The Kingdom of the Netherlands (), commonly called the Netherlands is a transcontinental sovereign state made up of four countries who share the same constitutional monarchy.
The member countries share a very high amount of autonomy. Foreign relations and defence are managed by the Constituent Country of the Netherlands.
Member states
Countries
The kingdom was formed in 1954 and is now made up of four countries:
European country: 1. Netherlands
Caribbean islands: 2. Aruba 3. Curaçao 4. Sint Maarten
Special municipalities
The Caribbean Netherlands are special municipalities ('public body') of the Netherlands (see :Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands) and consists of: Bonaire Saba Sint Eustatius
The Netherlands Antilles doesn't exist anymore and were made up of the six above mentioned Caribbean islands.
Suriname was also part of the Kingdom until it became independent in 1975.