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If Belgium's spotlight on the European stage is a little dim, it's only because its people are rarely boastful. This slow-burning country has more history, art, food and architecture packed into its tiny self than many of its bigger, louder neighbours.

A rich and bubbling vat of beer, chocolate, oil paint and bureaucrats, Belgium gives off the heady pong of the bourgeoisie. But stir the pot a little and you'll find an 'artificial state' roughly made up of two parts Germanic Flemings to one part Celtic-Latin Walloons.

Divided by pride first and language second, the country's binding agents are a pervasive sense of family and an indomitable entrepreneurial spirit. Visitors, lulled by the locals' friendliness, will probably not even notice the tensions that spark across the Linguistic Divide.

Full country name: Kingdom of Belgium

Area: 30,518 sq km

Population: 10.2 million

Capital city: Brussels (pop: 980,000)

People: 55% Flemish (of Teutonic origin), 33% Walloons (French Latin) and about 10% foreigners.

Language: Flemish, French and German. Most Belgians also speak English.

Religion: 75% Roman Catholic

Government: constitutional parliamentary monarchy

Prime Minister: Guy Verhofstadt

GDP: US$299.7 billion
GDP per capita: US$29,000
Annual Growth: 2.8%
Inflation: 2.2%
Major Industries: Services, agriculture, chemicals, engineering, metal products, car manufacturing, iron and steel, textiles and food
Major Trading Partners: EU (esp. Germany, France, Netherlands, UK), USA
Member of EU: Yes

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