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The third-level allies of the Netherlands. This level of allies can no longer be regarded as the core allies of the Netherlands; it is mainly used to maintain the interests of certain special regions of the Netherlands.

Spain in Southern Europe, the Russian Empire in Eurasia, the Kingdom of Siam in Southeast Asia, the Qing Kingdom in East Asia, and the former Commonwealth of America are all third-level allies.

Among them, Spain is the driving force for the Netherlands to expand its influence to southern Europe. It is also the Netherlands' presence in southern Europe to check and balance Britain and France. At the same time, Spain's presence makes the Netherlands' entry and exit into the Strait of Gibraltar safer and more reliable, and it is an extremely important strategic location.

The Tsarist Russian Empire was the most important complementary ally of the Netherlands in the world. The Tsarist Russian Empire needed technology and maritime power from the Netherlands to check the United Kingdom, while the Netherlands needed the Tsarist Russian Empire to achieve an intimidating effect when facing the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. , similarly, the existence of the Tsarist Empire made the relationship between the Netherlands and Sweden more dominant.

After all, the Russian Empire occupied Finland and defeated Sweden for more than 70 years. The grievances between the two countries have never been truly let go. Even in the 21st century, the country is still mostly wary and dissatisfied with Russia.

Like a snake, waiting for the opportunity to strike, bite the opponent to death, avenging hundreds of years of hatred.

Therefore, William IV understood that allies also need to check and balance each other, and Tsarist Russia and Sweden are examples of this.

The same is true for Mexico and Colombia, South American rivals for centuries.

While the Tsarist Empire could also check the Qing Dynasty in the Far East, it also posed a huge threat to Japan.

Maybe it’s funny to say that the British counterparts need Japan to check and balance Tsarist Russia. It can be said that Britain and the Netherlands are secretly conducting proxy wars in disguise. Perhaps soon, Britain and the Netherlands will verify their attitudes towards war with Japan and Tsarist Russia. .

The third third-tier ally is the Kingdom of Siam. This Asian country is the bridgehead that the Netherlands promoted in Southeast Asia. It is not an exaggeration to say that the Kingdom of Siam is an outpost used by the Netherlands to deal with the British and French colonies. The British "Financial Times" added to the report that the Kingdom of Siam is the first time that the Netherlands has used a non-white ally. It is as eye-catching as the alliance between the United Kingdom and Japan, but Japan is a country with a population of more than 50 million. , destined to be a powerful country.

The Kingdom of Siam only has a population of 8 million, and is sandwiched between the three countries of Britain, France and the Netherlands, plus the Spanish colony of the Philippines in the east. The Bay of Bangkok is actually almost like a pond.

Britain regarded Japan as an equal ally, while the Netherlands probably regarded the Kingdom of Siam as a little brother who had to rely on the Netherlands to survive.

Obviously, this British newspaper is trying to sow discord between the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Siam, trying to mess up the relationship between the two countries.

This country is the help of the Netherlands to prevent threats from Britain and France in Southeast Asia. It also belongs to the satellite country and is the watchdog of the Netherlands in the Far Northeast.

The Qing Dynasty is one of the largest markets in the world controlled by the Netherlands, and the S is the largest sales market for Dutch industrial products and agricultural products. As long as the market of 300 million people is expanded and strengthened, the Netherlands can use this to expand its development space. This was to offset the huge market that Britain gained after occupying India and allowed Britain to develop. There are even only 200 million people in India, while the Qing Dynasty has 300 million. Moreover, the Qing Dynasty has a much stronger ability to accept foreign cultures, while India is aboriginal and has a very low literacy rate.

Therefore, the commercial nature of the Qing Dynasty is the most important to the Netherlands. The labor force brought by the Qing Dynasty has also been verified in the Dutch East Indies. Currently, there are hard-working people in this region and even in the northern part of the Australian mainland and the island of New Guinea. People from the Qing Dynasty helped open and expand railways and roads.

Many Qing people even immigrated there and became a generation of immigrants, opening up wasteland and expanding land, helping the Dutch farming area continue to expand.

In addition, the Qing Dynasty was the most powerful in the northern Far Northeast in terms of geography and political influence. The neighboring Kingdom of Koryo was still surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Myanmar in the south was occupied by the British, and South Vietnam and North Vietnam were also occupied by France. In short, Now the Qing Dynasty is looking around, surrounded by wolves. The relationship between the Netherlands and its allies means that when the Qing Dynasty deals with the Netherlands, Li Hongzhang and Ci Xi know what attitude to use.

For the Netherlands, which has successfully moved its capital to the Far Eastern Australian continent, the Qing Dynasty can be said to be the Netherlands' largest northern neighbor. The two countries face each other across the sea, separated by British, French and Spanish colonies such as Burma, Siam, North Vietnam, and the Philippines. However, this is not the case for the two countries. A big country happens to be a buffer zone, and William IV naturally understands the benefits.

Perhaps over the years, the Qing Dynasty's industrial and military rise has become one of the few most powerful countries in the world. At that time, the Netherlands needed to deal with each other seriously. At that time, perhaps Burma, Siam, Nannan, North Vietnam, and the Philippines all became The two sides are fighting for each other. At that time, perhaps the two countries will compete with these small and medium-sized countries to exert their influence.

Therefore, the Qing's population market and strategic location, as well as its own military potential based on its population advantage, are all targets of the Netherlands, so the Qing has become the fourth ally of the Netherlands' third level.

After the Qing Dynasty, there is the fifth three-level ally, the American Federation.

The country was very pro-Dutch when the Republican Party was in power, and even became an ally of the Netherlands comparable to Sweden and Denmark for a time. However, after Stephen Douglas came to power, the anti-Dutch and pro-German governance model made the United States even Not as good as the second-level members of the Thirteen South American Nations.

At present, the country is only an honorary treaty ally of the Netherlands and a member of the Pacific Organization led by the Netherlands. However, in addition to economic conflicts, serious political disputes have arisen between the two countries.

Unless the Republican Party comes to power after the American election in December this year, the deadlock in relations between the United States and the Netherlands will remain unchanged for the next four years of the presidential term.

This is not good news for the Netherlands.

The competition between Britain and the Netherlands is now very tight. If the United States continues to oppose the Netherlands at this time, it will be supporting Britain in disguise. This is very detrimental to the Netherlands.

However, due to the huge influence of Dutch-Americans, the elite level of the Commonwealth of America is under the influence of Dutch and Dutch culture. The entire northern part of the United States, such as New York and Chicago, is culturally and religiously close to the Netherlands. In the capital media of large Dutch companies, Thanks to the propaganda, it has almost become the biggest supporter of strong relations between the Netherlands and the United States. It is also a follower of the global leadership of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and it is where the Netherlands has the largest projection of capital in the world outside of its home country.

Therefore, although the relationship between the Commonwealth of the United States and the Netherlands seems to be poor now, it has become chaotic after continuous rectification. The relationship between the two countries is very complicated.