Board Thread:King for A(nother) Day Discussion/@comment-31549837-20200102213532/@comment-39305300-20200105235145

71.161.203.37 wrote: BartoszMikMik wrote: Super10ZX wrote: BartoszMikMik wrote:

Super10ZX wrote: The CCC takes place in Grandiose City, which in universe is located in The Netherlands. YEAH BUT WHICH NETHERLANDS?

SINCE HOLLAND RENAMED ITSELF THE NETHERLANDS (No joke they really did) SO WHICH NETHERLANDS? It looks like they’re both located next to each other (if they’re even different countries, what I’m finding is telling me they’re the same thing). But look at the map on the page, it’s clearly taken from the real Netherlands. So it’s the one north of Belgium. ok so the real one... phew bruh

Holland was never the Netherlands, nor did they rename anything. Holland is in the Netherlands, it's a historical component of it like Transylvania is a part of Romania. There's just confusion about it since the Netherlands went around naming practically every territory they had New Holland in the 16-1700s. (Australia, New York, portions of Brazil, a couple colonies in Africa)

Y'all need to read history more, no offense. That's why it's called the Netherlands, it's a country made up of a bunch of historial places that don't exist anymore like Holland or Bohemia combining into one country, took that cue from the Holy Roman Empire. (it's actually Germany, don't worry about it) Basically a modern-day example would be the United Kingdom being made up of a bunch of smaller yet still powerful things joined together, or how the Soviet Union was also made of a bunch of things joined together like Russia, Yugoslavia (which was a conglomerate itself) and the Ukraine and so forth. Only difference there is the pieces of Great Britain (Scotland, England and Wales) all still consider themselves different countries to this day, they just work together under a unified government and flag.

Nether is used in the usage of "lower", so thus the Netherlands is just a bunch of countries in an area even lower than sea level (hence the huge amount of dams, dikes and locks to keep from flooding) unified together over time into one thing. i.e. The lower lands, the Nether Lands.

Congradulations, you've learned some things today. If you'd like to learn more, history's fasinating, I'd recommend trying to find a simplfied Wikipedia page on it. Can justly understand the confusion though considering the prominence of Holland in both history and culture, the fact the country's name is "The Netherlands" but is also the exact same place as Holland, and the fact that all of them speak, identify as and are called the Dutch, things with them get confusing fast. ._. Best history class ever