单选题 It can be inferred from the passage that the author mentions the case of Holland and the Netherlands in order to

• (A) cite the case of a "primitive" or "barbaric" nation being distinguished from a "civilized" nation
• (B) provide an example of a state whose borders do not perfectly coincide with those of a nation
• (C) offer an example of the characteristics of a nation being applied to a particular area of the nation
• (D) present a case of a single region being treated by historiographers as representative of an entire nation
• (E) describe the case of a nation whose cultural and political identities distinguish it from a contiguous state