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___MASK84___ , officially the Kingdom of ___MASK84___ , is a sovereign state in Western Europe bordered by France , the Netherlands , Germany , Luxembourg , and the North Sea . It is a small , densely populated country which covers an area of and has a population of about 11 million people . Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe , ___MASK84___ is home to two main linguistic groups : the Dutch - speaking , mostly Flemish community , which constitutes about 59 % of the population , and the French - speaking , mostly Walloon population , which comprises 41 % of all Belgians . Additionally , there is a small group of German - speakers who live in the East Cantons located around the High Fens area , and bordering Germany . Flanders is the Dutch - speaking northern portion of ___MASK84___ , although there are several overlapping definitions , including ones related to culture , language , politics and history . It is one of the communities , regions and language areas of ___MASK84___ . The demonym associated with Flanders is Fleming , while the corresponding adjective is Flemish . The official capital of Flanders is Brussels , although Brussels itself has an independent regional government , and the government of Flanders only oversees some cultural aspects of Brussels life . ___MASK84___ is a federal state comprising three communities , three regions , and four language areas . For each of these subdivision types , the subdivisions together make up the entire country ; in other words , the types overlap . The Flemish Region ( Dutch : ) is one of the three official regions of the Kingdom of ___MASK84___  alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels - Capital Region . Colloquially , it is usually simply referred to as " Flanders ". It occupies the northern part of ___MASK84___ and covers an area of 13 , 522 km ( 44 . 29 % of ___MASK84___ ). It is one of the most densely populated regions of Europe with around 470 inhabitants per square kilometer . Language is the ability to acquire and use complex systems of communication , particularly the human ability to do so , and a language is any specific example of such a system . The scientific study of language is called linguistics . Questions concerning the philosophy of language , such as whether words can represent experience , have been debated since Gorgias and Plato in Ancient ___MASK40___ . Thinkers such as Rousseau have argued that language originated from emotions while others like Kant have held that it originated from rational and logical thought . 20th - century philosophers such as Wittgenstein argued that philosophy is really the study of language . Major figures in linguistics include Ferdinand de Saussure and Noam Chomsky . Brussels , officially the Brussels - Capital Region , is a region of ___MASK84___ comprising 19 municipalities , including the City of Brussels which is the capital of ___MASK84___ . The Brussels - Capital Region is a part of both the French Community of ___MASK84___ and the Flemish Community , but is separate from the region of Flanders ( in which it forms an enclave ) or Wallonia . The region has a population of 1 . 2 million and a metropolitan area with a population of over 1 . 8 million , the largest in ___MASK84___ . Flanders in Action ( Dutch : Vlaanderen in Actie -- ViA ) is a social and economic action programme for the future of Flanders which was established by the Flemish government on 11 July 2006 . The objectives have been laid down in the Pact 2020 by the Government of Flanders and all the major social partners . A committee led by Koenraad Debackere monitors the accomplishments of Flanders in Action . The Flemish Government ( Dutch : ) is the executive branch of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region of ___MASK84___ . It consists of a government cabinet , headed by the Minister - President and accountable to the Flemish Parliament , and the public administration ( civil service ) divided into 13 policy areas , each with an executive department and multiple agencies . The Flemish Parliament ( Dutch : , and formerly called Flemish Council or " Vlaamse Raad ") constitutes the legislative power in Flanders , for matters which fall within the competence of Flanders , both as a geographic region and a cultural community of ___MASK84___ ( unlike the French - speaking community and Wallonia , which each have separate legislatures - the Parliament of the French Community and the Walloon Parliament ). A civil servant or public servant is a person in the public sector employed for a government department or agency . The extent of civil servants of a state as part of the " civil service " varies from country to country . In the ___MASK60___ , for instance , only Crown ( national government ) employees are referred to as civil servants whereas county or city employees are not .