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Last update February 18th 2014

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 declared its support for the Circle of Trust (CoT) and became a full member. In the beginning of November 2013, Belgium left the alliance CoT along with most of its members did and has since then retaken a neutral stance.

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 of which failed but the second succeeded. It wasn't until the 21st February 2009 that 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.

eBelgium IRC Channel - #eBrussels Defence Channel - #eBe_MoD Foreign Affairs 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 eBelgian Home Affairs - Ministry of Home Affairs

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
	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
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
	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
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
The Valeyard	December 2013 - January 2014
	January 2014 - February 2014
Mr. Wonka	February 2014 - March 2014	All TOgethers

Government

The Belgium Parliament (Belgisch Parlement - parlement belge)

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

Name	Position
Mr. Wonka	President
Critically	Prime Minister
Konrad Neumann	Chief of Staff
The Valeyard	Minister of Defence
MCKitkat & Cika Nikola96	Deputy Minister of Defence
The Valeyard & Alexandross & mittekemuis	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Cika Nikola96	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
SX80	Minister of Finance
Jofroi & Viridi	Deputy Minister of Finance
Viridi	Minister of Home Affairs
Tensa Zangetsu san	Minister of Security
Olv007	Deputy Minister of Security
Chihiroh	Minister of Education
Franckie18	Deputy Minister of Education
NLSP	Advisor
Olv007	Advisor

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. Last updated on Day 2,282

Ranking	Logo	Party Name	Initials	Political Stance	Party President	Congress Seats	Members	Names of Congressmen/Congresswomen
1	50px	Res Belgica	RB	Center, Libertarian	The Valeyard	0 (00 %)	36 ▬	none due to occupation
2	50px	Liberation Front	LF	Far-left, Libertarian	Olv007	0 (00 %)	27 ▼	none due to occupation
3		All TOgethers	ATO	Center-left, Libertarian	Mr. Wonka	0 (00 %)	22 ▬	none due to occupation
4		DEFIANCE	DEFIANCE	Far-left, Libertarian	Gianpietro Gepetto	0 (00 %)	20 ▲	none due to occupation
5	50px	The Belgian Dream	TBD	Center, Libertarian	Maresal Lengas	0 (00 %)	17 ▬	none due to occupation
6	50px	Union-Unie	UU	Center, Libertarian	SX80	0 (00 %)	17 ▬
7	50px	Beaver United Left Alternative	BULA	Far-left, Libertarian	Beaverss Tribute to Raskol	0 (00 %)	8 ▬
8	50px	Be Free	BF	Center-right, Libertarian	boer jan	0 (00 %)	6 ▬

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%

13%

23%

26%

Key:

Res Belgica

H.O.P.E.

P.A.N.D.A

Union-Unie

The Belgian Dream

This chart is based on the last congressional elections in eBelgium (Sep 2013).

Military

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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
75px	Belgian National Army	e Vladimir
75px	Belgian Civilian Army	thrasos1996
75px	Awesome Boot Camp	Chihiroh

Alliances

Throughout its history and mainly due to the wars fought with countries like France and United Kingdom, Belgium has signed Mutual Protection Pacts (MPPs) with many countries in an effort to defend its regions. Belgium had maintained a neutral stance throughout many of the world wars until it eventually elected to join the Circle of Trust, passing by a majority in the Belgian Congress on 13th October, 2012. [1]. In the beginning of November 2013, Belgium left the alliance CoT along with most of its members did and has since then retaken a neutral stance.

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

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