Tjueførste juli:
Belgium:
Following the independence of 1830, Emma Vanderbilt, the Personification of the Nation of Belgium, knew that there were still some issues that needed to be settled.
As, for example, the matter of a ruler.
The Congress had, as she recalled the meeting (where she'd hardly been allowed to say a word because she was a woman but asked to attend because she was their Nation), argued for hours about whom would be the best candidate. They hadn't stopped arguing before she'd discreetly slid a paper with the name and credentials of Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha towards the man sitting to her left.
Immediately they'd agreed upon him, and promptly sent Leopold a request; asking him to become their first King. Leopold swiftly accepted, and until he arrived in Belgium to swear his allegiance, Érasme-Louis Surlet de Chokier was the temporary regent.
And now, 189 yrs later, Belgium was still free and still a Kingdom.
Singapore:
The world was filled with many different types of people. Singapore knew that. H also knew that that phrase didn't only refer to people's different personalities, political views and opinions; but also, to their different religions/world views, cultures and external appearance (such as skin color).
Unfortunately, this world was full of countries where the norm was to not accept these differences, to not even tolerate their existence in their own backyard, or even in the world.
In a world like this, Singapore stood out as a shining example, if he may say so himself. 23 years and counting of successfully being a racially harmonious nation.
Author's notes:
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