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The Majestic Kingdom of Belgium


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Population: 7.5 million
Tech Level: 5
Production Centers: 3 (Brussels 1, Leige 1, Antwerp 1)
Food Production: 10, commerce 1 shipping unit.
Colonial Empire: Belgian Congo 6, food production 5, population 5 million.

1911 Spending: Production cut spending: 6 + 7 = 13.
military and social spending maintenance: 6.5, growth 6% (new production center in 1914).

Notes:
Transportation upgrades to Congo 6.5 points (13 of 30 now spent).

Military Forces:
Belgium – fortress at Antwerp and Leige, 1 infantry corps, 2 reserve infantry corps (all 3 are conscript), 1 light infantry division, 1 cavalry division, 1 tech 5 motor torpedo boat flotilla,

Belgian Congo - 1 garrison unit, 1 river boat flotilla in Congo

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1912 Spending: cut spending 6+7=13
military and social spending maintenance 6.5
transportation upgrades to Congo 6.5 points (19.5 of 30 now spent)

The Majestic Kingdom of Belgium
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Population: 7.5 million
Tech level: 5
Production centers: 3 (Brussels 1, Leige 1, Antwerp 1)
Food production 10, commerce 1 shipping unit.
Colonial empire: Belgian Congo 6, food production 5, colonial population 5 million

1911 spending: production cut spending: 6 + 7 = 13
military and social spending maintenance: 6.5, growth 6% (add new production center 1914), transportation upgrades to Congo 6.5 points (13 of 30 now spent)

Military forces: Home – fortress at Antwerp and Leige, 1 infantry corps, 2 reserve infantry corps (all 3 are conscript), 1 light infantry division, 1 cavalry division, 1 tech 5 motor torpedo boat flotilla,
colonial forces: 1 garrison unit, 1 river boat flotilla in Congo
1912 spending: cut spending 6+7=13
military and social spending maintenance 6.5
transportation upgrades to Congo 6.5 points (19.5 of 30 now spent)

OOC: looks really good
IC:

The Empire of Japan, always seeking to continue garnering goodwill, extend an invitation to the Belgian royal family to visit the Imperial Palace at Tokyo

OOC: Picture is not working, sigh...

IC: King Albert I is delighted, and unlike other European monarchs bears no ill will towards the nations of the far far east.

Leopold departs on the 6 o'clock train and speeds across, taking stops at other countries willing to host him, his wife Marie Henriette of Austria, and assorted entourage.