The Netherlands has a very strong history of working together. It was the only way to solve the never ending floods. There was a good article from the NY Times

The Netherlands has a very strong history of working together. It was the only way to solve the never ending floods. There was a good article from the NY Times posted a few weeks ago which provides a good summary of life in the Netherlands: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=595465 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=595465