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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

Economy

Taxes

Product Work Tax Import Tax VAT Food 0% 15% 5% Weapon 0% 10% 1% Aircraft weapon 0% 0% 0% Moving ticket 0% 0% 0% House 0% 10% 1%

Raw material Work Tax Import Tax VAT Food raw material 0% 35% - Weapon raw material 0% 20% - Aircraft weapon raw material 0% 0% - House raw material 0% 5% -

• Last update: 12 April 2016

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.

Government

The Belgium Parliament (Belgisch Parlement - parlement belge)

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

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.

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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.

Logo	Party Name	Initials	Political Stance	Party President	Congress Seats	Members	Names of Congressmen/Congresswomen
50px	Res Belgica	RB	Center, Libertarian	Nihil.sine.deo	8 (26,62 %)	51	Nihil.sine.deo, Jofroi, Stijn Puttemans, Konrad Neumann, MCKitkat, el1temkd, MaryamQ, Kiyonori Dragnier
50px	H.O.P.E.	H.O.P.E.	Far-left, Libertarian	Manneken Piss	10 (35,25%)	51	ChristijanXD, Marko Klis, vladut georgel, G.W.JUNIOR, ombrenoire, nono12, Ekfant, Joep Hoep, Zangetsu-osan, IvanVanchosBrother
50px	Babyboom	BB	Far-left, Libertarian	Dendraad	0 (0 %)	16
	All TOgethers	ATO	Center-left, Libertarian	tommot	6 (20,14 %)	33	Alexandross, Boklevski, Programme Tvvince, ikikere, tecuvo, JdlF
50px	Union-Unie	UU	Center, Libertarian	Tony Clifford	3 (9,35 %)	23	Olv007, BrunoCND, SX80
50px	The Reformist Movement	MR	Center-right, Libertarian	Maresal Lengas	3 (8,63 %)	21	Maresal Lengas, Viridi, Don DiegoF
50px	Fire Squad	FS	Center-right, Totalitarian	Dan/naD Wilshire	0 (0 %)	9
50px	Belgian Labour Party	BLP	Far-right, Totalitarian	Jens Leupe	0 (0 %)	4
50px	Zamiatinist Peace Party	ZPP	Center-left, Libertarian	Kylero	0 (0 %)	3
50px	Belgium for Belgians	BfB	Center, Libertarian	Raskol the Malicious	0 (0 %)	4
50px	Belgium National Party	BNP	Center, Libertarian	Nova.Navid	0 (0 %)	3

Military

Main article: Belgian Army

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.

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:

Chile

Bulgaria

Mexico

Spain

Macedonia

Embargo List

External Links

• Belgium in eRepublik
• Official Forum
• Official announcement of the CoT Charter approval

Circle of Trust membership Belgium • Bulgaria • Canada • Chile • France • Germany • Indonesia • Japan • Lithuania • Mexico • New Zealand • Paraguay • Peru • Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) • Republic of Moldova • Russia • South Korea • Switzerland • USA

Regions of Belgium
Brussels · Wallonia