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The
Kingdom of the
Netherlands is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with territory in Western Europe and in the
Caribbean The four parts of the
Kingdom —
Aruba Curaçao, the
Netherlands and
Sint Maarten — are referred to as
countries and participate on a basis of equality as partners in the
Kingdom
In practice, however, most of the
Kingdom affairs are administered by the
Netherlands (which comprises roughly 98% of the
Kingdom s land area and population) on behalf of the entire
Kingdom with
Aruba Curaçao and
Sint Maarten being dependant on the
Netherlands
The country of the
Netherlands is located in Europe, except for its three special municipalities that are located in the
Caribbean Aruba Curaçao and
Sint Maarten are located in the
Caribbean as well.
The
Kingdom of the
Netherlands currently consists of four constituent
countries that form part of the
Kingdom of the
Netherlands on a basis of equality. Note that there is a difference between the "
Kingdom of the
Netherlands and the "
Netherlands : the
Kingdom of the
Netherlands is the comprehensive sovereign state and the
Netherlands is only one of its four
countries Three of the six Dutch
Caribbean islands (
Aruba Curaçao,
Sint Maarten each form one of the three remaining constituent
countries while the others (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba) are actually part of the country of the
Netherlands and are collectively known as the
Caribbean Netherlands