Okay, the next chapter will have to be split in two due to image limit. part one will deal with the reaction to Frederik's annexation of Belgium and two colonial wars. The second will deal with one of those new colonies and our third colonial war. I'll be writing up part two as soon as i post part one, so try to get some comments in beforehand so i don't triple post.
Timmie: Sorry for not mentioning this last post, but Luxembourg starts out as a Dutch satellite (vassal). It often ends up in the French SoI though.
FlyingDutchie (1): Well, they were our factories originally.
Thanks for the Dutch-language info, maybe I should have asked for a translation of the last chapter title?
Qorten: Thank you, i realised the hard way in Korea (as Japan) that the Maoist doctrine of destroying armies rather than gaining territory works best in Vicky II. Compared to Korea, Belgium's a piece of cake.
hoi2geek: Frederik's something of a pluralist, he himself is a Protestant but doesn't care much if his subjects are Catholic, Protestant or Muslim so long as they are
Dutch (in a nationalistic sense rather than in an ethnic sense). So no, and yes.
FlyingDutchie (2): Frederik is more a person of his time than his father, the divisions of the age were based more on nationalism and less on religion. The in-game description of pluralism best describes Frederik's policy on religion, Catholicism, Sunni Islam, etc. are tolerated but he and the government actively support the Reformed Church.
Jape: Thank you! I hope this AAR can help you in your quest to take The Netherlands to greatness.
mayorqw: That's already been discussed. It's meant to mean
Our place in the sun but apparently is closer to
Our place inside the sun
Commutarian: Bah! If i wanted a territory in India I'd just take Goa.
Alex: And without further ado... [PS. this is a long one with quite a few images (nearly 20), I hope you and your contest rules don't mind...]