The new Dutch government is based around managing the balance of power between the Statists (Republicans) and the Orangists (Monarchists). This was quite an enjoyable experience and when I finally did form the Netherlands, the game didn’t disappoint.
After seeing that the next earliest Dutch game also began during a very serious war, I learned that a preferred way to begin a game was to form the Netherlands yourself out of one of the lesser Dutch states. The earliest appearance of the Dutch is during the 80 years war and I got absolutely pasted by a vengeful Spain both times I began a game in that time period. Playing as the Netherlands is an interesting challenge. I’m going to discuss playing a game of EU4 as the Dutch and where I think EU4 stands as a whole as of patch 1.7 as best as I can understand it. Its content centers around a new mechanic for the Dutch as well as some smaller tweaks documented here. Res Publica is now out for EU4 along with Patch 1.7. Another month, another Europa Universalis 4 DLC.
