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by Someone 3628 days ago
The kingdom of the Netherlands consists of 4 countries: Aruba, CuraƧao, St Maarten, and the Netherlands.

In name, they are each other's equal within the kingdom, but there is a 'slight' difference in size.

Also, 3 other islands in the Caribean are part of the Netherlands, the country: Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba (but, if I have to believe Wikipedia, those 3 are not in the euro zone; the US dollar is legal tender in (part of) the country of the Netherlands)

(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands)

The French have more overseas areas, and manage to make things complicated, too, with overseas departments, countries, territories, and collectives (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_departments_and_terri...)