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Belgium, photos of Belgium, Belgium pictures: Antwerp Brussels - the capital of Belgium Brussels Palace of Justice Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp Sablon Church in Brussels ______ Belgium officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal monarchy in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters as well as those of several other major international organisations such as NATO. Belgium is a constitutional, popular monarchy and a federal parliamentary democracy. The bicameral federal parliament is composed of a Senate and a Chamber of Representatives. Belgium has compulsory voting and thus maintains one of the highest rates of voter turnout in the world. Historically, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg were known as the Low Countries. Belgium has three main geographical regions: the coastal plain in the north-west and the central plateau both belong to the Anglo-Belgian Basin; the Ardennes uplands in the south-east are part of the Hercynian orogenic belt. The Paris Basin reaches a small fourth area at Belgium's southernmost tip, Belgian Lorraine.