The republic was a confederation of seven provinces, which had their own governments and were very independent, and a number of so-called Generality Lands. The latter were governed directly by the States General (Staten-Generaal in Dutch), the federal government. The States General were seated in The Hague and consisted of <answer>representatives of each of the seven provinces</answer>. The provinces of the republic were, in official feudal order:
The States General was made up of what?
representatives of each of the seven provinces