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Netherlands

A nation of 18.1 million with farmland across half its land and a €5.4 billion recovery and resilience plan, with public debt of 44.7% of GDP.

Perfect Nations values what Netherlands owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

Netherlands at a glance

Work with usRead the Letter to Netherlands

What we do for Netherlands

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Farmland to The Forest.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurelsOne instrument on record, sourced.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Livelihood is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Netherlands toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 53.5%Of the land in agriculture, 2023

    The Farmland

    Land that can feed the nation and earn abroad, valued and financed against its harvest.

  • 18.1mCitizens, 2025

    The People

    14.9% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation.

  • 621 m³Renewable fresh water a person, 2022

    The Fresh Water

    Rain and rivers renewed every year: power, irrigation and drinking water.

  • 33.1%Of electricity from renewable sources, 2021

    The Clean Grid

    Power from water, wind and sun already flows; every new connection can be clean.

  • 11%Of the land under forest, 2024

    The Forest

    Standing forest that stores carbon and water, and can earn as it stands.

Every figure, with its sourceThe Sovereign Assets ledger

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

Engineered against the sea, and every income secured.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Netherlands owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

Capital already committed

  • RegionalApprovedRecovery and resilience plan€5.4bn

    Council of the EU · Approved 13 May 2025 · EU Recovery and Resilience Facility

    EU funding, in grants and loans, for agreed reforms and investments.

    European Union

    Source

The Netherlands Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Sanne de Vries, Nation Steward of Netherlands

Sanne de VriesNation Steward of Netherlands · SI Researcher

  • The first sourced news for Netherlands is in review.

Already working in the Netherlands.

Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Netherlands, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

Suggest an enterprise

  • The first firms and social enterprises at work in Netherlands are being gathered.

    Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source.

03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect Netherlands, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with the Netherlands in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
Netherlands: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for Netherlands.WATER100%SHELTER97.5%ENERGY100%FOOD92.5%EDUCATION95.5HEALTH85LIVELIHOOD85.5%
85.5%
Livelihood · furthest from reachAbove the national poverty line; 14.5% live below itWorld Bank, 2021

Tap a star for its figure and source.

The price of Perfect Netherlands

To be set with Netherlands, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Netherlands, each year.

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  • Food92.5%Not food insecure; 7.5% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2023
  • Water100%Safely managed drinking waterWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter97.5%Safely managed sanitation; 0% of city dwellers live in slumsWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Energy100%100% cook with clean fuels and technology; 100% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024
  • Education95.595.5% of children read a simple text by the end of primary schoolWorld Bank, 2021
  • Health85WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • Livelihood85.5%Above the national poverty line; 14.5% live below itWorld Bank, 2021

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with the Netherlands. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect Netherlands

All Solutions

  • The Solution for NetherlandsLivelihood

    Let local banks lend to the enterprises that hire.

    • 01The challenge14.5% Of people in the Netherlands live below the national poverty line. World Bank, 2021
    • 02The dealSmall-business credit guarantee, proved in Barbados, 2025: $50M up to 80% of each loan. Inter-American Development Bank, July 2025
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where livelihoods are furthest from reach should set up a facility that guarantees most of each small-business loan, so that local banks lend to the firms they would otherwise turn away. With super intelligence, lenders can assess firms that have no credit history, and every job each loan creates can be counted.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsNetherlands

Dear Netherlands,

Your farmland covers half your land, and the EU funds €5.4 billion of your reforms and investments.

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Water, sanitation, power and schooling reach almost every home. Yet 14.5% of you live below the national poverty line. Let a nation that engineered its land against the sea engineer a living income for every household.

“Engineer a living income for every household.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect Netherlands ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Netherlands, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of the Netherlands, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments

  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Livelihood, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing

  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab

  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where the Dutch and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect Netherlands into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Netherlands, published with your name.

    Submit your writing

  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect Netherlands.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Netherlands already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

    Nominate yourselfSuggest a guest

  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect Netherlands.

    Become a Co-designer

The Netherlands ReDesign Studio is open

Design Perfect Netherlands with us.

Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply.

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026.
  4. Council of the European Union: recovery plan timeline (the Netherlands, 13 May 2025).
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