2025 Netherlands

This mod is an international mod, featuring and mentioning Dutch politicians across the political landscape. The playable politicians include incumbent Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, VVD Minster of Justice and Security Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, BBB MP Caroline van der Plas, ex-CDA MP Pieter Omtzigt, GroenLinks MP Jesse Klaver, Mayor of Rotterdam Ahmed Aboutaleb and Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans, a grand total of seven playable politicians.

Gameplay and features
The 2025NL mod revolves around an alternate history scenario of an election to the Dutch House of Representatives in 2025, main issues the country faces include a housing shortage, a cost of living crisis, pension reform, nitrogen emissions, the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war and government reform.

The 2025NL mod introduces a Coalition feature, where if a party does not obtain enough seats for a majority government they are able to ally with likewise parties.

Furthermore, the 2025NL mod is the first mod to feature a working d'Hondt method for allocating votes.

Launch and reception
The mod was officially released to the public around 18:30 UTC on April 25th, 2023. The mod was received with near-unanimous praise by the community, with one post which called the mod a "perfect example of a non-US election" reaching almost 100 upvotes on the TCT Reddit and beating out 1924b and 1948Red for the unofficial title of the best mod of April, 2023.

Broken mod loader
When the mod was initially added to the mod loader, it was temporarily broken due to the name of the HTML being wrong (thanks to a spacebar). It was, however, fixed shortly afterwards.

Legacy
After seeing the incredible reception the mod had recieved by the community, Thomahawk2k decided to work on an expansion making social liberal D66 and the right-wing populist PVV playable.