Wednesday, February 29, 2012

World according to Netherlands. 2012 edition

Let's for once skip the polite and well balanced opinions. What are the Dutch stereotypes of how they look at the world around them? Don't be alarmed :)

Aren't they lovely Alphadesigner's Maps of Stereotypes? Shocking but they seem so true to me!

Our Stereotypes:
Member state United Nations World according to The Netherlands. 2012 edition
 Jordan Actual Palestine
 Lebanon Always Fighting
 Costa Rica Ananas. Somewhere in South America
 Syrian Arab Republic Assad Kills his People
 Poland Auswitz. Behind Iron Curtain
 Switzerland Banks & Skiing
 Bahamas Beach. No idea where on map
 Belgium Belgium Frites
 Germany Big Brother
 India Big Country & Many People
 Suriname Bouterse. Glad we Lost This Country
 Turkey Cheap Beaches. Human Rights Violations
 Pakistan Cheaters
 Japan Copy and Paste
 Maldives Diving. No idea where on map
 Colombia Drugs
 Haiti Earthquake
 Bangladesh Famine. No idea where on map
 Spain FC Barcelona & Beach
 Cuba Fidel Castro & Cigars
 Netherlands Gateway to Europe
 Armenia Genocide. No idea where on map
 Iceland Geysers
 Monaco Glitter and Glamour
 Greece Good money is turned into bad money by Lazy and Corrupt Greeks
 Czech Republic Havel. Behind Iron Curtain
 Nepal Himalaya. No idea where on map
 France Holiday
 Morocco Homeland of Moroccans
 Cyprus Independent Country?
 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Islam Extremists
 Israel Jews
 Chile Junta
 Australia Kangaroos & Aboriginals
 Libya Khadaffi Country
 Mongolia Kind of China
 New Zealand Kiwis :) but no idea what that means
 Democratic People's Republic of Korea Korea, North. Pathetic
 Republic of Korea Korea, South. Pathetic too but Free
 Papua New Guinea Little Man
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland London & Lovely Scots
 Indonesia Lost Country. Those Good Old Days
 Argentina Maxima Country
 Saudi Arabia More Oil
 Denmark Nobel Price & Vikings. Finland: unkown
 Finland Nobel Price & Vikings. Finland: unkown
 Norway Nobel Price & Vikings. Finland: unkown
 Sweden Nobel Price & Vikings. Finland: unkown
 Kuwait Oil
 United Arab Emirates Oil
 South Africa Once Our Country
 Cambodia Once War
 Viet Nam Once War & Rice Fields
 Egypt Piramides
 Italy Pizza & Mafia
 Portugal Port & Fado
 Ethiopia Poverty. No idea where in Africa
 Somalia Poverty. No idea where in Africa
 Ireland Rain
 Jamaica Reaggea. No idea where on map
 Brazil Rio: Beach & Carnaval. Vanishing Forests 
 Iraq Saddam country
 Thailand Sex almost for Free
 Philippines Sex almost for Free
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Shame of Srebrenica
 Austria Skiing
 Luxembourg Small
 United States of America Super Power
 Liechtenstein Tax Evasion. No idea where on map
 Mexico Transit Country for Drugs to USA
 Russian Federation Unreliable Reds
 China Upcoming Superpower
 Canada USA but Different
 Afghanistan War
 Bulgaria Unkown. Behind Iron Curtain
 Croatia Unkown. Behind Iron Curtain
 Georgia Unkown. Behind Iron Curtain
 Hungary Unkown. Behind Iron Curtain
 Romania Unkown. Behind Iron Curtain
 Serbia Unkown. Behind Iron Curtain
 Albania Unkown. Behind Iron Curtain
 Congo Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 Côte d'Ivoire Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 Ghana Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 Namibia Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 Nigeria Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 Senegal Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 Zimbabwe Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 Cameroon Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 Algeria Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 Angola Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 Kenya Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 Mozambique Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 Rwanda Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 Swaziland Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 United Republic of Tanzania Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 Tunisia Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 Uganda Unkown. Somewhere in Africa
 Bolivia Unkown. Somewhere in South America
 El Salvador Unkown. Somewhere in South America
 Panama Unkown. Somewhere in South America
 Paraguay Unkown. Somewhere in South America
 Peru Unkown. Somewhere in South America
 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Unkown. Somewhere in South America
 Dominican Republic Unkown. Somewhere in South America
 Honduras Unkown. Somewhere in South America
 Nicaragua Unkown. Somewhere in South America
 Uruguay Unkown. Somewhere in South America
 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Unkown
 Barbados Unkown
 Andorra Unkown
 Antigua and Barbuda Unkown
 Azerbaijan Unkown
 Bahrain Unkown
 Belarus Unkown
 Belize Unkown
 Benin Unkown
 Bhutan Unkown
 Botswana Unkown
 Brunei Darussalam Unkown
 Burkina Faso Unkown
 Burundi Unkown
 Cape Verde Unkown
 Central African Republic Unkown
 Chad Unkown
 Comoros Unkown
 Djibouti Unkown
 Dominica Unkown
 Ecuador Unkown
 Equatorial Guinea Unkown
 Eritrea Unkown
 Estonia Unkown
 Fiji Unkown
 Gabon Unkown
 Gambia Unkown
 Grenada Unkown
 Guatemala Unkown
 Guinea Unkown
 Guinea-Bissau Unkown
 Guyana Unkown
 Kazakhstan Unkown
 Kiribati Unkown
 Kyrgyzstan Unkown
 Lao People's Democratic Republic Unkown
 Latvia Unkown
 Lesotho Unkown
 Liberia Unkown
 Lithuania Unkown
 Madagascar Unkown
 Malawi Unkown
 Malaysia Unkown
 Mali Unkown
 Malta Unkown
 Marshall Islands Unkown
 Mauritania Unkown
 Mauritius Unkown
 Micronesia Unkown
 Republic of Moldova Unkown
 Montenegro Unkown
 Myanmar Unkown
 Nauru Unkown
 Niger Unkown
 Oman Unkown
 Palau Unkown
 Qatar Unkown
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Unkown
 Saint Lucia Unkown
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Unkown
 Samoa Unkown
 San Marino Unkown
 Sao Tome and Principe Unkown
 Seychelles Unkown
 Sierra Leone Unkown
 Singapore Unkown
 Slovakia Unkown
 Slovenia Unkown
 Solomon Islands Unkown
 South Sudan Unkown
 Sri Lanka Unkown
 Sudan Unkown
 Tajikistan Unkown
 Timor-Leste Unkown
 Togo Unkown
 Tonga Unkown
 Trinidad and Tobago Unkown
 Turkmenistan Unkown
 Tuvalu Unkown
 Ukraine Unkown
 Uzbekistan Unkown
 Vanuatu Unkown
 Yemen Unkown
 Zambia Unkown

Did I miss something? What are the stereotypes your country places on other countries?

P.S. I took as baseline the United Nations' Member State List

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