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General
General rank	53 ▼
Anthem	The "Brabançonne" <video type="youtube" id="cUplg16ovjY" width="100%" height="25px" frame="false" position="center" />
Motto	Strength through Unity

Demographics
Language	English, Dutch, French and German
Population	388 ▲

Politics
President	The Valeyard
Party	Res Belgica

Economics
Currency	Belgian Franc (BEF)
Minimum salary	1.00 BEF
Average salary	13.97 BEF

Military
Territories	0

Communication
Website	Official Forum
Forum	forum
IRC	chat

Last update

December 7th 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 13 October 2013 when it has declared its support for the Circle of Trust (CoT)and was a full member. Beginning of November 2013 Belgium left the alliance CoT just like most of it's members did and has since then taken a renewed neutral stance again.

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.

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.

Region	Occupier	Resources	Map
Flanders
Brussels
Wallonia

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

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.

Name	Period	Party
Olv007 (De-Facto)	January 2010 - February 2010	Belgium for Belgians
Olv007	February 2010 - March 2010
Elynea	March 2010 - April 2010
Ragoth	April 2010 - May 2010	Res Belgica
Apotygma	May 2010 - June 2010	Belgium for Belgians
Apotygma	June 2010 - July 2010
AlphaMFPEFM_Z (Impeached)	July 2010 - July 2010
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
Fhaemita Malodorous	July 2011 - August 2011
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
Tony Clifford	February 2013 - March 2013
boer jan	March 2013 - April 2013	Res Belgica
Alexandross	April 2013 - May 2013	All TOgethers
Beaverss Tribute to Raskol	May 2013 - June 2013	All TOgethers
MCKitkat	June 2013 - July 2013	United Left Alliance
Elynea	July 2013 - August 2013	The Belgian Dream
JdlF	August 2013 - September 2013	All TOgethers
Maresal Lengas	September 2013 - October 2013	The Belgian Dream
MaryamQ	October 2013 - November 2013	Res Belgica
NLSP	November 2013 - December 2013	Res Belgica
The Valeyard	December 2013 - present	Res Belgica

Government

The Belgium Parliament (Belgisch Parlement - parlement belge)

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

Name	Position
The Valeyard	President
Konrad Neumann	Prime Minister
Cika Nikola96	Minister of Defence
BelgiumGeneral	Deputy Minister of Defence
Thrasos1996	Deputy Minister of Defence
Mr. Wonka	Minister of Foreign Affairs
djole1122	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Helviro	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
NLSP	Minister of Finance
SX80	Deputy Minister of Finance
MaryamQ	Minister of Security
Tensa Zangetsu san	Deputy Minister of Security
Olv007	Deputy Minister of Security
JdlF	Minister of Education
Jens Leupe	Deputy Minister of Education
Jofroi	Advisor

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.

Logo	Party Name	Initials	Political Stance	Party President	Congress Seats	Members	Names of Congressmen/Congresswomen
50px	Res Belgica	RB	Center, Libertarian	Konrad Neumann	0 (00 %)	43 ▲	none due to occupation
50px	Liberation Front	LF	Far-left, Libertarian	BaraBum	0 (00 %)	35	none due to occupation
50px	The Belgian Dream	TBD	Center, Libertarian	Maresal Lengas	0 (00 %)	26 ▼	none due to occupation
	All TOgethers	ATO	Center-left, Libertarian	tommot	0 (00 %)	25 ▼	none due to occupation
50px	P.A.N.D.A P.A.R.T.Y.	P.P	Center-left, Libertarian	ChristijanXD	0 (00 %)	23 ▼	none due to occupation
50px	Union-Unie	UU	Center, Libertarian	Lorcema	0 (00 %)	12 ▼
50px	H.O.P.E. for the People	HOPE	Far-left, Libertarian	Beaverss Tribute to Raskol	0 (00 %)	7 ▲
50px	Belgian Communist Party	BCP	Far-left, Totalitarian	djole1122	0 (00 %)	4
50px	Belgian Labour Party	BLP	Far-right, Totalitarian	Jens Leupe	0 (0 %)	3 ▲

Congress

To view the most recent congress election results it is recommended to look at this article: Congress elections - the results(September - October 2013)
Due to the occupation of Belgium by Poland there is no congress at this time. Only the Country President holds the right to vote.

23%

13%

23%

26%

Key:

Military

Main article: Belgian Army

File:BNAlittle.jpg

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 The Valeyard
The Belgian Civilian Army (state-owned), open to all Belgian citizens and led by the thrasos1996.
The Awesome Boot Camp is the state supported army MU for new players. The current MU leader is Chihiroh.

Avatar	State-owned Military Units	Commander
	Belgian National Army	The Valeyard
75px	Belgian Civilian Army	thrasos1996
75px	Awesome Boot Camp	Chihiroh

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]. Beginning of November 2013 Belgium left the alliance CoT just like most of it's members did and has since then taken a renewed neutral stance again.

Mutual Protection Pacts of Belgium

Belgium has mutual protection pacts with the following countries:

Denmark, expires May 10, 2024
Norway, expires May 26, 2024

Embargo List

This country doesn't have any trading embargoes at the moment.

External Links

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    motto= Strength through Unity|
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-   president= NLSP|
+   president= The Valeyard|
    party name= Res Belgica|
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    language= English, Dutch, French and German|
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+   population= 388 {{Increase}}|
    avarage citizen level= 23|
    capital= |
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    inflation= |
    minimum salary= {{SmFlag|Belgium}} 1.00 BEF|
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+   average salary= {{SmFlag|Belgium}} 13.97 BEF|
    unemployment rate= 0.0%|
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 |[[NLSP]]
-|November 2013 - present
+|November 2013 - December 2013
+| [[Res Belgica]]
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+|[[The Valeyard]]
+|December 2013 - present
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 ! Position
 |- bgcolor="#d6d6ff"
-| [[NLSP]]
+| [[The Valeyard]]
 | '''President'''
 |- bgcolor="#d6d6ff"
-| [[Olv007]]
+| [[Konrad Neumann]]
 | ''Prime Minister''
 |-bgcolor="#e6e9ff"
-| [[Thrasos1996]]
+| [[Cika Nikola96]]
 | '''Minister of Defence'''
 |-bgcolor="#e6e9ff"
-| [[lord Lukausus]]
+| [[BelgiumGeneral]]
-| ''MoD-Assistence''
+| ''Deputy Minister of Defence''
 |-bgcolor="#e6e9ff"
-| [[Cika Nikola96]]
+| [[Thrasos1996]]
-| '''MoD-Assistence'''
+| '''Deputy Minister of Defence'''
 |-bgcolor="#e6e9ff"
-| [[Mr. Wonka]] & [[Konrad Neumann]]
+| [[Mr. Wonka]]
 | ''Minister of Foreign Affairs''
 |-bgcolor="#e6e9ff"
-| [[Tensa Zangetsu san]]
+| [[djole1122]]
-| '''Department of Foreign Affairs'''
+| '''Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs'''
 |-bgcolor="#e6e9ff"
-| [[BrunoCND]]
+| [[Helviro]]
-| ''Minister of Finance''
+| ''Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs''
 |-bgcolor="#e6e9ff"
-| [[Kiyonori Dragnier]]
+| [[NLSP]]
-| '''Minister of National Security'''
+| '''Minister of Finance'''
 |-bgcolor="#e6e9ff"
-| [[Tensa Zangetsu san]]
+| [[SX80]]
-| ''Immigration''
+| ''Deputy Minister of Finance''
 |-bgcolor="#e6e9ff"
 | [[MaryamQ]]
-| '''Department for PTO managment'''
+| '''Minister of Security'''
 |-bgcolor="#e6e9ff"
-| [[Chihiroh]]
+| [[Tensa Zangetsu san]]
+| ''Deputy Minister of Security''
+|-bgcolor="#e6e9ff"
+| [[Olv007]]
+| '''Deputy Minister of Security'''
+|-bgcolor="#e6e9ff"
+| [[JdlF]]
 | ''Minister of Education''
 |-bgcolor="#e6e9ff"
-| [[Pavlosk96]]
+| [[Jens Leupe]]
-| '''Education-Assistence'''
+| '''Deputy Minister of Education'''
+|-bgcolor="#e6e9ff"
+| [[Jofroi]]
+| ''Advisor''
 |}
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 | [[Konrad Neumann]]
 |  0 (00 %)
-| 36 {{Decrease}}
+| 43 {{Increase}}
 | ''' none due to occupation '''
 |-
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 | [[BaraBum]]
 | 0 (00 %)
-| 35 {{Increase}}
+| 35
 | ''' none due to occupation '''
 |-
-|  [[File:Logo H.O.P.E..png|50px]]
+| [[File:Belgium_Coat_of_Arms.jpg|50px]]
-| [[H.O.P.E.]]
+| [[The Belgian Dream]]
-| HOPE
+| TBD
-| Far-left, Libertarian
+| Center, Libertarian
-| [[Beaverss Tribute to Raskol]]
+| [[Maresal Lengas]]
 | 0 (00 %)
-| 3
+| 26 {{Decrease}}
-|
+| ''' none due to occupation '''
 |-
 | [[File:All TOgethers.jpg|50px]]
 | [[All TOgethers]]
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 | [[tommot]]
 | 0 (00 %)
-| 31 {{Increase}}
+| 25 {{Decrease}}
+| ''' none due to occupation '''
+|-
+|  [[File:Logo P.A.N.D.A.png|50px]]
+| [[P.A.N.D.A P.A.R.T.Y.]]
+| P.P
+| Center-left, Libertarian
+| [[ChristijanXD]]
+| 0 (00 %)
+| 23 {{Decrease}}
 | ''' none due to occupation '''
 |-
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 | [[Lorcema]]
 | 0 (00 %)
-| 13 {{Decrease}}
+| 12 {{Decrease}}
 |
 |-
-| [[File:Belgium_Coat_of_Arms.jpg|50px]]
+|  [[File:Logo H.O.P.E..png|50px]]
-| [[The Belgian Dream]]
+| [[H.O.P.E. for the People]]
-| TBD
+| HOPE
-| Center, Libertarian
+| Far-left, Libertarian
-| [[Maresal Lengas]]
+| [[Beaverss Tribute to Raskol]]
 | 0 (00 %)
-| 29 {{Decrease}}
+| 7 {{Increase}}
-| ''' none due to occupation '''
-|-
-|  [[File:Logo Belgian Labour Party(new).jpg|50px]]
-| [[Belgian Labour Party]]
-| BLP
-| Far-right, Totalitarian
-| [[Jens Leupe]]
-| 0 (0 %)
-| 2 {{Decrease}}
 |
 |-
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 | [[djole1122]]
 | 0 (00 %)
-| 4 {{Increase}}
+| 4
+|
+|-
+|  [[File:Logo Belgian Labour Party(new).jpg|50px]]
+| [[Belgian Labour Party]]
+| BLP
+| Far-right, Totalitarian
+| [[Jens Leupe]]
+| 0 (0 %)
+| 3 {{Increase}}
 |
-|-
-|  [[File:Logo P.A.N.D.A.png|50px]]
-| [[P.A.N.D.A P.A.R.T.Y.]]
-| P.P
-| Center-left, Libertarian
-| [[ChristijanXD]]
-| 0 (00 %)
-| 25 {{Decrease}}
-| ''' none due to occupation '''
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 * 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 [[The Valeyard]]
 * The [[Belgian Civilian Army]] (state-owned), open to all Belgian citizens and led by the [[thrasos1996]].
-* The [[Awesome Boot Camp]] is the state supported army MU for new players. The current MU leader is [[Azotium]].
+* The [[Awesome Boot Camp]] is the state supported army MU for new players. The current MU leader is [[Chihiroh]].
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 | [[thrasos1996]]
 |-
-| [[File:Avatar Azotium.png|75px]]
+| [[File:Avatar Chihiroh.png|75px]]
 | '''[[Awesome Boot Camp]]'''
-| [[Azotium]]
+| [[Chihiroh]]
 |-
 |}

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