Federal constitutional monarchy; independent since 1830. Founding EU member; hosts EU and NATO HQ. Its territory includes Baarle-Hertog, a cluster of 22 exclaves inside the Netherlands.
The atlas holds 4 border frames for Belgium — the shape you scrub through changes in 1830 · 1905 · 1934 · 1944.
Cambridge Concise History of the Belgian state by a leading Belgian historian, covering its evolution from 1830 independence to the federal present.
Primary/period regional history: a WWI-era survey of Belgium written by a Belgian historian, situating the young kingdom in its history up to the early 20th century.
Era/regional context: the definitive account of King Leopold II's Congo Free State, a defining episode of the Belgian monarchy's history.
Claus's novel follows a Flemish boy through Nazi-occupied Belgium in WWII, widely regarded as the great Belgian national novel.