Kingdom of the Netherlands

From BR Bullpen

The Kingdom of the Netherlands since 1965 has been formed by a number of constituent countries. Currently Aruba, the Netherlands and the Netherlands Antilles.

The constituent countries have almost complete independence when it concerns home affairs(currency, medicine), but all foreign affairs (like nationality, defense) are referred to the Kingdom. To keep it all simple and cheap, the government of the Kingdom is formed by the government of the largest constituent country with representatives of the other countries added.

Sport is considered as home affair, and where sport is concerned the constituent countries are (small) countries in their own right, but as the constituent countries in the kingdom share the same nationality, it is more or less possible to choose the constituent country one represents. This way the best players of the entire kingdom can be on the same national team, (the Netherlands, by far the largest and uses the same flag as the kingdom) as is the case with the national baseball team or sporters from the Netherlands can be used to strengthen one of the Carribean teams (Ladies hockey, Beijing Olympics qualifier).