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Modern Belgium ('''Dutch:''' ''België'', '''French:''' ''Belgique'', '''German:''' ''Belgien''), officially known as the '''Kingdom of Belgium''' ('''Dutch:''' ''Koninkrijk België'', '''French:''' ''Royaume de Belgique'', '''German:''' ''Königreich Belgien''), is a Western European country and something of a historical anomaly. Historically it was divided into two regions: in the north is Flanders, home of the Dutch-speaking Flemish, and in the south is Wallonia, with its French-speaking Walloons. Throughout TheMiddleAges, the wool trade in Flanders made towns like Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp among the most prosperous in the world. It's worth noting that in 1302 the French lost the '[[CurbStompBattle Battle of the Golden Spurs]]'. It's one of first times in the Middle Ages where [[UsefulNotes/MountedCombat heavy cavalry]] was [[AntiCavalry annihilated by infantry]], coming a few years after the battle of Stirling. It was especially painful for the French because the Flemish soldiers were mostly non-noble (or, as in the parlance of the time, lowborn) and not that interested in taking prisoners for ransom, which resulted in a very large number of [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized French nobles dying in battle, rather than being captured and paroled, the usual treatment for defeated noblemen]]. Hence the name, the golden spurs were worn by rich nobility and it is said that after the battle over 500 of them were taken from the battlefield. Among the dead were the French commander and the chief advisor to the king of France. The date of the battle is the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters national holiday of Flanders]], the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.
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Modern Belgium ('''Dutch:''' ''België'', '''French:''' ''Belgique'', '''German:''' ''Belgien''), officially known as the '''Kingdom of Belgium''' ('''Dutch:''' ''Koninkrijk België'', '''French:''' ''Royaume de Belgique'', '''German:''' ''Königreich Belgien''), is a Western European country and something of a historical anomaly. Historically it was divided into two regions: in the north is Flanders, home of the Dutch-speaking Flemish, and in the south is Wallonia, with its French-speaking Walloons. Throughout TheMiddleAges, the wool trade in Flanders made towns like Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp among the most prosperous in the world. It's worth noting that in 1302 the French lost the '[[CurbStompBattle Battle of the Golden Spurs]]'. It's one of first times in the Middle Ages where [[UsefulNotes/MountedCombat heavy cavalry]] was [[AntiCavalry annihilated by infantry]], coming a few years after the battle of Stirling. It was especially painful for the French because the Flemish soldiers were mostly non-noble (or, as in the parlance of the time, lowborn) and not that interested in taking prisoners for ransom, which resulted in a very large number of [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized French nobles dying in battle, rather than being captured and paroled, the usual treatment for defeated noblemen]]. Hence the name, the golden spurs were worn by rich nobility and it is said that after the battle over 500 of them were taken from the battlefield. Among the dead were the French commander and the chief advisor to the [[UsefulNotes/LetatCestMoi king of France.France]]. The date of the battle is the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters national holiday of Flanders]], the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.
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Modern Belgium ('''Dutch:''' ''België'', '''French:''' ''Belgique'', '''German:''' ''Belgien''), officially known as the '''Kingdom of Belgium''' ('''Dutch:''' ''Koninkrijk België'', '''French:''' ''Royaume de Belgique'', '''German:''' ''Königreich Belgien''), is a Western European country and something of a historical anomaly. Historically it was divided into two regions: in the north is Flanders, home of the Dutch-speaking Flemish, and in the south is Wallonia, with its French-speaking Walloons. Throughout TheMiddleAges, the wool trade in Flanders made towns like Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp among the most prosperous in the world. It's worth noting that in 1302 the French lost the '[[CurbStompBattle Battle of the Golden Spurs]]'. It's one of first times in the middle ages where heavy cavalry was [[AntiCavalry annihilated by infantry]], coming a few years after the battle of Stirling. It was especially painful for the French because the Flemish soldiers were mostly non-noble (or, as in the parlance of the time, lowborn) and not that interested in taking prisoners for ransom, which resulted in a very large number of [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized French nobles dying in battle, rather than being captured and paroled, the usual treatment for defeated noblemen]]. Hence the name, the golden spurs were worn by rich nobility and it is said that after the battle over 500 of them were taken from the battlefield. Among the dead were the French commander and the chief advisor to the king of France. The date of the battle is the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters national holiday of Flanders]], the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.
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Modern Belgium ('''Dutch:''' ''België'', '''French:''' ''Belgique'', '''German:''' ''Belgien''), officially known as the '''Kingdom of Belgium''' ('''Dutch:''' ''Koninkrijk België'', '''French:''' ''Royaume de Belgique'', '''German:''' ''Königreich Belgien''), is a Western European country and something of a historical anomaly. Historically it was divided into two regions: in the north is Flanders, home of the Dutch-speaking Flemish, and in the south is Wallonia, with its French-speaking Walloons. Throughout TheMiddleAges, the wool trade in Flanders made towns like Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp among the most prosperous in the world. It's worth noting that in 1302 the French lost the '[[CurbStompBattle Battle of the Golden Spurs]]'. It's one of first times in the middle ages Middle Ages where [[UsefulNotes/MountedCombat heavy cavalry cavalry]] was [[AntiCavalry annihilated by infantry]], coming a few years after the battle of Stirling. It was especially painful for the French because the Flemish soldiers were mostly non-noble (or, as in the parlance of the time, lowborn) and not that interested in taking prisoners for ransom, which resulted in a very large number of [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized French nobles dying in battle, rather than being captured and paroled, the usual treatment for defeated noblemen]]. Hence the name, the golden spurs were worn by rich nobility and it is said that after the battle over 500 of them were taken from the battlefield. Among the dead were the French commander and the chief advisor to the king of France. The date of the battle is the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters national holiday of Flanders]], the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.
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Modern Belgium ('''Dutch:''' ''België'', '''French:''' ''Belgique'', '''German:''' ''Belgien''), officially known as the '''Kingdom of Belgium''' ('''Dutch:''' ''Koninkrijk België'', '''French:''' ''Royaume de Belgique'', '''German:''' ''Königreich Belgien''), is a Western European country and something of a historical anomaly. Historically it was divided into two regions: in the north is Flanders, home of the Dutch-speaking Flemish, and in the south is Wallonia, with its French-speaking Walloons. Throughout the Middle Ages, the wool trade in Flanders made towns like Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp among the most prosperous in the world. It's worth noting that in 1302 the French lost the '[[CurbStompBattle Battle of the Golden Spurs]]'. It's one of first times in the middle ages where heavy cavalry was [[AntiCavalry annihilated by infantry]], coming a few years after the battle of Stirling. It was especially painful for the French because the Flemish soldiers were mostly non-noble (or, as in the parlance of the time, lowborn) and not that interested in taking prisoners for ransom, which resulted in a very large number of [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized French nobles dying in battle, rather than being captured and paroled, the usual treatment for defeated noblemen]]. Hence the name, the golden spurs were worn by rich nobility and it is said that after the battle over 500 of them were taken from the battlefield. Among the dead were the French commander and the chief advisor to the king of France. The date of the battle is the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters national holiday of Flanders]], the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.
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Modern Belgium ('''Dutch:''' ''België'', '''French:''' ''Belgique'', '''German:''' ''Belgien''), officially known as the '''Kingdom of Belgium''' ('''Dutch:''' ''Koninkrijk België'', '''French:''' ''Royaume de Belgique'', '''German:''' ''Königreich Belgien''), is a Western European country and something of a historical anomaly. Historically it was divided into two regions: in the north is Flanders, home of the Dutch-speaking Flemish, and in the south is Wallonia, with its French-speaking Walloons. Throughout the Middle Ages, TheMiddleAges, the wool trade in Flanders made towns like Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp among the most prosperous in the world. It's worth noting that in 1302 the French lost the '[[CurbStompBattle Battle of the Golden Spurs]]'. It's one of first times in the middle ages where heavy cavalry was [[AntiCavalry annihilated by infantry]], coming a few years after the battle of Stirling. It was especially painful for the French because the Flemish soldiers were mostly non-noble (or, as in the parlance of the time, lowborn) and not that interested in taking prisoners for ransom, which resulted in a very large number of [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized French nobles dying in battle, rather than being captured and paroled, the usual treatment for defeated noblemen]]. Hence the name, the golden spurs were worn by rich nobility and it is said that after the battle over 500 of them were taken from the battlefield. Among the dead were the French commander and the chief advisor to the king of France. The date of the battle is the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters national holiday of Flanders]], the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.
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* ''Film/TheNunsStory'' tells the story of a Belgian nun. Most of the film is set in Belgium, though the central portion is set in [[UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo the Belgian Congo]].
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** Belgium has the concept of ''tussentaal'' - the movement to bring together the various Flemish dialects, such as Brabantian, Limburgish and East and West Vlaams, and to agree on a single standardised form averaging out the local regional quirks. As with Standard Received English (known as Creator/{{BBC}} English}, it only seems to be used by the national broadcasting corporation VRT and others such as Medialaan. However, some optimists are wondering if it can be extended to Dutch and even Afrikaans as part of a sort of ''Ur-Nederlands'' common standard.
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** Belgium has the concept of ''tussentaal'' - the movement to bring together the various Flemish dialects, such as Brabantian, Limburgish and East and West Vlaams, and to agree on a single standardised form averaging out the local regional quirks. As with Standard Received English (known as Creator/{{BBC}} English}, English), it only seems to be used by the national broadcasting corporation VRT and others such as Medialaan. However, some optimists are wondering if it can be extended to Dutch and even Afrikaans as part of a sort of ''Ur-Nederlands'' common standard.
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* Belgium, or a ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' take thereof, is even beginning to appear in fanfic. Creator/AAPessimal reasoned that the Sto Plains states reflect the three Benelux countries of Europe. Any nation with "brussels sprouts" as its principal cash crop ''must'' by inference be an UpToEleven Belgium. if Sto Helit is a Grand Duchy (UsefulNotes/{{Luxembourg}}) and Sto Kerrig is an UpToEleven [[UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands Holland]], that only leaves neighbouring Sto Lat. In '''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6697660/36/The-Discworld-Tarot The King of Swords]]''', the illogic of the stories dictates that an "Afrikaaner" working in Ankh-Morpork must take on a nanny for her newborn daughter who speaks a recognisable language, so the child has a fighting chance of growing up speaking something other than "Morporkian" (English). She gets Annaliese from the border region between two of the Stos, who speaks, er, "Phlegmish" and knows all about Brussels Sprouts. Ongoing fun is had with how native speakers of "Vondalaans", "Kerrigian" and "Phlegmish"[[note]] Afrikaans, Dutch and Flemish[[/note]] preceive each other's languages. Later tales introduce a region called ''Les Pays des Wallées'', which owing to historical accident prefers to speak [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} Quirmian]]. The Phleghms and the Wallées view each other with thinly-disguised suspicion tinged with hostility.
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* Belgium, or a ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' take thereof, is even beginning to appear in fanfic. Creator/AAPessimal reasoned that the Sto Plains states reflect the three Benelux countries of Europe. Any nation with "brussels sprouts" as its principal cash crop ''must'' by inference be an UpToEleven up to eleven Belgium. if Sto Helit is a Grand Duchy (UsefulNotes/{{Luxembourg}}) and Sto Kerrig is an UpToEleven up to eleven [[UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands Holland]], that only leaves neighbouring Sto Lat. In '''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6697660/36/The-Discworld-Tarot The King of Swords]]''', the illogic of the stories dictates that an "Afrikaaner" working in Ankh-Morpork must take on a nanny for her newborn daughter who speaks a recognisable language, so the child has a fighting chance of growing up speaking something other than "Morporkian" (English). She gets Annaliese from the border region between two of the Stos, who speaks, er, "Phlegmish" and knows all about Brussels Sprouts. Ongoing fun is had with how native speakers of "Vondalaans", "Kerrigian" and "Phlegmish"[[note]] Afrikaans, Dutch and Flemish[[/note]] preceive each other's languages. Later tales introduce a region called ''Les Pays des Wallées'', which owing to historical accident prefers to speak [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} Quirmian]]. The Phleghms and the Wallées view each other with thinly-disguised suspicion tinged with hostility.
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** In ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' radio adaptation, the word "Belgium" is the vilest swear word imaginable on every planet in the galaxy and denotes concepts that are indescribably vile, offensive, and unspeakably nasty ...except on Earth. Another reason why Earth is shunned by all right-thinking people.
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** In ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978'' radio adaptation, the word "Belgium" is the vilest swear word imaginable on every planet in the galaxy and denotes concepts that are indescribably vile, offensive, and unspeakably nasty ...except on Earth. Another reason why Earth is shunned by all right-thinking people.
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* Parts of ''Film/TheMonumentsMen'' happen in Belgium. The film focuses on the cases of two artworks stolen by the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Nazis]] in Belgium: [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo]]'s ''Madonna of Bruges'' and Van Eyck's ''[[Art/TheGhentAltarpiece Ghent Altarpiece]]''.
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* Parts of ''Film/TheMonumentsMen'' happen in Belgium. The film focuses on the cases of two artworks stolen by the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Nazis]] in Belgium: [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo]]'s Creator/{{Michelangelo|Buonarroti}}'s ''Madonna of Bruges'' and Van Eyck's ''[[Art/TheGhentAltarpiece Ghent Altarpiece]]''.
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[[caption-width-right:328: Europe's Battlefield, for better or worse.]]
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* ''Literature/ADogOfFlanders'' is set there, near Antwerp.
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* ''VisualNovel/C14Dating'' happens during the four weeks a young woman from California is spending in an archeological dig site in Belgium.
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** 'In Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy In ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' radio adaptation adaptation, the word "Belgium" is the vilest swear word imaginable on every planet in the galaxy and denotes concepts that are indescribably vile, offensive, and unspeakably nasty ...except on Earth. Another reason why Earth is shunned by all right-thinking people.
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* Parts of ''Film/TheMonumentsMen'' happen in Belgium. The film focuses on the cases of two artworks stolen by the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Nazis]] in Belgium: [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo]]'s ''Madonna of Bruges'' and Van Eyck's ''Ghent Altarpiece''.
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* Parts of ''Film/TheMonumentsMen'' happen in Belgium. The film focuses on the cases of two artworks stolen by the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Nazis]] in Belgium: [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo]]'s ''Madonna of Bruges'' and Van Eyck's ''Ghent Altarpiece''.''[[Art/TheGhentAltarpiece Ghent Altarpiece]]''.
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* '''Country calling code:''' 32
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* '''Country calling code:''' 32
* '''Highest point:''' Signal de Botrange (694 m/2,277 ft) (169th)
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Modern Belgium ('''Dutch:''' ''België'', '''French:''' ''Belgique'', '''German:''' ''Belgien''), officially known as the '''Kingdom of Belgium''' ('''Dutch:''' ''Koninkrijk België'', '''French:''' ''Royaume de Belgique'', '''German:''' ''Königreich Belgien''), is a Western European country and something of a historical anomaly. Throughout the Middle Ages, the wool trade in Flanders made towns like Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp among the most prosperous in the world. It's worth noting that in 1302 the French lost the '[[CurbStompBattle Battle of the Golden Spurs]]'. It's one of first times in the middle ages where heavy cavalry was [[AntiCavalry annihilated by infantry]], coming a few years after the battle of Stirling. It was especially painful for the French because the Flemish soldiers were mostly non-noble (or, as in the parlance of the time, lowborn) and not that interested in taking prisoners for ransom, which resulted in a very large number of [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized French nobles dying in battle, rather than being captured and paroled, the usual treatment for defeated noblemen]]. Hence the name, the golden spurs were worn by rich nobility and it is said that after the battle over 500 of them were taken from the battlefield. Among the dead were the French commander and the chief advisor to the king of France. The date of the battle is the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters national holiday of Flanders]], the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.
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Modern Belgium ('''Dutch:''' ''België'', '''French:''' ''Belgique'', '''German:''' ''Belgien''), officially known as the '''Kingdom of Belgium''' ('''Dutch:''' ''Koninkrijk België'', '''French:''' ''Royaume de Belgique'', '''German:''' ''Königreich Belgien''), is a Western European country and something of a historical anomaly. Historically it was divided into two regions: in the north is Flanders, home of the Dutch-speaking Flemish, and in the south is Wallonia, with its French-speaking Walloons. Throughout the Middle Ages, the wool trade in Flanders made towns like Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp among the most prosperous in the world. It's worth noting that in 1302 the French lost the '[[CurbStompBattle Battle of the Golden Spurs]]'. It's one of first times in the middle ages where heavy cavalry was [[AntiCavalry annihilated by infantry]], coming a few years after the battle of Stirling. It was especially painful for the French because the Flemish soldiers were mostly non-noble (or, as in the parlance of the time, lowborn) and not that interested in taking prisoners for ransom, which resulted in a very large number of [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized French nobles dying in battle, rather than being captured and paroled, the usual treatment for defeated noblemen]]. Hence the name, the golden spurs were worn by rich nobility and it is said that after the battle over 500 of them were taken from the battlefield. Among the dead were the French commander and the chief advisor to the king of France. The date of the battle is the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters national holiday of Flanders]], the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.
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During their rebellion of 1788-1790 against the Enlightened autocrat Emperor Joseph II, these declared their independence as the United Belgian States (the Belgian tricolor of black, yellow, and red also dates back to the revolution of 1788). The new nation was named after a Celtic tribe from the region which already had given its name to the province that had encompassed the northern part of Roman Gaul. However, a bad split between liberals and Catholic conservatives soon developed and enabled the Austrians to put down the rebellion/revolution. Soon after, the region was conquered by the Revolutionary French armies and added to the French Republic (later Empire) in 1795. Shortly before the [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Battle of Waterloo]] (which took place just south of Brussels), the Kingdom of the United Netherlands was created at the Congress of Vienna from the former Dutch Republic (which itself had given way to the French puppet Batavian Republic), the former Austrian Netherlands (including Luxembourg) and the former Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
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During their rebellion of 1788-1790 against the Enlightened autocrat Emperor Joseph II, these declared their independence as the United Belgian States (the Belgian tricolor of black, yellow, and red also dates back to the revolution of 1788). The new nation was named after a Celtic tribe from the region which already had given its name to the province that had encompassed the northern part of Roman Gaul. However, a bad split between liberals and Catholic conservatives soon developed and enabled the Austrians to put down the rebellion/revolution. Soon after, the region was conquered by the Revolutionary French armies and added to the French Republic (later Empire) in 1795. Shortly before the [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Battle of Waterloo]] (which took place just south of Brussels), UsefulNotes/{{Brussels}}), the Kingdom of the United Netherlands was created at the Congress of Vienna from the former Dutch Republic (which itself had given way to the French puppet Batavian Republic), the former Austrian Netherlands (including Luxembourg) and the former Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
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* '''Population:''' 11,492,641 (82nd)
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[[AC:The Belgian anthem]]
->Noble Belgique, ô mère chérie,
->À toi nos cœurs, à toi nos bras,
->À toi notre sang, ô Patrie!
->Nous le jurons tous, tu vivras!
->Tu vivras toujours grande et belle
->Et ton invincible unité
->Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté!
->Aura pour devise immortelle:
->Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté!
->Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté!
->Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté!
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->Noble Belgium; O, mother dear;
->To you we stretch our hearts and arms,
->With blood to spill for you, O fatherland!
->We swear with one cry, you shall live!
->You shall live, so great and beautiful,
->And your invincible unity
->The King, the Law, the Liberty!
->Shall have for device immortal:
->The King, the Law, the Liberty!
->The King, the Law, the Liberty!
->The King, the Law, the Liberty!
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->O dierbaar België, O heilig land der Vaad'ren,
->Onze ziel en ons hart zijn u gewijd.
->Aanvaard ons kracht en het bloed van onze ad'ren,
->Wees ons doel in arbeid en in strijd.
->Bloei, o land, in eendracht niet te breken;
->Wees immer uzelf en ongeknecht,
->Voor Vorst, voor Vrijheid en voor Recht!
->Het woord getrouw, dat g' onbevreesd moogt spreken,
->Voor Vorst, voor Vrijheid en voor Recht!
->Voor Vorst, voor Vrijheid en voor Recht!
->Voor Vorst, voor Vrijheid en voor Recht!
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->O dear Belgium; O, holy land of the fathers,
->Our soul and our heart are devoted to you!
->Accept our strength and the blood in our veins,
->Be our goal, in work and struggle.
->Prosper, O land, in unbreakable unity;
->Always be yourself and serve no other,
->For King, for Freedom and for Law!
->Faithful to the word that you may speak boldly,
->For King, for Freedom and for Law!
->For King, for Freedom and for Law!
->For King, for Freedom and for Law!
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->O liebes Land, o Belgiens Erde,
->Dir unser Herz, Dir unsere Hand,
->Dir unser Blut, o Heimaterde,
->wir schwören's Dir, o Vaterland!
->So blühe froh in voller Schöne,
->zu der die Freiheit Dich erzog,
->Gesetz und König und die Freiheit hoch!
->und fortan singen Deine Söhne:
->Gesetz und König und die Freiheit hoch!
->Gesetz und König und die Freiheit hoch!
->Gesetz und König und die Freiheit hoch!
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->O, dear country; O, Belgium's soil;
->To you our heart, to you our hands,
->To you our blood; O, native land,
->We swear to you; O, fatherland!
->So gladly bloom in beauty full,
->Into what freedom has taught you to be,
->To Law and King and Freedom, hail!
->And evermore shall sing your sons:
->To Law and King and Freedom, hail!
->To Law and King and Freedom, hail!
->To Law and King and Freedom, hail!
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[[AC:Government]]
* Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
** Monarch: Philippe
** Prime Minister: Alexander De Croo
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* '''Capital and largest city:''' Brussels
* '''Population:''' 11,492,641
* '''Area:''' 30,689 km (11,849 sq mi) (136th)
* '''Currency:''' Euro (€) (EUR)
* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' BE
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* 'In Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy radio adaptation the word "Belgium" is the vilest swear word imaginable on every planet in the galaxy and denotes concepts that are indescribably vile, offensive, and unspeakably nasty ...except on Earth. Another reason why Earth is shunned by all right-thinking people.
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* ''Film/InBruges''... it's another city in Belgium. Nice place too.
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* In ''Film/TheLegendOfTarzan'', the BigBad (played by Creator/ChristophWaltz) is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Rom Léon Rom]], a Belgian officer in the [[UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo Congo Free State]].
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* In ''Film/TheLegendOfTarzan'', the BigBad (played by Creator/ChristophWaltz) is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Rom org/wiki/Leon_Rom Léon Rom]], a Belgian officer in the [[UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo Congo Free State]].
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* In ''Film/TheLegendOfTarzan'', the BigBad (played by Creator/ChristophWaltz) is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Rom Léon Rom]], a Belgian officer in the [[UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo Congo Free State]].
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* The paintings of Creator/PieterBruegelTheElder, Creator/PeterPaulRubens and Creator/ReneMagritte.
* ''The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent'' from the ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer'' series is set in 1958 and the first part (it's a two-parts story) features the Brussels World’s Fair; the cover has Blake and Mortimer standing near the Atomium while the fair is struck by a chaos.
* ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'' were created by the Belgian Pierre Culliford, a.k.a. Creator/{{Peyo}}, and became a world hit thanks to the mostly faithful Hanna-Barbera cartoon in the 80's. One episode even had the village tear itself apart over language differences (the North uses "smurf" instead of adjectives, the South uses "smurf" instead of nouns), mirroring the French/Flemish debate.
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* ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'' were created by the Belgian Pierre Culliford, a.k.a. Creator/{{Peyo}}, and became a world hit thanks to the mostly faithful Hanna-Barbera cartoon in the 80's. One episode even had the village tear itself apart over language differences (the North uses "smurf" instead of adjectives, the South uses "smurf" instead of nouns), mirroring the French/Flemish debate.
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* The 24th ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' album, ''Recap/AsterixInBelgium'', which foreshadows the Flemish-Walloon divide in the antipathies between the different Belgian tribes of Julius Caesar's day. The tenth, ''Recap/AsterixTheLegionary'', features a Belgian legionary whose hairstyle resembles Tintin's and whose name ''Septantesix'' (which means "seventy-six") plays on the best-known area of vocabulary difference between Walloon French and the French spoken in France, the words for the numbers between 70 and 99 (the franco-french term translates to "sixty-and-sixteen").
* Music/JacquesBrel's songs frequently reference Belgium.
* Music/JacquesBrel's songs frequently reference Belgium.
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* ''Series/SecretArmy''
* The paintings of Creator/PieterBruegelTheElder, Creator/PeterPaulRubens and Creator/ReneMagritte.
* The paintings of Creator/PieterBruegelTheElder, Creator/PeterPaulRubens and Creator/ReneMagritte.
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* Creator/AgathaChristie's Literature/HerculePoirot is an eccentric Belgian. Somewhat ironically in light of the link on famous Belgians on this page, she reportedly made this choice because she wanted to use a francophone character without having to deal with interferences from existing national stereotypes - and Belgium was pretty much seen as a 'blank slate' back then.
* Any story set during the Battle of Waterloo, including ''Film/{{Waterloo}}''.
* The protagonist's love interest in Creator/FrederikPohl's ''Literature/HeecheeSaga'' is Belgian.
* ''Film/InBruges''... it's another city in Belgium. Nice place too.
* ''Series/NotQuiteDailyComic'' is set in (a WorldOfWeirdness version of) Belgium. There's even an episode about Gueuze.
* ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' features Jeannette Devereaux, aka "Angel", who was born in Belgium.
* ''Film/AustinPowers'' uses Belgians as AcceptableTargets, making them, among other things, the ones who raised Dr. Evil to be so... evil.
* In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' Belgium is a CoolBigSis with a CatSmile and has two siblings, Netherlands and Luxembourg.
* ''Resistance'' ... A love story set against a background of the Belgian Resistance in WWII, starring Bill Paxton and Julia Ormond and based on a novel by Anita Shreve. In its day the most expensive Belgian movie ever made, and such a flop it bankrupted the studio.
* Belgium is depicted in ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' as a comics nerd with a sweet tooth.
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz'' it's revealed that the capital of the [[OneWorldOrder Earth Sphere Unified Nation]] is in Brussels.
* A short arc in Series/{{Chuck}}'s fourth season involved a Belgian crime lord named....''The Belgian.''
* Any story set during the Battle of Waterloo, including ''Film/{{Waterloo}}''.
* The protagonist's love interest in Creator/FrederikPohl's ''Literature/HeecheeSaga'' is Belgian.
* ''Film/InBruges''... it's another city in Belgium. Nice place too.
* ''Series/NotQuiteDailyComic'' is set in (a WorldOfWeirdness version of) Belgium. There's even an episode about Gueuze.
* ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' features Jeannette Devereaux, aka "Angel", who was born in Belgium.
* ''Film/AustinPowers'' uses Belgians as AcceptableTargets, making them, among other things, the ones who raised Dr. Evil to be so... evil.
* In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' Belgium is a CoolBigSis with a CatSmile and has two siblings, Netherlands and Luxembourg.
* ''Resistance'' ... A love story set against a background of the Belgian Resistance in WWII, starring Bill Paxton and Julia Ormond and based on a novel by Anita Shreve. In its day the most expensive Belgian movie ever made, and such a flop it bankrupted the studio.
* Belgium is depicted in ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' as a comics nerd with a sweet tooth.
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz'' it's revealed that the capital of the [[OneWorldOrder Earth Sphere Unified Nation]] is in Brussels.
* A short arc in Series/{{Chuck}}'s fourth season involved a Belgian crime lord named....''The Belgian.''
* ''Series/{{Salamander}}'' in which a single rogue cop is all that stands between Belgium and destruction. Plays on the fragility of the country as a political and geographical entity.
* Music/JacquesBrel's songs frequently reference Belgium.
!! Foreign fictions set in Belgium and/or featuring Belgians
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz'' it's revealed that the capital of the [[OneWorldOrder Earth Sphere Unified Nation]] is in Brussels.
* The 24th ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' album, ''Recap/AsterixInBelgium'', which foreshadows the Flemish-Walloon divide in the antipathies between the different Belgian tribes of Julius Caesar's day. The tenth, ''Recap/AsterixTheLegionary'', features a Belgian legionary whose hairstyle resembles Tintin's and whose name ''Septantesix'' (which means "seventy-six") plays on the best-known area of vocabulary difference between Walloon French and the French spoken in France, the words for the numbers between 70 and 99 (the franco-french term translates to "sixty-and-sixteen").
* The comic strip ''Zombies That Ate The World'' features a recurring character who is Belgian called Freddy Merckx, a pun on Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx.
* ''Film/AustinPowers'' uses Belgians as AcceptableTargets, making them, among other things, the ones who raised Dr. Evil to be so... evil.
* ''Film/BattleOfTheBulge'' is a 1965 film about a WWII battle that happened in Belgium.
* ''Film/InBruges''... it's another city in Belgium. Nice place too.
* Parts of ''Film/TheMonumentsMen'' happen in Belgium. The film focuses on the cases of two artworks stolen by the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Nazis]] in Belgium: [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo]]'s ''Madonna of Bruges'' and Van Eyck's ''Ghent Altarpiece''.
* ''[[Film/Resistance2003 Resistance]]''... A love story set against a background of the Belgian Resistance in WWII, starring Bill Paxton and Julia Ormond and based on a novel by Anita Shreve. In its day the most expensive Dutch movie ever made, and such a flop it bankrupted the studio.
* Any story set during the Battle of Waterloo, including the film ''Film/{{Waterloo}}''.
* Creator/AgathaChristie's Literature/HerculePoirot is an eccentric Belgian. Somewhat ironically in light of the link on famous Belgians on this page, she reportedly made this choice because she wanted to use a francophone character without having to deal with interferences from existing national stereotypes - and Belgium was pretty much seen as a 'blank slate' back then.
* The protagonist's love interest in Creator/FrederikPohl's ''Literature/HeecheeSaga'' is Belgian.
* Belgium, or a ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' take thereof, is even beginning to appear in fanfic. Creator/AAPessimal reasoned that the Sto Plains states reflect the three Benelux countries of Europe. Any nation with "brussels sprouts" as its principal cash crop ''must'' by inference be an UpToEleven Belgium. if Sto Helit is a Grand Duchy (UsefulNotes/{{Luxembourg}}) and Sto Kerrig is an UpToEleven [[UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands Holland]], that only leaves neighbouring Sto Lat. In '''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6697660/36/The-Discworld-Tarot The King of Swords]]''', the illogic of the stories dictates that an "Afrikaaner" working in Ankh-Morpork must take on a nanny for her newborn daughter who speaks a recognisable language, so the child has a fighting chance of growing up speaking something other than "Morporkian" (English). She gets Annaliese from the border region between two of the Stos, who speaks, er, "Phlegmish" and knows all about Brussels Sprouts. Ongoing fun is had with how native speakers of "Vondalaans", "Kerrigian" and "Phlegmish"[[note]] Afrikaans, Dutch and Flemish[[/note]] preceive each other's languages. Later tales introduce a region called ''Les Pays des Wallées'', which owing to historical accident prefers to speak [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} Quirmian]]. The Phleghms and the Wallées view each other with thinly-disguised suspicion tinged with hostility.
* A short arc in Series/{{Chuck}}'s fourth season involved a Belgian crime lord named....''The Belgian.''
* The opening of the ''Series/{{JAG}}'' episode "A Girl's Best Friend" starts with Jewish diamond dealers in Antwerp.
* Music/JacquesBrel's songs frequently reference Belgium.
!! Foreign fictions set in Belgium and/or featuring Belgians
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz'' it's revealed that the capital of the [[OneWorldOrder Earth Sphere Unified Nation]] is in Brussels.
* The 24th ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' album, ''Recap/AsterixInBelgium'', which foreshadows the Flemish-Walloon divide in the antipathies between the different Belgian tribes of Julius Caesar's day. The tenth, ''Recap/AsterixTheLegionary'', features a Belgian legionary whose hairstyle resembles Tintin's and whose name ''Septantesix'' (which means "seventy-six") plays on the best-known area of vocabulary difference between Walloon French and the French spoken in France, the words for the numbers between 70 and 99 (the franco-french term translates to "sixty-and-sixteen").
* The comic strip ''Zombies That Ate The World'' features a recurring character who is Belgian called Freddy Merckx, a pun on Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx.
* ''Film/AustinPowers'' uses Belgians as AcceptableTargets, making them, among other things, the ones who raised Dr. Evil to be so... evil.
* ''Film/BattleOfTheBulge'' is a 1965 film about a WWII battle that happened in Belgium.
* ''Film/InBruges''... it's another city in Belgium. Nice place too.
* Parts of ''Film/TheMonumentsMen'' happen in Belgium. The film focuses on the cases of two artworks stolen by the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Nazis]] in Belgium: [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo]]'s ''Madonna of Bruges'' and Van Eyck's ''Ghent Altarpiece''.
* ''[[Film/Resistance2003 Resistance]]''... A love story set against a background of the Belgian Resistance in WWII, starring Bill Paxton and Julia Ormond and based on a novel by Anita Shreve. In its day the most expensive Dutch movie ever made, and such a flop it bankrupted the studio.
* Any story set during the Battle of Waterloo, including the film ''Film/{{Waterloo}}''.
* Creator/AgathaChristie's Literature/HerculePoirot is an eccentric Belgian. Somewhat ironically in light of the link on famous Belgians on this page, she reportedly made this choice because she wanted to use a francophone character without having to deal with interferences from existing national stereotypes - and Belgium was pretty much seen as a 'blank slate' back then.
* The protagonist's love interest in Creator/FrederikPohl's ''Literature/HeecheeSaga'' is Belgian.
* Belgium, or a ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' take thereof, is even beginning to appear in fanfic. Creator/AAPessimal reasoned that the Sto Plains states reflect the three Benelux countries of Europe. Any nation with "brussels sprouts" as its principal cash crop ''must'' by inference be an UpToEleven Belgium. if Sto Helit is a Grand Duchy (UsefulNotes/{{Luxembourg}}) and Sto Kerrig is an UpToEleven [[UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands Holland]], that only leaves neighbouring Sto Lat. In '''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6697660/36/The-Discworld-Tarot The King of Swords]]''', the illogic of the stories dictates that an "Afrikaaner" working in Ankh-Morpork must take on a nanny for her newborn daughter who speaks a recognisable language, so the child has a fighting chance of growing up speaking something other than "Morporkian" (English). She gets Annaliese from the border region between two of the Stos, who speaks, er, "Phlegmish" and knows all about Brussels Sprouts. Ongoing fun is had with how native speakers of "Vondalaans", "Kerrigian" and "Phlegmish"[[note]] Afrikaans, Dutch and Flemish[[/note]] preceive each other's languages. Later tales introduce a region called ''Les Pays des Wallées'', which owing to historical accident prefers to speak [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} Quirmian]]. The Phleghms and the Wallées view each other with thinly-disguised suspicion tinged with hostility.
* A short arc in Series/{{Chuck}}'s fourth season involved a Belgian crime lord named....''The Belgian.''
* The opening of the ''Series/{{JAG}}'' episode "A Girl's Best Friend" starts with Jewish diamond dealers in Antwerp.
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* ''Series/{{Salamander}}'' in which a single rogue cop is all that stands between Belgium and destruction. Plays on the fragility of the country as a political and geographical entity.
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* ''Series/{{Salamander}}'' [[MemeticMutation Famously]], in which a single rogue cop ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', the word "Belgium" is all that stands between considered the most obscene profanity in the universe on every planet except Earth. There's even an award for the most gratuitous use of the term on film. [[note]]But only as censoring in American publishing. In the original the normal, boring "fuck" replaces Belgium.[[/note]]
* Philippe Loren, the BigBad [[spoiler:or so are the players led to believe at first]] of ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' is a Belgian crime lord. Just like Hercule Poirot, he speaks in a thick French accent (although his english is otherwise flawless) and being mistaken for French is kind of a BerserkButton for him.
* ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' features Jeannette Devereaux, aka "Angel", who was born in Belgium.
* In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' Belgium is a CoolBigSis with a CatSmile anddestruction. Plays on the fragility of the country has two siblings, Netherlands and Luxembourg.
* ''Webcomic/NotQuiteDailyComic'' is set in (a WorldOfWeirdness version of) Belgium. There's even an episode about Gueuze.
* Belgium is depicted in ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' as apolitical and geographical entity. comics nerd with a sweet tooth.
* Philippe Loren, the BigBad [[spoiler:or so are the players led to believe at first]] of ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' is a Belgian crime lord. Just like Hercule Poirot, he speaks in a thick French accent (although his english is otherwise flawless) and being mistaken for French is kind of a BerserkButton for him.
* ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' features Jeannette Devereaux, aka "Angel", who was born in Belgium.
* In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' Belgium is a CoolBigSis with a CatSmile and
* ''Webcomic/NotQuiteDailyComic'' is set in (a WorldOfWeirdness version of) Belgium. There's even an episode about Gueuze.
* Belgium is depicted in ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' as a
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* ...And, [[MemeticMutation famously]], in ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', the word "Belgium" is considered the most obscene profanity in the universe on every planet except Earth. There's even an award for the most gratuitous use of the term on film. [[note]]But only as censoring in American publishing. In the original the normal, boring "fuck" replaces Belgium.[[/note]]
* The French comic strip ''Zombies That Ate The World'' features a recurring character who is Belgian called Freddy Merckx, a pun on Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx.
* Belgium, or a ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' take thereof, is even beginning to appear in fanfic. Creator/AAPessimal reasoned that the Sto Plains states reflect the three Benelux countries of Europe. Any nation with "brussels sprouts" as its principal cash crop ''must'' by inference be an UpToEleven Belgium. if Sto Helit is a Grand Duchy (UsefulNotes/{{Luxembourg}}) and Sto Kerrig is an UpToEleven [[UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands Holland]], that only leaves neighbouring Sto Lat. In '''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6697660/36/The-Discworld-Tarot The King of Swords]]''', the illogic of the stories dictates that an "Afrikaaner" working in Ankh-Morpork must take on a nanny for her newborn daughter who speaks a recognisable language, so the child has a fighting chance of growing up speaking something other than "Morporkian" (English). She gets Annaliese from the border region between two of the Stos, who speaks, er, "Phlegmish" and knows all about Brussels Sprouts. Ongoing fun is had with how native speakers of "Vondalaans", "Kerrigian" and "Phlegmish"[[note]] Afrikaans, Dutch and Flemish[[/note]] preceive each other's languages. Later tales introduce a region called ''Les Pays des Wallées'', which owing to historical accident prefers to speak [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} Quirmian]]. The Phleghms and the Wallées view each other with thinly-disguised suspicion tinged with hostility.
* Philippe Loren, the BigBad [[spoiler: or so are the players led to believe at first]] of ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' is a belgian crime lord. Just like Hercule Poirot, he speaks in a thick french accent (although his english is otherwise flawless) and being mistaken for French is kind of a BerserkButton for him.
* Parts of ''Film/TheMonumentsMen'' happen in Belgium. The film focuses on the cases of two artworks stolen by the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Nazis]] in Belgium: [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo]]'s ''Madonna of Bruges'' and Van Eyck's ''Ghent Altarpiece''.
* ''The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent'' from the ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer'' series is set in 1958 and the first part (it's a two-parts story) features the Brussels World’s Fair; the cover has Blake and Mortimer standing near the Atomium while the fair is struck by a choas.
!! See also:
[[index]]
* BelgianMedia
[[/index]]
* The French comic strip ''Zombies That Ate The World'' features a recurring character who is Belgian called Freddy Merckx, a pun on Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx.
* Belgium, or a ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' take thereof, is even beginning to appear in fanfic. Creator/AAPessimal reasoned that the Sto Plains states reflect the three Benelux countries of Europe. Any nation with "brussels sprouts" as its principal cash crop ''must'' by inference be an UpToEleven Belgium. if Sto Helit is a Grand Duchy (UsefulNotes/{{Luxembourg}}) and Sto Kerrig is an UpToEleven [[UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands Holland]], that only leaves neighbouring Sto Lat. In '''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6697660/36/The-Discworld-Tarot The King of Swords]]''', the illogic of the stories dictates that an "Afrikaaner" working in Ankh-Morpork must take on a nanny for her newborn daughter who speaks a recognisable language, so the child has a fighting chance of growing up speaking something other than "Morporkian" (English). She gets Annaliese from the border region between two of the Stos, who speaks, er, "Phlegmish" and knows all about Brussels Sprouts. Ongoing fun is had with how native speakers of "Vondalaans", "Kerrigian" and "Phlegmish"[[note]] Afrikaans, Dutch and Flemish[[/note]] preceive each other's languages. Later tales introduce a region called ''Les Pays des Wallées'', which owing to historical accident prefers to speak [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} Quirmian]]. The Phleghms and the Wallées view each other with thinly-disguised suspicion tinged with hostility.
* Philippe Loren, the BigBad [[spoiler: or so are the players led to believe at first]] of ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' is a belgian crime lord. Just like Hercule Poirot, he speaks in a thick french accent (although his english is otherwise flawless) and being mistaken for French is kind of a BerserkButton for him.
* Parts of ''Film/TheMonumentsMen'' happen in Belgium. The film focuses on the cases of two artworks stolen by the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Nazis]] in Belgium: [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo]]'s ''Madonna of Bruges'' and Van Eyck's ''Ghent Altarpiece''.
* ''The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent'' from the ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer'' series is set in 1958 and the first part (it's a two-parts story) features the Brussels World’s Fair; the cover has Blake and Mortimer standing near the Atomium while the fair is struck by a choas.
!! See also:
[[index]]
* BelgianMedia
[[/index]]
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* The French comic strip ''Zombies That Ate The World'' features a recurring character who is Belgian called Freddy Merckx, a pun on Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx.
* Belgium, or a ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' take thereof, is even beginning to appear in fanfic. Creator/AAPessimal reasoned that the Sto Plains states reflect the three Benelux countries of Europe. Any nation with "brussels sprouts" as its principal cash crop ''must'' by inference be an UpToEleven Belgium. if Sto Helit is a Grand Duchy (UsefulNotes/{{Luxembourg}}) and Sto Kerrig is an UpToEleven [[UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands Holland]], that only leaves neighbouring Sto Lat. In '''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6697660/36/The-Discworld-Tarot The King of Swords]]''', the illogic of the stories dictates that an "Afrikaaner" working in Ankh-Morpork must take on a nanny for her newborn daughter who speaks a recognisable language, so the child has a fighting chance of growing up speaking something other than "Morporkian" (English). She gets Annaliese from the border region between two of the Stos, who speaks, er, "Phlegmish" and knows all about Brussels Sprouts. Ongoing fun is had with how native speakers of "Vondalaans", "Kerrigian" and "Phlegmish"[[note]] Afrikaans, Dutch and Flemish[[/note]] preceive each other's languages. Later tales introduce a region called ''Les Pays des Wallées'', which owing to historical accident prefers to speak [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} Quirmian]]. The Phleghms and the Wallées view each other with thinly-disguised suspicion tinged with hostility.
* Philippe Loren, the BigBad [[spoiler: or so are the players led to believe at first]] of ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' is a belgian crime lord. Just like Hercule Poirot, he speaks in a thick french accent (although his english is otherwise flawless) and being mistaken for French is kind of a BerserkButton for him.
* Parts of ''Film/TheMonumentsMen'' happen in Belgium. The film focuses on the cases of two artworks stolen by the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Nazis]] in Belgium: [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo]]'s ''Madonna of Bruges'' and Van Eyck's ''Ghent Altarpiece''.
* ''The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent'' from the ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer'' series is set in 1958 and the first part (it's a two-parts story) features the Brussels World’s Fair; the cover has Blake and Mortimer standing near the Atomium while the fair is struck by a choas.
!! See also:
[[index]]
* BelgianMedia
[[/index]]
