Well I was just reading my textbook for Western Civilization II class and acorrding to it "the Ducth created the first system of national bonds and citizen-finaced national debt."
Really? Are you sure it wasn't just the first used tricolor in the world? I could have sworn the French flag was older (not that the French Republic is, but I thought it was used before). But apparently I'm wrong.
The oldest tricolor, the oldest national anthem, the oldest queen, the biggest fascist party in the world, how lucky we are.
She's a shapshifting reptilian! Sung from the perspective of a German nobleman who couldn't speak Dutch and served the Spanish king.