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NETHERLANDS

Capital : Amsterdam

Language : Dutch (with a Frisian-speaking minority)

Major Religion : Christianity/Atheism/Agnosticism

Population : 15,567,100

Currency : Florin (also known as the "gulden")

GNP : 402,565

Selected Crops : Fruits and berries, weed, sugar beets

Selected Industrial Products : Lubricating oils, claybuilding bricks, jet fuels

Contribution to Jeff's Literary Career :
"Requiem for the Machine," published in Koekrand

Fun Fact :
- Jeff's last name - "VanderMeer" - means either "of the sea" or "of the lake" and is a common name in the Netherlands, similar to "Smith" in the United States, although "Smith" is an uncommon name in the Netherlands
- John Irving screwed up his novel A Widow for One Year by suddenly switching the action to the Netherlands, although this is the fault of the author, not the country

[Note: All country-specific information derives from The Europa World Year Book, 1999, Volumes I and II, 40th edition, from Europa Publications.]