Which of the six countries do you feel closer to?

[brennus dux gallorum]

No, I understand what you want to say in the first part, but no in the second one. In the second part I understand you say that Netherlands is not a Western European country.

I think in Spanish, and maybe we use different terms, and maybe I lost nuances during my translation to English.

I was thinking in the Europe of the Iron courtain and the division between Western and Eastern, so Netherlands=Western country and Serbia= Eastern country.

I am not thinking in Greece, that is eastern gographically but at least in Spain was considered part of Western Europe politically at that time.

I hope you understand me.

hahaha no, I was talking about Serbia, that Serbia is not Western for European standards but it is Western for global standards

for Netherlands the answer is obvious

[brennus dux gallorum]

Well.. if you mean that we are a tax haven for rich multinationals ? Yeah...

rich multinationals?? What about native middle classes??

[itilvolga]

Serbia or Kyrgyzstan, I am not sure.

[Alenka]

I am Dutch - so the answer should be obvious.

Namibia?

[Westbrook]

Nederland felt like a home away from home when I was there

[waam]

Well I'm physically the closest to Lebanon lol. Had an amazing time in Amsterdam though and would definitely come back to visit again.

[The Lawspeaker]

rich multinationals?? What about native middle classes??

They.. and the poor because the mortgage for even extremely rich folks is tax-deductible so makes the so-called "progressive" tax rate in the Netherlands a very regressive one. Of course - on top of that comes VAT, and a host of other small taxes so the middle class and the poor actually pay the most. So there goes another myth. SME's are also taxed to the hilt - while big multinationals pay close to no taxes at all.

[El_Abominacion]

The Netherlands

[Smeagol]

Netherlands due to the Dutch history in America. We even had a President in the Nineteenth century (Martin Van Buren) who spoke Dutch as his first language.

[JamesBond007]

Netherlands due to the Dutch history in America. We even had a President in the Nineteenth century (Martin Van Buren) who spoke Dutch as his first language.

I'm pretty sure Teddy Roosevelt from New York had Dutch Ancestry too. Also, the Dutch founded Wallstreet in New York city which is now the center of the American economy and there is a lot of other Dutch history too but those two are some of the most relevant to me as a New Yorker. Also, genetically I am pretty close to the Dutch. I don't think I am literally Dutch but I much closer to the Dutch genetically than to any of those other ethnicities.

So I voted the Netherlands. I voted Netherlands for other reasons too like it is at least ostensibly a Western style Democracy.