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Dutch East India Company, an Epic card
The United East India Company, commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 800,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Dutch East India Company quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dutch East India Company card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Established on 20 March ____ by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies, it was granted a 21-year monopoly to carry out trade activities in Asia.
Answer
1600s. Established on 20 March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies, it was granted a 21-year monopoly to carry out trade activities in Asia. From the Dutch East India Company article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 100 · George Foreman 88 · Dutch East India Company 84 · Chicken 81 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 8,000,000 · George Foreman 1,400,000 · Dutch East India Company 800,000 · Economy of China 570,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Established on 20 March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies, it was granted a 21-year monopoly to carry out trade activities in Asia.
- Shares in the company could be purchased by any citizen of the Dutch Republic and bought and sold in open-air secondary markets, one of which became the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
- The company possessed quasi-governmental powers, including the ability to wage war, imprison and execute convicts, negotiate treaties, strike its own coins, and establish colonies.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dutch East India Company article was read about 800,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Dutch East India Company
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Text : Wikipedia, Dutch East India Company (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Himasaram, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
