After the Belgian Revolution of 1830, the National Congress decided on hard reform. The provinces of Belgium were redrawn and each was returned its titles (County, duchy, principality), which they had lost since the French invasion.
Looking at the Anglophone world, they decided on a first-past-the-post voting system, inspired by Britain’s. Inspired by the United States, they decided on a bicameral system composed of the lower house, elected by the FPTP system every 4 years, and an upper house, a senate where each province has two representatives whom are elected by popular vote. Each province has a governor, who receives the title of the province (such as Count of Flanders in Flanders, Prince of Liège, etc).
This alternative Belgium still has a King and a Prime Minister, the latter elected every 4 years (in the middle of the lower house legislature). The Prime Minister is not apart of the lower or upper house, and has a similar role to the American president. Either of the two houses can propose legislation, which has to be passed by both, as well as signed by the Prime Minister.
Quickly, three major parties spawned: the conservatives, the liberals and the socialists. In the late 20th century, the Green Party would form as the latest major party.
Common languages and dialects spoken are Flemish, Brabantian, Limburgish, German, Luxembourgish, French, Picard and Walloon.
Sorry for the low quality… the maps should be higher res but for some reason reddit decided to lower the quality on this post. If you wanna see the maps in higher quality (to zoom in etc) dm me on discord! @_leiane_
Waarom is Waals-Brabant Namen?
It looks a lot like the administrative regions
Much better. I will never be from “Vlaanderen”, I’m from “de Vlaanders”.
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What if Belgium had a different political system?
After the Belgian Revolution of 1830, the National Congress decided on hard reform. The provinces of Belgium were redrawn and each was returned its titles (County, duchy, principality), which they had lost since the French invasion.
Looking at the Anglophone world, they decided on a first-past-the-post voting system, inspired by Britain’s. Inspired by the United States, they decided on a bicameral system composed of the lower house, elected by the FPTP system every 4 years, and an upper house, a senate where each province has two representatives whom are elected by popular vote. Each province has a governor, who receives the title of the province (such as Count of Flanders in Flanders, Prince of Liège, etc).
This alternative Belgium still has a King and a Prime Minister, the latter elected every 4 years (in the middle of the lower house legislature). The Prime Minister is not apart of the lower or upper house, and has a similar role to the American president. Either of the two houses can propose legislation, which has to be passed by both, as well as signed by the Prime Minister.
Quickly, three major parties spawned: the conservatives, the liberals and the socialists. In the late 20th century, the Green Party would form as the latest major party.
Common languages and dialects spoken are Flemish, Brabantian, Limburgish, German, Luxembourgish, French, Picard and Walloon.
Sorry for the low quality… the maps should be higher res but for some reason reddit decided to lower the quality on this post. If you wanna see the maps in higher quality (to zoom in etc) dm me on discord! @_leiane_
Waarom is Waals-Brabant Namen?
It looks a lot like the administrative regions
Much better. I will never be from “Vlaanderen”, I’m from “de Vlaanders”.