Belgium (The British Ain't Coming)

Belgium
België
Belgique
Timeline: The British Ain't Coming
OTL equivalent: Wallonia (excluding German-speaking community and Luxembourg Province) and Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Constituent country of the Republic of the Netherlands Flag Coat of Arms Location of Belgium (2) within the Mainland Netherlands. Motto Eendracht maakt kracht (Dutch) L'union fait la force (French) ("Strength through Unity")
Anthem	"Brabançonne"
Capital	Namur
Largest City	Charleroi
Other Cities	Liège, Mons, Calais
Language	Dutch, French
Ethnic Groups   Main	Walloon
Others	French, Dutch
Demonym	Belgian
Government	Devolved government within unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
Stadtholder	Willem-Alexander
Royal house	Orange-Nassau
Prime Minister	Charles Michel
Area	9,252 sq mi
Population	7.28 million
Currency	Dutch guilder (ƒ) (NLG)
Time Zone	(UTC)
Internet TLD	.nl .be

Belgium is a constituent country of the Republic of the Netherlands. The country is bordered by Prussia to the east, France to the south, and the Dutch constituent countries of Flanders and Holland to the north, and Luxembourg to the southeast.

The failed French Republic annexed much of what is today the southern Netherlands, and was conquered by the Dutch during the French Civil War. As a result, tensions rose between the Catholic, French-speaking populace of the southern Netherlands and the Protestant, Dutch-speaking people in the north. The breaking point was finally reached on October 4, 1830, when the southern provinces declared their independence as the Kingdom of Belgium. The movement was almost successful, but a successful Dutch military campaign, which came to be known as the Ten Days' Campaign, finally crushed the rebellion.

As per the Treaty of Brussels ending the revolt, the Netherlands would decentralize into constituent countries. Belgium would be one of these countries. The Dutch-speaking northern provinces of the southern Netherlands were soon split from Belgium as a new constituent country.

The Industrial Revolution would begin in Belgium, bringing the area industrialization and great economic prosperity. However, in the decades after the Industrial Revolution, Flanders would overtake Belgium in industry and become the more economically successful region.