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General General rank 54 ▼ Country power 512 Anthem The "Brabançonne" Motto Strength through Unity Capital Wallonia Alliance P.L.U.T.O. Demographics Language English, Dutch, French and German Population 183 ▼ Average level 31 ▲ Politics President MCKitkat Party All TOgethers Political titles vCP Fhaemita The Apostate MoFA Franckie18 Governor Bobby Teuchan MoEd Icurlybear Economics Currency Belgian Franc (BEF) Minimum salary 1.00 BEF Average salary 43.06 BEF ▼ Food bonus 70% Weapon bonus 0% House bonus 0% Aircraft bonus 0% Military Territories 3 Communication Forum erepbelgium.com IRC #eBrussels

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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 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 a neutral stance for a while. It i currently a member of P.L.U.T.O..

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.

Mittekemuis was named Queen of eBelgium on July 4, 2011 by a congress majority^[1] and shortly thereafter announced the royals and other nobles of eBelgium in an article Mittekemuis Announcement

The Monarchy was reestablished in January 2014 and Critically was chosen by the eBelgian community as King and confirmed by congress First update

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.

eBelgium IRC Channel - #eBrussels Foreign Affairs and Defence Channel - #eBE_MoFA

eBelgium's Official Forum eBelgium's Official Facebook Page

Belgium.info - Presidential newspaper, Foreign Affairs Belgian Encyclopedia - Education and culture eBelgium Military/Citizen Defence Orders - Ministry of Defence NBB-BNB/eBE MoF News and Reports - Ministry of Economy The eBelgian Congress - Congress Newspaper

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

Economy

Taxes

Product Work Tax Import Tax VAT Food 3% 15% 5% Weapon 3% 10% 1% Aircraft weapon 3% 1% 1% Moving ticket 3% 3% 1% House 3% 10% 1%

Raw material Work Tax Import Tax VAT Food raw material 3% 35% - Weapon raw material 3% 20% - Aircraft weapon raw material 3% 1% - House raw material 3% 5% -

Belgian treasury

Information about the Belgian treasury can be found here.

Politics

The Constitution

The constitution of Belgium can be found here: Constitution of Belgium

Dictators

Presidents

Main article: List of presidents of Belgium

Government

The Belgium Parliament (Belgisch Parlement - parlement belge)

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

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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. Current settings of the list below are based on day 2986

Logo	Party Name	Initials	Political Stance	Party President	Congress Seats	Members	Names of Congressmen/Congresswomen
	Belgian Pirate Party	BPP	Far-Left, Anarchist	ombrenoire	4 (15.38 %)	24 ▼	Aries Sun, Lioncoeur, J. L. Torrente, BaraBum
	The Belgian Dream	TBD	Center, Libertarian	Maresal Lengas	7 (26.92 %)	20 ▼	Maresal Lengas, Bobby Teuchan, Gary McNichols, Cika Nikola96, Rhual, DAVISTAN5100, Fritz Fauschenbah
	All TOgethers	ATO	Center-left, Libertarian	Icurlybear	10 (38.46 %)	18 ▲	Kyrell, Icurlybear, victor 1312, tommot, SNIPER 55, ElPachuco, Alexandross, crosoldier2013, Ernest Bogdansson, Franckie18
50px	Democratic Socialist Party	DSP	Far-left, Totalitarian	Fhaemita The Apostate	3 (11.54 %)	17 ▼	Konrad Neumann, Jofroi, xarcus93
	eBelgium Democratic Community	eBDC	Center, Libertarian	sahib giray han	2 (7.69 %)	7 ▼	Thorin II Oakenshield, Aleksandar Dox Markovic
50px	Res Belgica	SDU - RB	Center, Libertarian	boer jan	0 (00 %)	3 ▼

Congress

• Due to the occupation of Belgium there is no congress at this time.
• In the first half of March 2014 Belgium regained all it's regions before the congress election started and thereby in the first time since 5 months ago there was a full congress again.
• To view the most recent congress election results it is recommended to look at the eRepublik Election Result Page.

Military

Main article: Belgian Army

The Belgian Army has three military units:

• 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. It's current MU leader is e Vladimir
• The Belgian Civilian Army is currently in the process of being dissolved in favor of a merging into 1 Military Unit(Belgian National Army).
• The Awesome Boot Camp No longer exist as its member were spread over many diverse military units.

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 [2]. 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. Since early 2014 the government decided to take a pro-Sirius stance.

On November 30th 2015 (Day 2932 of the New World) P.L.U.T.O. was founded by Belgium, Spain and United Kingdom^[3]. MCKitkat became it's first leader

Mutual protection pacts of Belgium

Belgium has mutual protection pacts with the following countries:

Embargo list

External links

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

Regions of Belgium
Brussels · Wallonia

Monarchies Current monarchies Philippines • United Kingdom Former monarchies Belgium • Denmark • Japan • Moldova • Norway

Belgium's alliances PEACE membership Austria* · Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil* · Bulgaria* · Chile · Colombia · Estonia · France* · Germany · Greece* · Hungary* · Indonesia* · Iran* · Italy* · Japan* · Latvia · Lithuania · Mexico · Netherlands* · Pakistan* · Paraguay · Philippines · Portugal* · Russia · Serbia · Slovenia · Thailand · Turkey* · Ukraine · UK · United Netherlands · Uruguay · Venezuela* *founders Order of Nations of eRepublik membership Austria · Belgium · Czech Republic · Israel · Malaysia · Singapore · Thailand Entente membership Belgium · France · Italy · Mexico · Paraguay · Venezuela · Ukraine 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 P.L.U.T.O. membership Belgium • Bolivia • Mexico • Paraguay • South Korea • Spain • United Kingdom