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Congrats to the 2018 #WorldCup Semi Finalists! Follow along during the games as we “pass” along some fun facts out of our #CIAWorldFactBook about each country.

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France, the largest Western European nation, is slightly more than four times the size of the state of Georgia or slightly less than the size of Texas.

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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 & is located in Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France & the Netherlands

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Most major French rivers - the Meuse, Seine, Loire, Charente, Dordogne, & Garonne - flow northward or westward into the Atlantic Ocean, only the Rhone flows southward into the Mediterranean Sea.

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Most of the population of Belgium is concentrated in the northern two-thirds of the country. Belgium has one of the highest population densities in the world - approximately 97% live in urban areas.

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