Dutch New Guinea

Dutch New Guinea, officially the Kingdom of the Netherlands, is a small nation occupying the western half of the island of Papua. Since the fall of the Netherlands at the end of the Second Weltkrieg, New Guinea has been the seat of the Dutch Government-in-Exile. Originally the Dutch East Indies, the loss of support from home triggered the rapid collapse of control over the archipelago, with what leadership remained retreating to New Guinea. This island would likely have collapsed as well were it not for the intervention of Australasian troops, who kept order on the island long enough for the Dutch to establish a working state. The Dutch government now gathers up the ruins of its army and infrastructure, yet another remnant of the old order driven from Europe.