Belgium has complex ethnicity because two communities German and Dutch-speaking respectively form the majority of the population.
- According to its Constitution, the Dutch and the French-speaking minister should be an equal number in the central government. Hence no single community can make the decision unilaterally.
- Some of the powers of the central government are transferred to the State government. Hence the state government is not the subordinate of the central government.
- Brussels, the capital of Belgium, has its government where both the Dutch and French community have been given equal representation.
- There is a community government, which is elected by anyone community among Dutch, French, and German. They look after cultural, educational and language related issues.
