Belgium broke the record for the world's longest wait for a government.
On Feb. 17, the country hit 249 days without a government, breaking a record set last November by Iraq. A caretaker government has been running Belgium since elections on June 13, but despite countless negotiations among the fragmented political parties, the nation's leaders are not even close to an agreement on a new coalition.
Some dispute whether Belgium needs another 40 days to truly break the record. But that seems to be widely viewd as a mere formality.
Perhaps the Iraqis can send people to school the Belgians on democracy formation.
