All Modern-Day Countries Ever Controlled by Belgium

With the help of a map, can you guess all modern day countries that were at one point under Belgian rule in 1790 (the Brabant Revolution/foundation of the United Belgian States) and from 1830 (foundation of the Kingdom of Belgium) up to now?

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Countries

Belgium

Burundi

Central African Republic

Countries

China

D.R. Congo

France

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Germany

Guatemala

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Italy

Luxembourg

Countries

Netherlands

Rwanda

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South Sudan

Uganda

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54 Comments

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Level 55

Apr 16, 2021

A little bit of explanation regarding some of these countries since the original comment got deleted:

Most European territories: The first iteration of a (short-lived) Belgian state occured in 1790, when the Brabant Revolution ousted the Austrians until the end of the year. This explains the strange enclaves.

China: Concession in Tianjin.

Guatemala: Santo Tomas de Castilla was the first attempt at a Belgian colony. It existed from 1843 to 1854.

Italy: Isola Comacina was granted to Belgium in homage to the king in 1919. This territory was returned to Italy the following year.

Central African Republic: The sultanates of Zemio and Rafai were under Belgian protectorate just before the territory was seized by France.

Uganda/South Sudan: The Lado Enclave. Ceded to the UK in 1910.

Level 54

Mar 23, 2021

Feature number 4!

Level 55

Mar 23, 2021

Yeah! I certainly didn't expect this to be the next one, haha.

+25

Level 88

Mar 23, 2021

Which explains why they sprinkle dark chocolate over noodles in one teeny part of China.

Level 77

Mar 23, 2021

It's fun to go on Google Maps and look at all the enclaves, within exclaves, within enclaves along the NL-BE border!

Level 55

Mar 23, 2021

Baarle is both a blessing and a curse in that matter, haha.

Level 54

Mar 23, 2021

Great Quiz!

Level 55

Mar 23, 2021

Thanks!

Level 67

Mar 23, 2021

Another good map feature.

Level 85

Mar 23, 2021

Clearly Quizmaster fell asleep and was taken over by one of those aliens in those over-sized pea pods. No other rational explanation for how this quiz got featured. (and a very excellent quiz, I might add)

Level 55

Mar 23, 2021

Thanks a lot!

+47

Level ∞

Mar 23, 2021

This quiz is a good opportunity to spread awareness of how terrible Belgium is.

Level 55

Mar 23, 2021

Ahahaha, this is just brilliant.

Level 89

Mar 24, 2021

Excuse me????? Lol

Level 51

Mar 24, 2021

A horrible incident.

Level 51

Mar 25, 2021

But this is amazing. Without being nominated that much and this was featured almost right after it was submitted.

Level 54

Apr 7, 2021

I just Noticed that QM hasn't visited Belgium, but has visited literally everything else around it. I'm gonna assume that was deliberate...

Level 52

Apr 4, 2024

Well, not all, he hasnt visited Luxembourg

+19

Level ∞

Apr 7, 2021

If I do ever go, it will be to document atrocities so that the world can know the truth.

Level 91

Apr 17, 2021

I always assumed Quizmaster was banned from Belgium since the government doesn't want him to spread the word about their embarrassing history to their citizens.

Level 80

May 30, 2021

I've been to Belgium. They've great food, architecture, and especially Tin Tin!

Level 68

Feb 7, 2022

Don't awaken him...

Level 37

Aug 21, 2022

That’s totally right, the Belgians says friet for patat but that is just nonsense.

Level 25

Mar 21, 2024

no, patat is nonsense

Level 37

Aug 21, 2022

I mean that quizmaster is right

Level 65

Mar 24, 2021

You forgot to add colour over France's land, good quiz though!

Level 89

Mar 24, 2021

Look closer

Level 80

Mar 25, 2021

shoud include parts of tanzania which were conquered during ww I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabora_Offensive

Level 54

Apr 17, 2021

QM featured it on front page! WOW

Level 67

Apr 17, 2021

Every featured quiz gets on the front page...

Level 37

Apr 17, 2021

Oops, I forgot Belgium itself :/

Level 25

Mar 21, 2024

me too

Level 81

Apr 17, 2021

That place in Italy... wow, that's a deep dive...

Level 39

Apr 17, 2021

How about the Tangier international zone? It held that for a couple terms IIRC.

Level 55

Apr 17, 2021

It was an international zone, which as stated by the caveat means it doesn't meet the criteria for inclusion here.

Level 66

Apr 17, 2021

Cheers to the 5% who missed Belgium, even being shown a huge map of it.

Level 67

Jan 8, 2022

Now 6%... What is the world coming to?

Also HOW did more people get DRC and Germany than Belgium, which is literally written in the quiz's title.

Level 25

Mar 21, 2024

I just didn't know that you also had to enter Belgium it'self 😢

Level 69

Apr 18, 2021

Awesome quiz. Some really really strange enclaves!

Level 72

Apr 18, 2021

You shouldn't generalize like that by saying "the evil Belgians" because not all Belgians were that way. Afterall it was the Belgian government who took away Leopold's territory in the Congo because of the atrocities he was committing there.

Level 55

Apr 18, 2021

Wasn't me who put that there considering I have no control over what is written on the front page. Either way, it's a running joke that is completely unrelated to Leopold II's atrocities (e.g. see Quizmaster's comment above).

Level 75

Apr 20, 2021

I like the imperialistic scale! In reality, Belgium could neatly fit into the western part of DRC's panhandle...

Level 56

Oct 27, 2021

China and Guatemala killed me softly

Level 39

Dec 21, 2021

6 % of people didn't get Belgium -_-.

Level 62

Feb 24, 2022

Took me a while because I didn't think they'd include it but yeah Belgium has been controlled by Belgium for a while now

Level 54

May 10, 2022

I am probably stupid now for thinking this but I never expected that Guatemala had a border on the eastern coast of the isthimus (i had incorrectly assumed it was cut off from the gulf of mexico by belize, in the same way that honduras does that for el salvador)

Level 57

Feb 15, 2024

I find it weird that Belize was British Honduras and doesn't actually border Honduras...

Level 44

May 26, 2022

The atrocities of the Belgian empire should be discussed more, simply implausible.

Level 64

May 31, 2022

Why isn’t the Belgian control zone in Germany (post WW1) included?

Level 56

Sep 25, 2024

That wasn't exclusively Belgium. France was also involved in de occupation of the left Rhine bank, and according to the rules, joint occupations don't count.

Level 37

Jul 10, 2022

hey im pretty sure belgium did control some areas like zeeland and northern brabant near independence before handing them back to the Netherlands in the treaty of london but im not sure if u count that

Level 37

Aug 21, 2022

Chad is right, a big area south of the Ruhr was Belgian occupied for some years

Level 26

Jan 21, 2023

I used 2 minutes but still won?

Level 56

Sep 25, 2024

The southernmost part of the dutch province Zeeland was also Belgium.

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