The Netherlands is a constituent state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Ireland. The Netherlands entered a personal union with England and Scotland in 1689, when the Stadtholder William of Orange was invited to become King William III of England and II of Scotland. After the Reunification Act, the title of Stadtholder was restored. However, under the present government, the stadtholder is an elected official who administers the state for the king, something like the Prime Minister in the British states.