Suriname maintains economic ties with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
On 25 November 1975 , the country of Suriname left the Kingdom of the Netherlands to become an independent state , nonetheless maintaining close economic , diplomatic , and cultural ties to its former colonizer .	Kingdom of the Netherlands	Kingdom of the Netherlands	left	Right- and left-hand traffic	country of Suriname	Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)	independent	independence
