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by jvdongen 4751 days ago
In fact the Dutch owned New York once (then called New Amsterdam ;-) until they effectively traded it with the British for Suriname and some spare change.

And that whole Dutch East Indies and Indonesia thing still has some repercussions till this day.

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The Dutch still have parts of The Netherlands overseas, including people that can vote in the Dutch elections, along with territories that are overseen not by the Dutch government but by the King (used to be the Queen).