From the AP today

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450: The number of days that Belgium has gone without a government as of Monday. Intractable divisions between Belgium's Dutch and French-speaking camps hang over the nation, and as anything can become a linguistic spat, Belgium has had 45 governments in 67 years. No one appears to be in a big hurry to resolve the situation.

A week in Belgium and I didn't notice? Just comes to show that anarchy need not spell utter chaos.

Also, I had wondered why Flemish looked exactly like Dutch to my eyes. Turns out that "Flemish" informally covers two Belgian dialects of Dutch.

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Actually, I've seen Belgium called France, Jr.