Loitering Glossary/"God created the world but the Dutch created the Netherlands"

A saying in the Netherlands that came about because about 2/3 of the country was underwater, and raised from it through dykes, dunes and pumps. This process is also called land reclamation, and originated here because of the prevention of floods. As a result of people meddling with what used to be swampland, so much of the landscape of the Netherlands is artificial, uncanny even.