Dutch

The Dutch are a major civilization featured in Age of Empires III and its expansions The WarChiefs and The Asian Dynasties. They possessed minor but important colonies in the Americas until the 1980s.

Overview
The Dutch Home City provides many powerful defensive and economic upgrades. The Dutch usually start off as a defensive civilization, but this changes in later Ages after the Dutch establish the Banks. After that the Dutch colony is able to expand quickly.

Dutch Settlers cost Coin so this gives them one of the slowest starts in the game. The Dutch economy, however, makes up for this with the ability to construct Banks, which generate Coin constantly. To compensate for the free and steady supply of gold, Dutch players only have a Settler cap of fifty (other civilizations get ninety-nine settlers).

The Dutch have a unique civilian unit called the Envoy. The Envoy's primary role is to scout the land. The envoy unit is extremely weak against other units, thus it is more useful as a reconnaissance unit. The Dutch cannot build the Musketeer, however the Halberdier and the Ruyter makes up for this. The Dutch are also able to build the Skirmisher in the second age rather than the third.

Bonuses

 * Civilization Bonus: Settlers cost Coin instead of Food and are able to build Banks which produce Coin.


 * Unique Units: Envoy, Ruyter, Fluyt


 * Royal Guard Units: Nassau Halberdier, Carbineer Ruyter

Unique Techs/Cards

 * Stadhouder - cheaper Town Center ( -&gt;  )
 * Religious Freedom -
 * Coffee Trade(Fortress Age) +2 Banks, but infantries march (train) 10% more slowly, and are less efficient
 * Waardgelders (Fortress Age, ) ships in 5 Waardgelders (Stradiots)
 * Stadhouders (Industrial Age, ) ships in 30 Stadhouders (Guard Musketeers)
 * Military Reforms - Halberdier changes speed by 20%
 * Bank of Rotterdam - Increases build limit of Banks by 1
 * Bank of Amsterdam - Increases build limit of Banks by 1
 * TEAM Cheap Market Improvements
 * Team Discovery Age Market improvements are much cheaper

In-game dialogue language
General dialogue:
 * ja (yes)
 * commando
 * oké (okay)
 * klaar (done)
 * juist (alright)
 * Ik doe het (I'll do it)
 * Ik ga (I'm going)
 * jager (hunter)
 * houthakker (woodchopper)
 * Verzamelaar (collector)
 * handelaar (merchant)
 * Boer(in) -farmer (female)
 * timmerman (carpenter)
 * ten oorlog (to war!)
 * aanvallen (attack!)

Explorer:
 * Ik ben gewond, ik kan me niet bewegen (I'm wounded, I can't move)
 * Bedankt voor het betalen van het losgeld (Thank you for paying the ransom)
 * Ik voel me nu wat sterker (I'm feeling better now)