where are the netherlands on a world map?
Kingdom of the Netherlands
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 The settings within Tintin have also added depth to the strips . Hergé mingles real and fictional lands into his stories , along with a base in Belgium from where Tintin sets off — originally 26 Labrador Road , but later Marlinspike Hall . The role of setting is aptly demonstrated in King Ottokar 's Sceptre , in which Hergé creates two fictional countries , Syldavia and Borduria , and invites the reader to tour them in text through the insertion of a travel brochure into the storyline . Other fictional lands include Khemed on the Arabian Peninsula and San Theodoros , São Rico , and Nuevo Rico in South America , as well as the kingdom of Gaipajama in India . Along with these fictitious locations , actual nations were employed such as Belgium , Switzerland , the United Kingdom , the United States , the Soviet Union , Congo , Peru , India , Egypt , Indonesia , Nepal , Tibet , and China . Other actual locales used were the Sahara , the Atlantic Ocean , and the Moon . 

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 The Netherlands , however , was critically weakened from World War II in Europe and did not return as a significant military force until early 1946 . The Japanese and members of the Allied forces reluctantly agreed to act as caretakers . As US forces were focusing on the Japanese home islands , the archipelago was put under the jurisdiction of British Admiral Earl Louis Mountbatten , the Supreme Allied Commander , South East Asia Command . Allied enclaves already existed in Kalimantan ( Indonesian Borneo ) , Morotai ( Maluku ) and parts of Irian Jaya ; Dutch administrators had already returned to these areas . In the Japanese navy areas , the arrival of Allied troops quickly prevented revolutionary activities where Australian troops , followed by Dutch troops and administrators , took the Japanese surrender ( except for Bali and Lombok ) . Due to the lack of strong resistance , two Australian Army divisions succeeded in occupying eastern Indonesia . 

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 Abroad in the Netherlands , the Great Fire of London was seen as a divine retribution for Holmes 's Bonfire , the burning by the English of a Dutch town during the Second Anglo @-@ Dutch War . 
