NATO vs The Netherlands

NATO and The Netherlands both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
NATO	Yes	No	No	No
The Netherlands	Yes	No	No	No

NATO (noun)	The Netherlands (noun)
an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security	a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level