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So I am apparently carrying on a delicious food themed history of the eUK with the next topic. This article will focus on the eUK's first war and our union with Belgium, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Belgium.


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The First War

The nation of eBelgium was the eUK's first ever opponent in battle with the release of the military module in April 2008. The war though was part of a joint effort by both nations to merge Belgium with the eUK. The first battle of the war began on the 10th April 2008 and within three days Belgium and the UK were one nation.

With the Belgians now part of Britain they grouped together as the political party, the Belgian Democratic Party (BDP) to represent themselves, though a rival party was formed to support Belgian independence the Independence Belgian Party (iBEL). During the early months they both competed for administration of the Belgian regions.

Though on the 26th of May they merged to for the United Belgian Party (UBP) to better represent Belgians in eUK politics. The UBP could not run a candidate for Country President nor issue foreign declarations of war or hostility, it was their to represent Belgium in the House of Commons.

To keep the country running smoothly with two nationalities present the Ministry of Minorities was created to represent Belgian interests in the cabinet and efforts were made to allow Belgians to run for congress in their own regions.

The Belgians did have their own military unit in the form of the Belgian Paratrooper Platoon, that was commanded by a Belgian Commanding Officer though took its orders from the Ministry of Defense.



For the vast majority of 2008 Britain's and Belgians co-existed peacefully and the Belgian citizens were fully integrated into every level of eUK society, holding a seat on the War Council and positions in regional councils.

During operation French Toast (which we discussed in the previous article), France manged to claim the regions of Wallonia and Flanders. At the end of December options on what to do with Belgium were drawn up, the one decided on was for the UBP to secretly decide to keep the union until February, while publicly pushing for independence to successfully trick France into liberating their Belgian regions.

Over the next two months the capital Brussels remained a part of the Union, while the rest of the Belgian nation was dealt with to bring its under-developed economy into line and the establishment of essential companies.

The Union ended in February 2009 when the Belgian government auctioned the Resistance Hero medal to Michael Collins for 105G, netting the new nation a tidy profit.

The Brussels Rebellion ended of the 21st February and Belgium was again a fully independent nation in its own right.

If you are interested in further reading on this subject, please read John F Bakers fabulous article on the subject here.



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