The Kingdom of Belgium will be a tiny rump
nation, left over after the distribution of most of its lands between the French
and Dutch states. It will remain as a buffer state to prevent conflicts between
the neighbouring nations that surround it. It will remain a Monarchy under the
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. This effectively makes it a German based nation
given its German royal house. It will also be a German-speaking nation.
To
prevent conflict between the Dutch and the French it will maintain sovereignty
over Brussels. It will also act as a buffer to prevent France and Germany
sharing a border with each other, which could see these old foes sink into
conflict again. Keeping the French and German states separate, via smaller buffer
states, will be a much better way of preventing the cycle of violence on the
continent that traditionally exists, than the creation of the ridiculous
‘united’ super state which many argue for. A United States of Europe is not the
only way to prevent warfare in Europe. Indeed the creation of this super state is
ironically pushing Europe to a new round of such bloodshed.
To create this
buffer zone Belgium will maintain sovereignty over the German Speaking
Community, of the current Belgian state. This will leave a nation with its final
borders defined by the exclave of the Brussels Capital Region of Belgium. Added
to this will be the Burg-Reuland, Sankt Vith, Amel, Builingen, Butgenbach,
Waimes, Malmedy, Eupen, Raeren, Lontzen and Kelmis municipalities, of the
Verviers arrondissement in Liege province in the current Belgian state.
The flag of Belgium is based on the
colours of the Duchy of Brabant, which were used during the Brabant Revolution
in the late 1700’s. They were put into the tricolour format of many of the
revolutionary flags of Europe of the time, which the French revolution had pioneered.
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