Compare the situation of Belgium and Sri Lanka considering their location,size and cultural aspects.
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Belgium is a small country in Western Europe with complex ethnic composition. Of the country's total population, 59 percent speak Dutch language, 40 percent speak French and 1 percent speak German.
Inspite of these diversities, the leaders of Belgium decided to make an arrangement for power sharing. Between 1970 and 1993, they amended their Constitution four times.
The Constitution provides that the number of Dutch and French speaking ministers shall be equal in the Central Government and the State Governments. The State Governments are not subordinate to the Central Government.
Contrary to it, leaders of the Sinhala community in Sri Lanka sought to secure dominance over government by virtue of their majority and refused to share power with the Tamils.
The democratically elected government adopting majoritarian measures declared 'Sinhala' as the only official language and 'Buddhism' as state religion.
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1. Sri Lanka is a neighboring country of India in Asia. Belgium is a small country in Europe.
2. The population of Sri Lanka consists of 74% of Sinhalese and 18% of Tamils. The ethnic composition of Belgium is 59% of the Dutch living in the Flemish region and 40% French living in the Wallonia region. One Percent consists of the Germans.
3. The majority community ruled over Sri Lanka according to its own wishes with complete disregard of the needs of the minority. This was done by the act of 1956. All the major University positions were to be reserved for Sinhalese and the official language and religion of Sinhalese was to be promoted. This led to the Civil war in the country.
3. The minority in Belgium was of Dutch. They received the economic benefits very late as compared to the French who were in the majority. These created problems but the leaders reached an arrangement after amending the constitution four times which led to the elimination of civil war. They created central, state, community and capital government.