Forum:Belgian Empire - Discussion Part One

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Tell me if all of what's written here is plausible.

Timeline

 * 1839: Morocco enters the Sphere of Influence of Netherlands.
 * Late 1839: Spain drops down Netherlands' Sphere of Influence in Morocco and spends most of its budget on influencing it.
 * 1840-1841: First Belgian-Morrocean War for colonial territory. Belgium gains Sawira Region with help of The United Kingdom. Although Morocco loses most of its soldiers and it Belgium had a chance to fully annex Morocco.
 * 1842: Spain places embargo on Belgium. This greatly, but not fatally impacts belgian economy.
 * 1856-1857: Spain declares war on Belgium. The United Kingdom intervenes and places a blockade in Gibraltar area, while Gibraltar quickly gets occupied by Spain. In a result, Belgium manages to capture whole of North-eastern spanish Africa with an ease. The war ends with Belgium gaining the province of Melilla.
 * 1858: Belgium officially becomes a Great Power. Netherlands declare war on Belgium, because of what happened in 1840.

Discussion

 * Discuss plausibility and implausibility here.  Doctor261  (Talk to me!) 10:55, July 11, 2012 (UTC)