See this, eg, from good ol wiki

Belgium is a classic example of an artificial state that is not a nation state. The state was formed by secession from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1830, whose neutrality and integrity was protected by the Treaty of London 1839; thus it served as a buffer state between the European powers France, Prussia (after 1871 the German Empire), the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of the Netherlands until World War I. Belgium is divided between the Flemings in the north and the French-speaking or the German-speaking population in the south. The Flemish population in the north speaks Dutch, the Walloon population in the south speaks French and/or German. The Brussels population speaks French and/or Flemish.

Posted By: paulg on June 17th 2014 at 18:20:02

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Very cunning dark-horse tactic from the Belgians, to be quite rubbish. (n/m) (Other Football) - bird table, Jun 17, 17:59:39
- Look pretty good to me (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 17, 18:36:08
  - Aye, they do now. (n/m) (Other Football) - bird table, Jun 17, 18:45:44
- I had a feeling it would happen, too much expectation on a nation where (Other Football) - pants, Jun 17, 18:09:55
  - They were pretty good in the 80s (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 17, 18:13:30
    - Enzo Scifo isn't it (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 17, 18:15:39
  - And let's face it, they're not really a nation anyway (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Jun 17, 18:12:23
    - ? (n/m) (Other Football) - King, Jun 17, 18:13:02
      - See this, eg, from good ol wiki (Other Football) - paulg, Jun 17, 18:20:02
        
        I went there for work last year (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 17, 18:23:50
        
        Is Spain a nation? (Other Football) - King, Jun 17, 18:22:29
        
        yebbut you're forgetting something (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 17, 18:37:12
        
        that it isn't? (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Jun 17, 18:27:21
        
        If you go back far enough, nowhere is really. (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jun 17, 18:39:37
        
        Icelanders, Basques, Sardinians and Lapps (Other Football) - Mecagoenti, Jun 17, 18:58:20
        
        Simon Lappsin. (n/m) (Other Football) - bird table, Jun 17, 20:30:10
        
        go back far enough, and nothing's anything much (Other Football) - paulg, Jun 17, 18:45:37
        
        I'm well Iceni, me. (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 17, 18:45:26
        
        Straight outta da Rift valley, me (n/m) (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 17, 18:47:09
        
        Haha. (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 17, 18:48:08
        
        Interesting (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 17, 18:21:42
- ^this is how it starts (Other Football) - King, Jun 17, 18:05:55

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