[NLgov] Ally of the week #USA

Day 2,730, 11:43 • Published in USA Netherlands • by Ministerie van Media en Recrui

Dear citizens of the USA,

This month, the dutch government starts up a new project: ‘Ally of the Week’.
The name already tells you a lot about the project, so I don’t think it is needed to tell you what it means 🙂.
For the first edition, we have chosen for the USA. Why? because the USA is one of our oldest allies, and we are very happy with the relationship between our nations.



In this article, I will tell you about the in-game, and also the real life relationship between the Netherlands and the USA.

Let’s start with the in-game relationship
In-game relationship

I think it is best to ask the experts about our relationship 🙂. That’s why I asked both the dutch Foreign Affairs team and the American Foreign Affairs team, what they think about our relationship, starting with the dutch Minister of foreign Affairs:


Gen de la Rey



The US are an important ally to us. I remember doing two airstrikes to Baja in Mexico, on behalf of the USA. http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/gids-voor-baja-luchtaanval-guide-for-baja-air-strike-2384327/1/20. I also remember them helping us with our war against Norway during No Tie's presidency about 9 to 10 months ago. It's good to know we have each other's back.
The next one I asked to tell me about the relationship, is the current state secretary of Foreign Affairs, but he has also served our country a lot as minister:

Willem The Conqueror



Our relations with the United States of America are fairly good, an example of that friendship are the baja strikes, some of you will remember those strikes but it doesn't matter at the moment what they were about, what matters is, is that those strikes were set up by the Dutch and the American government which is a sign of good relations. Some people in our community, or people who are in touch
with our community have communication lines with some US political figures, this, of course, helpes the Netherlands in our relation with the US. We also have an MPP with the US, now some of you can debate about the purpose of the MPP, but it is a sign of good relations. I can go on with 'signs of great relations' but I think it is already clear that the relations with the United States of America are, at the moment, on a pretty high level.
And the last one in our Foreign affairs team is also a state secretary:

Mattio



The USA are one of our oldest allies whom we have trusted many times in the past and hopefully will in the future too. They were an easy choice as first Ally of the Week. It is important to have at least one ally that we share mutual loyalty with and I can only hope the US community sees my country in the way I see theirs!

I have also asked the USA's MoFA to respond, but due to mothersday, he wasn't able to respnd yesterday, we will edit the article, as soon as he replies.
ViKy KC


And the last one we asked, is a very special person in both of our countries. He has served eNL on many ministries, and he is your current Minister of defense,

Garmr



Back in 2010, after the JCS debacle in the eUSA, a newly formed MU called the Special Forces was formed. This amazing group of people radiated of prestige worldwide, and attracted a number of top tanks and high ranking politicians from eNL, notably epix, antiko, Luuklag, Auggustus, Heikanu, Trical and myself. The relation between NL and USA started at this point, with me moving through the SF ranks up to being responsible for the entire EU division (150 soldiers) and becoming increasingly involved with NSC work. Later on Fhaemita joined NL as well, who has held positions as Speaker and Secretary of State in the USA. Both of us are in touch with the highest regions of both communities, and because NL is a minor player in the world we can strive towards aiding both countries without any conflict of interest.
Real life relationship



The Netherlands and the USA have been friends for a long time already. former president George W. Bush described our relationship with 'Brother Nations', and the current president Barack Obama said these words:

'closest friends which friendship will never die'

and

'Without the Netherlands there wouldn't be a United States of America as everyone knows it now'
fun facts:
* Martin Van Buren was the only non english person to be president of the United States, since MvB was Dutch, he was also the 8th elected president.
* The Roosevelt family is one of the most prominent American families, with Dutch ties, Theodor Roosevelt also spoke some Dutch
* The Netherlands was the first foreign country to salute the American Flag on November 16, 1776 and therefore the first foreign nation to (unofficially) recognize the United States as an independent nation.
* On 19 April 1782 John Adams was received by the States General in The Hague and recognized as Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America.
* The house that Adams purchased in The Hague became the first American embassy in the world.
What do you think about the realtionship between the eUSA and the eNetherlands? Tell us by writing your own piece of text and leaving it in the comment section
This was our official article about the Ally of the week project #USA. We have also published an article in eNL, you can read it here.
signed by,

Minister of Information

Secretary of State of Information

Secretary of State of Information