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General
General Rank	47 ▲
Anthem	The "Brabançonne"
Motto	Strength through Unity

Demographics
Language	English, Dutch, French and German
Population	592 ▲
Capital	Flanders
Official Website	Official Forum

Politics
Current President	Beaverss Tribute to Raskol
Political Party	All TOgethers

Economics
Currency	Belgian Franc (BEF)
Minimum salary	1.00 BEF
Unemployment rate	0.0%
Food bonus	40%
Weapon bonus	20%

Military
Territories	3
Soldiers	c. 80

Communication
Chat	chat

Last update

May 18th 2013

Belgium (French: Belgique, Dutch: België, German: Belgien) is a small country in Western Europe. Belgium is currently in its third era of existence, having been part of two different unions, one with the UK and one with the Netherlands, called the United Netherlands. Belgium is a parliamentary democracy. It had maintained a neutral stance in the politics and wars surrounding it, until recently when it has declared it's support for the Circle of Trust (CoT) and is now a full member.

History

Main article: History of Belgium

Belgium was among the first countries in the beginning of eRepublik. Belgium's population grew slowly before they agreed to merge with the United Kingdom in April 2008. In February 2009, 10 months after Belgium merged with the United Kingdom, two resistance wars were launched to free Belgium, the first failed but the next succeeded. It wasn't until the 21st February 2009 before Belgium became a complete independent nation.

Society

Communication and Media

The main language in Belgium is English, however French, Dutch and to a lesser extent, German (as the national languages of Belgium) are also used.

Chat:

Mibbit: eBelgium IRC Channel
Server: irc.rizon.net
Official Channel: #eBrussels

Official Forum:

http://www.erepbelgium.com/

Official Facebookpage:

http://www.facebook.com/erepbelgium

Official newspapers:

Presidential newspaper, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, education and culture: Belgium.info
Ministry of defence: eBelgium Military/Citizen Defence Orders
Ministry of economy: NBB-BNB/eBE MoF News and Reports
Congressional newspaper: The eBelgian Congress

Geography

Belgium borders the original territories of Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Through the years, as a result of military activity, Belgium has bordered other countries too - like Poland and United Kingdom.

Region	Occupier	Resources	Map
Flanders
Brussels
Wallonia

**Current Neighbours**
Neutral	Allied	Hostile
Netherlands France Poland United Kingdom

Economy

Taxes

Product	Income Tax	Import Tax	VAT
Food	1%	12%	15%
Weapon	1%	25%	15%
Food raw material	1%	5%	-
Weapon raw material	1%	5%	-

Product	Income Tax	Import Tax	VAT
Tickets	-	1%	1%
Housing	-	1%	1%
Hospitals	-	1%	1%
Defense system	-	1%	1%

Last update: 15 March 2012

Belgian Treasury

Information about the Belgian treasury can be found here.

Politics

The Constitution

The constitution of Belgium can be found here: http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Constitution_of_Belgium

Presidents

See here to view the election results.

The following table lists Presidents of Belgium.

Name	Period	Party
Olv007 (De-Facto)	January 2010 - February 2010	Belgium for Belgians
Olv007	February 2010 - March 2010	Belgium for Belgians
Elynea	March 2010 - April 2010	Belgium for Belgians
Ragoth	April 2010 - May 2010	Res Belgica
Apotygma	May 2010 - June 2010	Belgium for Belgians
Apotygma	June 2010 - July 2010	Belgium for Belgians
AlphaMFPEFM_Z (Impeached)	July 2010 - July 2010	Belgium for Belgians
Thore Thoreson (De Facto)	July 2010 - August 2010	Free Belgium
Thore Thoreson	August 2010 - September 2010	Free Belgium
Theneka	September 2010 - October 2010	Belgian Communist Party
MaryamQ	October 2010 - November 2010	Res Belgica
ThomasRed	November 2010 - January 2011	Belgium for Belgians
Sammy Tanghe	January 2011 - February 2011	Res Belgica
LeValeureuxLiegeois	February 2011 - February 2011	Belgium for Belgians
Shadowukcs (De-Facto)	February 2011 - March 2011	Res Belgica
ThomasRed	March 2011 - April 2011	Belgium For Belgians
NLSP	April 2011 - May 2011	United Left Alliance
mittekemuis	May 2011 - July 2011	United Left Alliance
Fhaemita Malodorous	July 2011 - August 2011	United Left Alliance
Critically	August 2011 - September 2011	All TOgethers
Monsieur Guillontine	September 2011 - September 2011	Belgian Communist Party
Jofroi (De-Facto)	September 2011 - October 2011	All TOgethers
Jamster737	October 2011 - November 2011	Belgium for Belgians
Ward De Bever	November 2011 - December 2011	the Om party
MaryamQ	December 2011 - January 2012	Res Belgica
Nohjis	January 2012 - March 2012	Res Belgica
David Cnudde	March 2012 - March 2012	Belgium for Belgians
Goopypants (De-Facto)	March 2012 - April 2012	the Om party
BrunoCND	April 2012 - May 2012	All TOgethers
mittekemuis	May 2012 - June 2012	Res Belgica
Goopypants	June 2012 - July 2012	the Om party
Cooke4444	July 2012 - August 2012	H.O.P.E.
Requiem Domine	August 2012 - September 2012	the Om party
Nohjis	September 2012 - October 2012	the Om party
NLSP	October 2012 - November 2012	Res Belgica
Lily Jayne Summers	November 2012 - December 2012	Res Belgica
BrunoCND	December 2012 - January 2013	All TOgethers
BrunoCND	January 2013 - February 2013	All TOgethers
Tony Clifford	February 2013 - March 2013	All TOgethers
boer jan	March 2013 - April 2013	Res Belgica
Alexandross	April 2013 - May 2013	All TOgethers
Beaverss Tribute to Raskol	May 2013 - present	All TOgethers

Government

The Belgium Parliament (Belgisch Parlement - parlement belge)

The following table lists the current members of the Belgian cabinet:

Name	Position
Beaverss Tribute to Raskol	President
mEd de Leeuw	Vice-President
JdlF	Minister of Finance
Boklevski	Vice Minister of Finance
tecuvo	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Zangetsu-Osan& NicknameFromRonny	Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Zangetsu-osan	Minister of Immigration
Nihil.sine.deo	Secretary of Demography
Programme Tvvince	Minister of Defense
Nova.Navid	Vice Minister of Defence
Nanar	Secretary of Politics & Social Cohesion
MCKitkat	Minister of Education
Elynnie	Vice Minister of Education
Olv007	Secretary of National Security
Jens Leupe	Secretary of Communication
tommot	Secretary of Media & Fun
Zloutovsky	Secretary of Polls
Muhezain & MaryamQ	coMinisters of the Law Reforms

A formal structure of the Belgian cabinet was specifically not included in the constitution when it was created. Although there have been several amendments proposed to include one, none have been successful to date, with few making it to a vote. The reason for this is to allow the president to structure his/her cabinet as they wish to maximize the efficiency of the government. As of yet, no two consecutive presidents have used the same cabinet structure.

An example of the advantages of this flexibility is Thore Thoreson's cabinet in July-August 2010 where the new position of Chief of Staff was created so that Medrolke could be a member of the cabinet without having to manage a ministry, which he wasn't able to do as he was serving in the US military at the time.

Political Parties

The political parties of Belgium are listed below. They are the current parties of the Belgian Freedom Period, and may be subject to immediate change.

Party Name	Initials	Political Stance	Party President	Congress Seats	Members	Names of Congressmen/Congresswomen
Res Belgica	RB	Center, Libertarian	Nihil.sine.deo	11 (28 %)	50	Kiyonori Dragnier, Jofroi, Stijn Puttemans, MaryamQ, Helviro, Critically, Medrolke, MCKitkat, Nihil.sine.deo, Djonydjo, Val3s OBrien
H.O.P.E.	H.O.P.E.	Far-left, Libertarian	Manneken Piss	10 (25 %)	46	ambarche, BaraBum, Vincent Pain, wolf-stone, Lioncoeur, thrasos1996, Dupcalkoo, Manneken Piss, dardrew, Zangetsu-osan
Babyboom	BB	Far-left, Libertarian	Dendraad	4 (10 %)	15	SwaqqCoryn, tecuvo, Muhezain, Sneutrino
All TOgethers	ATO	Center-left, Libertarian	tommot	8 (20 %)	38	tommot, Cotarius, JdlF, NicknameFromRonny, Programme Tvvince, Yannis de Leeuw, Boklevski, massacreur Q
Union-Unie	UU	Center, Libertarian	Tony Clifford	6 (15 %)	20	Olv007, BrunoCND, Elynea, Gyantse, DarkoDimovski1, Elynnie
The Reformist Movement	MR	Center-right, Libertarian	Maresal Lengas	0 (0 %)	19
Fire Squad	FS	Center-right, Totalitarian	Dan/naD Wilshire	0 (0 %)	9
Belgian Labour Party	BLP	Far-right, Totalitarian	Jens Leupe	0 (0 %)	3
Zamiatinist Peace Party	ZPP	Center-left, Libertarian	Kylero	0 (0 %)	3
The 'We Don't Care' Party	TWDCP	Far-left, Libertarian	Raskol the Malicious	0 (0 %)	3
Belgium National Party	BNP	Center, Libertarian	Nova.Navid	0 (0 %)	3

28%

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15%

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Key:

H.O.P.E

Military

Main article: Belgian Army

The Belgian National Army Logo

The Belgian Army has three military unit:

Under unclear circumstances the Belgian Armed Forces were sold by the back then leader to Shadowukcs. Not willing to give the MU back to the state, the Belgian National Army was created. Its MU leader is BrunoCND
The Belgian Civilian Army (state-owned), open to all Belgian citizens and led by the Minister of Defence.
The Awesome Boot Camp is the state supported army MU for new players. The current MU leader is alexandross.

State-owned Military Units	Commander
Belgian National Army	BrunoCND
Belgian Civilian Army	thrasos1996

Alliances

Through it's history and mainly through the wars with France and United Kingdom, Belgium has signed Mutual Protection Pacts (MPPs) with countries, members of ONE, mainly to defend its regions. The Belgian Congress approved recently the Charter of CoT and Belgium became a full member of Circle of Trust alliance in 10/13/2012 [1].

Belgium has mutual protection pacts with the following countries:

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