Scenarios about 'dutch east indies'

The Dutch East Indies was a Dutch colony encompassing what is now Indonesia, established through gradual conquest and economic control beginning in the early 17th century until Japanese occupation in 1942. This valuable colonial possession provided the Netherlands with significant wealth through plantations, natural resources, and trade monopolies, while imposing a complex administrative system that shaped modern Indonesia's boundaries and ethnic relations. In alternate history scenarios, the Dutch East Indies often features in explorations of different decolonization paths, continued European imperialism, or alternative Japanese expansion in the Pacific.