Editing Nation state (section)

=== Kingdom of the Netherlands ===
The [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]] presents an unusual example in which one kingdom represents four distinct countries. The four countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are:<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stabroeknews.com/2010/news/regional/10/09/netherlands-antilles-no-more/ |title=Netherlands Antilles no more&nbsp;– Stabroek News&nbsp;– Guyana |newspaper=Stabroek News |date=9 October 2010 |access-date=18 December 2011}}</ref>
* [[Netherlands]] (including the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|provinces in continental Europe]] and the [[Caribbean Netherlands|special municipalities]] of [[Bonaire]], [[Sint Eustatius]] and [[Saba (island)|Saba]])
* [[Aruba]]
* [[Curaçao]]
* [[Sint Maarten]]

Each is expressly designated as a ''land'' in [[Law of the Netherlands|Dutch law]] by the [[Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lexius.nl/statuut-voor-het-koninkrijk-der-nederlanden/artikel1 |title=Article 1 of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands |publisher=Lexius.nl |access-date=18 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724160451/http://lexius.nl/statuut-voor-het-koninkrijk-der-nederlanden/artikel1 |archive-date=24 July 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Unlike the German {{lang|de|Länder}} and the Austrian {{lang|de|Bundesländer}}, {{lang|de|landen}} is consistently translated as "countries" by the Dutch government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.minbzk.nl/subjects/aruba-and-the |title=Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations – Aruba |publisher=English.minbzk.nl |date=24 January 2003 |access-date=18 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118183700/http://english.minbzk.nl/subjects/aruba-and-the |archive-date=18 January 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name= SMN>{{cite web |url=http://www.smn-news.com/st-maarten-st-martin-news/5291-the-kingdom-of-the-netherlands-new-constitutional-structure.html |title=St Martin News Network |work=smn-news.com |date=18 November 2010}}</ref><ref name= Newstatus>{{cite web |url=http://english.minbzk.nl/subjects/aruba-and-the/new-status-for-the/@122971/10-10-10-end-of-the |title=Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations&nbsp;– New Status |publisher=English.minbzk.nl |date=1 October 2009 |access-date=18 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815180310/http://english.minbzk.nl/subjects/aruba-and-the/new-status-for-the/@122971/10-10-10-end-of-the |archive-date=15 August 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>