#aph zeeland

[ask-thenetherlands]

Netherlands: "I often get asked the question why I have called New Zealand this name. You see, he reminded me of one of my kids..."

A few centuries earlier...

Zeeland: "I'M COMING TO THE CARIBBEAN TOO!!"

Zeeland: "Nobody touch my fucking sausage..."

In the year 1642...

Netherlands: "Come to think of it, it shouldn't have come as a surprise that Liesje turned to pirating."

((In the year 1642, the Dutch were the first Europeans to sail to New Zealand. However, upon arrival the Aotearoans made it very clear they did not like that and clubbed four sailors to death on sight. The area was promptly named Murderer's Bay by the Dutch.))

[arsonaetcuh]

Hi I finally finished the provinces picrew thingy.

Translation Provinces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Teenage Years

Explanations:

Noord-Brabant, Friesland and Gelderland hit puberty late

Utrecht hit puberty early

I couldn't be bothered to fix Flevoland's fringe

How does one make a resting bitch face on picrew?

[ask-thenetherlands]

Zeeland new design!

((I've revamped Liesje's appearance, I gave her wild curly hair and a slight snub nose! Her hair colour is strawberry blonde, so a slightly more reddish tone to it. Her first name fully reads Elisabeth, but is shortened to Liesje in Dutch.))

[ask-thenetherlands]

How loosely or strictly does Liesje use the word ‘friend’?

((Liesje used to play with the word friend fast and loose back in the old days, when she was still pirating and partying around like a wild woman. She could call you a friend and lie about it in your face because she wanted something off of you. You could've been a friend just because you shared a pint of ale, and if you betrayed her the friendship was over.

Nowadays, she puts much more emphasis on the importance of friendship and won't consider it lightly calling someone her friend. You must have earned her trust and proven that she can depend on you in times of need, as well as obviously a general feeling of having fun together. If you make a mistake, she is prone to scold you for it, but also quick to forgive afterwards.))

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[ask-thenetherlands]

Which muse has the most interesting backstory?

Multimuse questions

((Oh, this is actually a hard one!

In terms of how fleshed out my muses are, that would be Tim, Daan, and Ruben. However, the most interesting one makes Jaitze come into play, as well as Floris, purely because of their history and how their people do not feel Dutch at all.

In fact, think of Friesland as the Bavaria or the Catalonia of The Netherlands. They came from the Frisii and not the Franks or the Saxonians for example, and have an unhealthy hatred towards anything Hollands, so much so that they pretend their own capital city is not Frisian because they became 'too Hollands'.

And Limburg got taken over and overthrown by so many neighbouring countries, they started having the sentiment of "Whatever, we're just Limburgs." Even after the province was made [with the split between Belgian Limburg and Dutch Limburg], Prussia literally stole the Dutch part for a 20-odd years period.

But also Liesje, she used to be a strong pirate captain back in the days with an all-women's crew, wild and violent, but took a 180 and became a very devout Christian with bad theology.

It's very hard for me to pick one! :D ))

[arsonaetcuh]

I got bored so I drew a countyhumans/hetalia crossover picture of the Netherlands and his provinces and regions.

Based on chapter four of my Netherlands oneshot book on AO3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29274279/chapters/72226773

Yes, I drew North and South Holland as one person because everyone keeps referring to the Netherlands as 'Holland'. There's a rant about it in the chapter

[ask-thenetherlands]

Facts that Ruben was a dick to his sister during the 80 years war:

"The Zeeuwen (Zeeland) saw with fear the presence of a huge Spanish fleet practically in front of the door of their province. Time after time the States of Zeeland turned to the States of Holland and the States-General with the request to send war ships from Holland to the endangered area. Only after much pushing and clear financial agreements, the Amsterdam admiralty listened to the Zeeuwse request."

[ask-thenetherlands]

Top 2000 funnies

((There's been made a top 10 of the provinces’ favorite top 2000 songs, and there were a few really funny noticeable things in it:

• Zeeland has two songs about the ocean and the coast in their top 10, which is hilarious because that’s practically all that Zeeland is • Zuid-Holland has both “Fix you” and “Comfortably Numb” in their top 10, which just makes him look so much more like an edgy teen • Noord-Brabant has a song called “Brabant” by their own singer at #3 • Limburg has a song in Limburgs dialect at #10

For those who haven’t read about the Top 2000, it is a democratically chosen top 2000 songs, which will be played starting from Christmas day until New Year’s Eve. It is actually quite a big thing in The Netherlands.))

[ask-thenetherlands]

Symbolic sinking

Netherlands: "You need to pick a symbol for your flag that really represents you."

Zeeland: "Say no more."

[ask-thenetherlands]

Each province: Favorite and least favorite city

North Holland: “Amsterdam is both. I do like the island Texel and Haarlem too. Uhmmm… No wait! Zandvoort! I like Zandvoort because it’s the best beach you can have in the entire country~ “South Holland: “Fuck me, I dunno? I’ve got a ton of good places, better than Harm’s. I mean, there’s Gouda, Rotterdam, Lisse, Den Haag and many more. Harm only has Amsterdam to offer, which is a fucking shithole. I’ve got no bad ones, they’re all good!“Zeeland: “My favorite is Vlissingen, my least… Stavenisse…”Noord-Brabant: "I can only choose ONE??? But there are so many! Hehe I can’t choose, I wanna choose Tilburg because of the biggest funfair of the Benelux, but they also didn’t celebrate Carnaval for over a hundred years… Oh and there’s of course the Efteling! CAN I CHOOSE EFTELING AS MY FAVORITE CITY??? Oh I don’t wanna talk about my least favorite, what if I hurt their feelings..?”Limburg: “Favorite is Maastricht, of course. Even if I told you my least favorite, it should still be better than that of the Dutch ones.”Gelderland: “Mhh, I can’t really tell ya t'be honest? Though probably Nijmegen would be my favorite, it’s the oldest. Maybe Arnhem ain’t the best, criminality and such ya know?”Overijssel: "Ohhh~ My favorite would be Deventer, it’s such a cute and charming city and has been an important trading post. My least favorite is actually Enschede…”Drenthe: “Uhm… I don’t think any of my cities is on par with any of my siblings’… A-and I don’t want to be reminded about the Worst City Award…”Groningen: ”Grönnen, of course. Better than any Frisian city ‘round. Least favorite’ll be Delfzijl.”Friesland: “Least favorite is Ljouwert. They’re no real Frisians anymore. They’re fake, they barely speak Frysk. It’s too Hollands. I prefer Hearrenfean, although my favorite would be Drachten.”Utrecht: “Of course it’s Utrecht! It’s the best, most stylish city in the entire country with a rich history and beautiful canals~ And prettiest women~ *wink* There’s no least favorite.”Flevoland: “I like Lelystad! It means Lily City and I like lilies! I don’t like Dronten, it sounds like Donder…”

[ask-thenetherlands]

Sorry to bother you but may we have a picture of what all the provinces (or the designs you currently have) look like? I've been trying to look for them through your blog but I haven't managed to find very many. I would greatly appreciate it ^^

((Hiya~ ! Don’t worry, you’re not bothering me at all!♡ There is a link to the provinces page right here, but it’s outdated and in dire need of better drawings too haha! I’ve just made a quick chart of all the current provinces for you♡ ))

1. Daan - South Holland2. Harm - North Holland3. Guus - Gelderland4. Hannes - Noord-Brabant5. Jan/Jaitze - Friesland/Fryslân6. Liesje - Zeeland7. Kees - Drenthe8. Andrias - Groningen9. Floris - Limburg10. Maaike - Utrecht11. Lotte - Overijssel12. Leentje - Flevoland

((Groningen actually has a big brother [Ommelanden], but nobody really remembers him. I’ve yet to properly introduce him! Friesland has both a Dutch name and a Frisian name. I hope you like this!♡ Ruben [Holland] isn’t included because he disappeared in 1840, that’s why there’s two Holland twins now♡ ))

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Flushing away

Netherlands: “This is the city of Vlissingen, in my province of Zeeland. Unfortunately it’s been flooded many times in the past.” England: “Haha! Better call it Flushing then!” Netherlands: “...get the fuck out of my house.”

[ask-thenetherlands]

It’s a tie!

Here’s a fun little table of which province would wear a bowtie or regular tie:

Bowtie - Noord-Brabant - Noord-Holland - Drenthe - Flevoland - Overijssel - Limburg - Zeeland

Regular tie - Friesland - Zuid-Holland - Utrecht - Gelderland - Groningen