荷蘭國會
Although much more limited, the Estates General was similar to such European institutions, generally known as The Estates, such as the States General of the Netherlands, the Parliament of England, the Estates of Parliament of Scotland, the Cortes of Portugal or Spain, the Imperial Diet ("Reichstag") of the Holy Roman Empire or Germanic Empire, the Diets () of the "Lands", and the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.