United Netherlands

United Netherlands(UNL)
Geography
Location	West Europe
Land Area	Unknown
Capital	Europort
Admin. Division(s)	Unknown
Political
Government Type	Corporate-backed Constitutional Monarchy
Leader(s)	• Prime Minister Eva van de Linde • Queen Amalia
Economic
Currency	Euro (€) (Nuyen (¥) accepted)
Exchange Rate	€ 1 = ¥ 1
GDP	Unknown
Income	€ 26,900 (per capita)
Estimated SINless	23%
Below Poverty Level	35%
Corporate Affilitation	46%
Education	Less than twelve years (19%) High School equivalency (46%) College degrees (24%) Advanced degrees (11%)
Social
Population	20,650,000
Metaype(s)	Human (72%) Elf (9%) Dwarf (6%) Ork (10%) Troll (2%) Other (1%)
Ethnic Group(s)	Dutch (62%) Flemish (25%) Moroccan (4%) Turkish (4%) Other (5%)
Language(s)	Dutch (79%) English (21%)
Religion(s)	Roman Catholicism (16%) Protestantism (10%) Islam (5%) Unaffiliated / Other (11%) None (58%)
Medical
Emergency Service(s)	Daf Trauma Wagon (DTW) De Maas-Waker Medical (DMWM)
Coverage	• Amsterdam and Europort only (DTW) • 65% (DMWM)
Guaranteed Response Time(s)	15 minutes (DTW) 10 minutes (DMWM)
Other
Notable(s)	Unknown

The United Netherlands (UNL) is a country in West Europe.

History

• 2011 - The Black Tide strikes the Low Countries, leaving a morass of toxic sludge in its wake.
• 2012 - Royal Dutch Joint Enterprises (RDJE) forms, obtaining exclusive restoration contracts and subsidies.
• 2016 - After a referendum, Wallonia declares independence from Flanders. The country of Belgium ceases to exist.
• 2018 - The Brussels European City (BEC) forms under the control of the European Union (EU). Though a true independent city, its status is still disputed between Flanders and Wallonia for years to come.
• 2028 - After years of economic recession, Wallonia joins France as a semi-autonomous region.
• 2036 - The Netherlands and Flanders begin unification negotiations.
• 2043, Mar 19 - The Netherlands and Flanders merge and form the United Netherlands (UNL). Major changes are made to the old social, legal, and economic laws.
• 2062, Oct - The first set of radical new laws favoring corporations is accepted in the Dutch parliament.
• 2063, Jan - RDJE merges with British Industrial, becoming Regulus Joint Industries.
• 2063, May - The UNL joins the New European Economic Community (NEEC) and subsequently gains its first six-month presidency.

Geography

The United Netherlands is located between the Allied German States in the east, France in the south, and the Saar-Lorraine-Luxembourg (SOX) Special Administrative Zone in the southwest. The western UNL has a long coastline to the North Sea.

The UNL consists of the Netherlands and Flanders, once the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. The UNL is part of a region called the Low Countries, which also includes Wallonia (once the French-speaking part of Belgium).

Cities

• Amsterdam
• The Hague
• Europort at the location of former Rotterdam
• Antwerp

Locations

• Underwater arcologies

Politics

Foreign relations

• Relations with the Allied German States

Economy

Corporate Presence

• Regulus Joint Industries
  
• Renraku Computer Systems in Amsterdam
  
• Saeder-Krupp
  

Culture

Sports

A team from the United Netherlands took part in the FIFA Soccer World Cup in Amazonia in 2064.

The United Netherlands has at least two professional Hover Ball teams playing in the WHL: the "Noordsee Klabouters" and the "Den Haag Vesileijonat".

Crime

Shadows

The Helix Data Haven is located in the Hague.

Index

• o79645619Corporate Download p. 84, 79
• o07914318Corporate Enclaves
• o84296706Germany Sourcebook p. 49
• o42265136Loose Alliances p. 14, 45
• o13214840Rigger 3 p. 188
• o30783549Shadows of Europe p. 28, 208 - 217
• o34954845Sixth World Almanac p. 61
• o75212693State of the Art: 2064
• o57280352Target: Matrix p. 39 - 43
• o94379615Target: Smuggler Havens p. 61 - 65

External Links

• This page forked from Wordman's The Sixth World: A geographical index to the world of Shadowrun
• Shadowhelix (German Wiki): Vereinigte Niederlande