This was the home country of the Force Publique, which cut off hands if natives didn't meet (*) rubber quotas.
This country experienced its "Second School War" in the 1950s as a result of efforts by its Christian Social Party to increase subsidies to private schools. One monarch from this nation, which secured its independence in the Ten Days Campaign, was declared temporarily unable to reign after he refused to assent to the liberalization of its abortion laws. This was the home country of the Force Publique, which cut off hands if natives didn't meet (*) rubber quotas. This country, home to NATO's headquarters, got its comeuppance when the German army marched through it in accordance with the Schlieffen plan, prompted Britain's entry into WWI. For 10 points, name this European country whose terrible, terrible king Leopold II colonized the Congo.
This country experienced its "Second School War" in the 1950s as a result of efforts by its Christian Social Party to increase subsidies to private schools.
Kingdom of Belgium [or Koninkrijk Belgie; or Royaume de Belgique; or Konigreich Belgien]