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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.
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History
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.
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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.
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Economy
Taxes
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- 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 |
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| 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 |
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| AlphaMFPEFM_Z (Impeached) | July 2010 - July 2010 | |
| Thore Thoreson (De Facto) | July 2010 - August 2010 | Free Belgium |
| Thore Thoreson | August 2010 - September 2010 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| NLSP | October 2012 - November 2012 | Res Belgica |
| Lily Jayne Summers | November 2012 - December 2012 | |
| BrunoCND | December 2012 - January 2013 | All TOgethers |
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| 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 | |
| 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 - present | The Belgian Dream |
Government
The following table lists the current members of the Belgian cabinet:
| Name | Position |
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| Maresal Lengas | President |
| MaryamQ | Prime Minister |
| Kaad | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Sheredyn Artiles & Mr. Wonka | Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Jens Leupe | secretary Minister of Foreign Affairs/trainee |
| BelgiumGeneral | Minister of Defence |
| Nova.Navid & Critically | Vice-Minister of Defence |
| treymata | secretary Minister of Defence/trainee |
| ErnestHemingway | Minister of Home Affairs |
| JdlF & boer jan | Vice-Minister of Home Affairs |
| El1teBE | Minister of Fun |
| HK416 | Vice-Minister of Fun |
| amanilos | secretary Minister of Fun/trainee |
| NLSP | Minister of Finance |
| BrunoCND | Vice-Minister of Finance |
| Zangetsu-Osan | Minister of National Security |
| Olv007 | Vice-Minister of National Security |
| Azotium | secretary Minister of National Security/trainee |
| JdlF | Minister of Education |
| Elynea | Vice-Minister of Education |
| amanilos | secretary Minister of Education/trainee |
| Comatosia, JdlF & Woxczbg | Ministry of Baby boom |
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 |
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| 50px | Res Belgica | RB | Center, Libertarian | El1teBE | 8 (24.14 %) | 53 ▼ | Stijn Puttemans, El1teBE, Trito Fisher, MaryamQ, Jofroi, Adrianna Oyen, AndreasC, Nihil.sine.deo |
| 50px | H.O.P.E. | H.O.P.E. | Far-left, Libertarian | Manneken Piss | 8 (27.59 %) | 46 ▲ | Arnie007, Vincent Pain, lord Lukausus, bamber, astrozec, Marko Klis, vladut georgel, Ellen R |
| 50px | Babyboom | BB | Far-left, Libertarian | SwaqqCoryn | 0 (00 %) | 5 | |
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All TOgethers | ATO | Center-left, Libertarian | Cotarius | 5 (17.24 %) | 25 ▼ | Boklevski, Gyantse, Icurlybear, Programme Tvvince, BelgiumGeneral |
| 50px | Union-Unie | UU | Center, Libertarian | Tony Clifford | 3 (10.34 %) | 24 ▲ | Zangetsu-osan, Nova.Navid, ErnestHemingway |
| 50px | The Belgian Dream | TBD | Center, Libertarian | Maresal Lengas | 6 (20.69 %) | 38 | Maresal Lengas, Beaverss Tribute to Raskol, Kaad, e Vladimir, Elynea, Sir Loupon |
| 50px | Melas Oneiros | MO | Far-right, Totalitarian | Director9 | 0 (00 %) | 5 ▼ | |
| 50px | Belgian Labour Party | BLP | Far-right, Totalitarian | Jens Leupe | 0 (0 %) | 6 ▲ | |
| 50px | Zamiatinist Peace Party | ZPP | Center-left, Libertarian | Kylero | 0 (00 %) | 3 | |
| 50px | P.A.N.D.A- | P.P | Center-left, Libertarian | wolf-stone | 0 (00 %) | 13 ▲ |
Congress
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Military
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 thrasos1996.
- The Awesome Boot Camp is the state supported army MU for new players. The current MU leader is Programme Tvvince.
| Avatar | State-owned Military Units | Commander |
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| 75px | Belgian National Army | Critically |
| 75px | Belgian Civilian Army | thrasos1996 |
| 75px | Awesome Boot Camp | Programme Tvvince |
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].
Mutual Protection Pacts of Belgium
Belgium has mutual protection pacts with the following countries:
Embargo List
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