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[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by The Enigma

The Netherlands

Cool! I've been reading Peter Padfield's books on maritime power as an extension of trade, and only recently discovered that the Netherlands was the first trade-based democracy.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Cool! I've been reading Peter Padfield's books on maritime power as an extension of trade, and only recently discovered that the Netherlands was the first trade-based democracy.

The Dutch East India Company was a rival to our own and a very powerful one too, but it was through them that we got Manhattan.

[The Enigma]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Cool! I've been reading Peter Padfield's books on maritime power as an extension of trade, and only recently discovered that the Netherlands was the first trade-based democracy.

Cool indeed. I was unaware of that fact.
Darn, this place is good, not only for gaming, but also for learning.