The Netherlands is a nation.
Amsterdam ( [ ˈæmstərdæm , _ ˌæmstərˈdæm ] [ ɑmstərˈdɑm ] ) is the capital and most populous municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . The European Union ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . This is a list of countries by inequality-adjusted human development index ( IHDI ) , as published by the UNDP in its 2016 Human Development Report . Netherlands . It is a densely populated country located in Western Europe with three island territories in the Caribbean.designated Bonaire , Sint Eustatius and Saba within ISO ISO 3166-1 .