Managed to become the unofficial capital of Europe mostly by being too polite to say no.
Fun fact: Belgium went 541 days without an elected government in 2010–2011, a world record at the time.
Most of the world still mixes it up with Australia, which must get old at passport control.
Fun fact: Vienna's Tiergarten Schönbrunn has been open since 1752, making it the world's oldest operating zoo.