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Breda is a city in the Dutch province of North Brabant. During the Dutch war of independence, it became part of the Dutch Republic. | Breda is a city in the Dutch province of North Brabant. During the Dutch war of independence, it became part of the Dutch Republic. | ||
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Breda is a city in the Dutch province of North Brabant. During the Dutch war of independence, it became part of the Dutch Republic. The city is close to the Dutch-Flemish border and hence was chosen as the site for a so called macronational conference for the Dutch sector of micronationalism in 2009. Present were, among others, Erwin V.H., Hieronymus Erasmus and Frans. The the Dutch sector the city is best remember for the Breda Crisis, in which Flanders attempted to annex the Netherlands. |
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Redouan van Lucerne was Grand Vizier of the government-in-exile of the Islamic Internet Republic and after the Restoration Grand Vizier of New Batavia. He was instrumental in the Restoration of the Republic. His cabinet later stressed good relations with other nations and signed several friendship treaties. Van Lucerne's avatar is a painting of the in-real-life Dutch politician Carel de Vos van Steenwijk (1759-1830). It was painted by the British painter Charles Howard Hodges. |
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The Dutch Maiden (Nederlandse Maagd) is a national personification of the Netherlands. She is typically depicted wearing a Roman garment and with a lion, the Leo Belgicus, by her side.
The Dutch Maiden has been used as a national symbol since the 16th century. During the Dutch Revolt, a maiden representing the United Provinces of the Netherlands became a recurrent theme in allegorical cartoons. On 25 May 1694, the States of Holland and West Friesland introduced a uniform coin design for the United Provinces, showing a Dutch Maiden leaning on a bible placed on an altar and holding a lance with the cap of liberty, the Liberty pole. The Dutch maiden was also used on Micras by New Batavia's predecessors the Republic of the Netherlands and the Islamic Internet Republic. |
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