216.0 221.2 202.5 152.9 115.1 66.8 55.5 1,752